a98pmalcolm Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 (edited) Hay all. Ok something I was quite excited about doing during my week off. I wanted to have my car a little less Blue as I now have gun metal grey alloys and my trial rear splitter is gunmetal grey. The dash panels were starting to look a little scruffy and didn't match the new shade of blue on the outside of the car. I also wanted to relocate my Syvecs screen and is was looking bulky and out of place were it was over the clock. Soooo I came with an idea to fill up the clock hole, take out the fan above the heater controls and fill that up aswell so its completely flat below the mileage. Then cut out a square and make up a bracket to hold the Syvecs screen in the pannel so it looks a little more flush. Then get all the dash panels wrapped in gun metal grey to finish it off. And it turned out pretty nice TBH I'm dead happy with the new location of the screen so now the wiper stalk doesn't block some of the screen and it sits more flush. This is how it looked before: http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/452/20120301081509.jpg http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/1756/20120301081520.jpg http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/5200/20120301081540.jpg http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/6494/20120211143645.jpg And filling in the holes. I used a CD case and epoxy resin to stick it down an fill the gaps. I used wet and dry to smooth off all I could: http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/8210/20120418204922.jpg My mate Alex at AKS Tuning (new Motorsport company he has recently started) cutting the hole for me and making the bracket to hold the screen flush: http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/4548/20120419142614.jpg And after Chris at Ant Graphics wrapping it for me http://img18.imageshack.us/img18/9936/20120425190005.jpg http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/6725/20120425190107.jpg http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/8796/20120425190019.jpg http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/8909/20120425190026.jpg http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/1604/20120425190033.jpg http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/4359/20120425190045.jpg http://img848.imageshack.us/img848/8937/20120425190038.jpg Advanced Traction Control knob will be labled up next week http://img341.imageshack.us/img341/6269/20120425190341.jpg http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/8859/20120425190348.jpg Hope you all like it, I certainly do Thanks for looking Paul Edited April 25, 2012 by a98pmalcolm (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkddav3 Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 looks fantastic bud! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry Acorn Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 excuse the ignorance, but that little dial by your shifter? whats it for? and looks really good man! nice blue pick ups! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooquicktostop Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DARETT Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Very nice finish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a98pmalcolm Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 excuse the ignorance, but that little dial by your shifter? whats it for? and looks really good man! nice blue pick ups! Advanced traction control bud. Theres 8 settings 1 being drift mode and 8 being the car will hardly move. Thanks for the comments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurai 20V Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Looking cool mate.. Just a question, your ecu light is not illuminated, is that because of the Syvecs or is the light not working? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a98pmalcolm Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 I believe its coz the Syvecs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee_e Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Looks awesome mate I also like what your listening too.. cant beat a bit of blink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supra-duper Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Liking that mate, but I think the speakers would look better with some grilles over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a98pmalcolm Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 Looks awesome mate I also like what your listening too.. cant beat a bit of blink. Cheers bro, Oh yes Blink FTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Looks great! Where the fan used to be, is it raised? It looks like it in the pics, but could be a trick of the light or something. Looks really smart, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham1984 Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Off to burn my NA........ Looks fantastic mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robzki Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Looks great, Love the colour and the flush syvecs. Have you thought about moving your double din back an inch by drilling the mounting bracket. Mine was like yours and I didn't like it looks great now and the screen opens fine etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammer Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Looks loads better. Some nice touches as well, like the blue around the dials. As said, grilles over the speakers vwould look nicer IMO and out of interest did you have to cut the hand brake to get the cover on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gadgetman Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 That looks great!! is the screen generic with a CAN/USB input or specific for the syvecs pls? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbryant_knight Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Looks great in Gunmetal mate. I have to admit though, i also liked it in blue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricky49 Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Looks miles better than the blue but looks a bit silvery for me than gunmetal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a98pmalcolm Posted April 27, 2012 Author Share Posted April 27, 2012 Looks great, Love the colour and the flush syvecs. Have you thought about moving your double din back an inch by drilling the mounting bracket. Mine was like yours and I didn't like it looks great now and the screen opens fine etc. Never really thought about it mate. But if its possible I may look into doing that for my next dash thing. It does tilt a bit though when turned on so it may cause problems, unless I turn off the tilt but I like it facing me Looks loads better. Some nice touches as well, like the blue around the dials. As said, grilles over the speakers vwould look nicer IMO and out of interest did you have to cut the hand brake to get the cover on? No mate its an extra large Richbrook one over the handbrake. With some tucking and stretching it went on That looks great!! is the screen generic with a CAN/USB input or specific for the syvecs pls? Yes mate the screen us designed for the Syvecs ECU Looks miles better than the blue but looks a bit silvery for me than gunmetal Thanks bud but its it gunmetal. Its the EXACT colour as my wheels I think its just because the sun was beaming though the rear window, maybe making it look lighter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robzki Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 Never really thought about it mate. But if its possible I may look into doing that for my next dash thing. It does tilt a bit though when turned on so it may cause problems, unless I turn off the tilt but I like it facing me Mine does the same, It works even better now it is flush mounted, I'll get you a pic up later if I get time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony tt Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 That looks miles better! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprakeith Posted April 27, 2012 Share Posted April 27, 2012 That looks amazing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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