Monday, 29 December 2008

Trimming the Dashboard

After a few more trial fits and some judicious filing it was time to trim the dash. First step was to bond the foam onto the dash panel. I used EvoStik in an aerosol - smells good and works live the proverbial on a blanket:
The next step was to cut out the foam over all the holes:
Then came the slightly stressful job of bonding and stretching the leather - I was quite pleased with the results:
I was even more pleased with the fact that you cannot see any of the heads of the fixing bolts - there's one right in front of my finger:
Next job is to get the glue off the breakfast bar before I get found out!!

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