BB6 Dash swap

[DREAMER]

took my dash out today so we could have a look at the problem areas that are lifting. We think that the contact adhesive was drawing out oily substances from inside the oem vinyl, like armorall and stuff like that. Everywhere that the adhesive let loose had a shiny greasy feel to it. Upon further inspection the suede got ripped. Anyway, we're gonna strip it all off and I'm gonna take the dash to work with me and bake it in the paint booth a few times to try and draw out as much of that crap as possible and really scuff up the old vinyl before upholstering it again. Minor setback, but will be worth it!

damn that sucks to see all that hard work go down the drain but i hope baking it works out, best of luck to you.

[wherm]

My friend peeled the suede off the dash today while I was wiring up my door speakers and re-routing my hood latch cable to the glovebox area (this was really easy to do if anyone wants to add a tad bit more security to their car by hiding the hood release). Anyway, the areas where the suede was not lifting were glued down so well that i garauntee it never would have lifted. However, the areas where it did lift there was no hope of it ever holding. I got the dash back to the body shop to start cleaning off the glue and found that it was really easy to peel the oem black vinyl off of the prelude portion of the lower dash half leaving behind the foam padding. This is going to make recovering the dash really easy because that glue will hold to the foam for forever no problem. As for the top portion, hopefully baking it in the booth a few times will draw out all the oils and such so I can clean it really well. Then I'm going to run my DA sander over the remaining vinyl with 80 grit to really scratch it up and give the glue a rough surface to bond to.

Should have more updates next week!

[matrix27]

just read thru all the pages, sure turned out the one sick looking project. great work.

[wherm]

Made more progress on the dash today. I made up my mind that I was gonna just shave the glovebox, so I epoxied the glovebox cover into place, reinforced it on the backside, and smoothed out the front with some filler. We're confident that the glue will stick this time now that it has a much improved surface to bond to. I dropped it off at my friend's shop so he could get started. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it'll be ready in time for my autocross this sunday.

[platinumb]

45 minutes of reading, that is some of the most creative work ive seen. good job man!

[wherm]

hope to have this interior project on lockdown next week...My friend sent me a text today saying he was staying late this week to spend more time on it. Hope to have new pics up soon.

[sadkos]

This is got to be one of the finest interior customization projects i've seen for a CB7! Excellent work! really diggin it!

[wherm]

This is got to be one of the finest interior customization projects i've seen for a CB7! Excellent work! really diggin it!

Thanks! I stopped by my friends shop today and it sounds like the dash will be wrapped this weekend. Keep fingers crossed! It's a lot of work for him to redo, but I think that with the different prep techniques used this time it should hold strong. I'll post pics when I have them.

[wherm]

Got word from my friend today that the new suede dash cover is all stitched up and ready to go. He should be wrapping the dash tomorrow.

I'll post new pics as soon as I get the chance, it'll look quite a bit different now since I shaved the glovebox this time.

[wherm]

Well, the new dash cover was stitched up and ready, but unfortunately there were some minor issues with the patterns due to the fact that this time I shaved the glovebox. The original patterns apparently weren't modified enough to allow for enough material to cover that area... I haven't gotten any updates yet, but hopefully I'll hear something soon.

[RyanDude]

Really cool!

[stretch JDM]

damn bro thats the cats meow... i have never even thought of that..man you are a killer..

[Brandoncb7]

Keep it up Wherm! You're kicking ass with this car lol!

[91_accord]

props on all ur hard work....i rlly like ur fiberglass work the way u molded the pieces together, it takes some skills...much respect for ur work...

[guaynabo89]

good work man. I really like the suede touches. Cant wait for those updated pics.