Dash rebuild

[Tail_Gunner]

Finishing a long restroration and found a great ideal for a dash upgrade. Carbon fiber wrap that is used on cars or bikes..Works well easy to apply and relativley cheap...for marine that is...



TIme takes it toll broken in half



Thats a plexiglass backing simple as cutting to size and using acrylic cement...great stuff acrylic cement i wouldn't hesitate to recomend it for this type of work... very strong bond



Good as new on to the front

 

[oops!]

Re: Dash rebuild

gunner.......these carbon fiber wraps are important to the forum.....this will be the new wave of quick fixes and dress ups for many boats to come......keep posting.

upload to photo bucket.....then re size the format in photo bucket.....that way your puter wont go into shock.
re sixe to 640x480 ish....
then copy the img tag......and post it in your reply

the pics come out nice and big.....no need to click on a thumb nail or scroll around....

 

[Tail_Gunner]

Re: Dash rebuild

Finished product











Need to trim them out and adjust things a bit but that's a 40 dollar rebuild

 

[Ciera2450]

Re: Dash rebuild

Where do you find this stuff? How is it applied? heat gun?

That looks great!

 

[Tail_Gunner]

Re: Dash rebuild

http://www.metrorestyling.com/Default.asp

They have tutorial video's there....I dont do anything orthodox these days but it is a very easy thing to do

 

[Ciera2450]

Re: Dash rebuild

Thanks! That stuff looks pretty cool. did you use the 3m dinoc stuff?

 

[jigngrub]

Re: Dash rebuild

Your dash looks beautiful Gunner!

I plan to do this to my very weathered molded plastic dash this summer.

From what I've read this stuff will last 6 years on an exterior application, probably longer if you keep your boat covered or garaged.

 

[Tail_Gunner]

Re: Dash rebuild

Nope this model METRO3D24INSILVER

 

[TyeeMcGee]

Re: Dash rebuild

Wicked AWESOME!

 

[Ski1491]

Re: Dash rebuild

Thanks, looks outstanding! I'm a long way from the dash on my restoration, but I did purchase blue carbon fiber material for when the times come. Was going to attach with an adhesive to the sheet metal and overcoat with a UV resisent clear resin. Again, great post. Still looking for some stringer advice if anyone has time for a read, thanks

Ski

http://forums.iboats.com/showthread.php?t=533948&p=3686767#post3686767

 

[Tail_Gunner]

Re: Dash rebuild

Where do you find this stuff? How is it applied? heat gun?

That looks great!

Use a heat gun very sparingly and only if you have to. The key is to wet the surface with a fine light mist and work from the center out.

 

[stringpincher]

Re: Dash rebuild

What a great look, it really makes a dash look new. thanks