yeah, i thought it was a true replacement as well, and now that i have
it, i'm going to have to work with it a little bit to see if i can get
it to fit decent. as far as all the holes lining up, they do, it just
doesn't seem like it wants to sit down far enough onto the old dash.
and as far as the similarity with the 1500 dash, it seems that from
all the 1500 spit's i've seen, the dash pads do look the same.
---Atwell Haines <carbuff@nac.net> wrote:
>
> Nikolai,
>
>
> I have seen the dash cover from Rimmers (ordered one by mistake
thinking it
> was a true replacement crash pad), and it is of inferior quality to
the
> Accu-Form brand overlay offered by Moss (which I eventually
installed on my
> '79 1500).
>
> The Accu-Form cover comes complete with adhesive (and detailed
> instructions). You first trim down any high edges of the cracks on
the
> original pad so the cover will lay flat. Clean the old pad
thoroughly with
> ammonia window cleaner. Then you apply a pencil-sized bead of
adhesive near
> the perimeter (1/2" from the edge) of the overlay and around the
defroster
> holes. Hold the overlay in place with the original metal vents,
rolls of
> paper or weights for 4 hours, and voila, you are done.
>
> No trimming is required and the demister and ashtray holes line up
well.
> The cover comes to within a half inch of the windshield rubber at the
> forward edge but does not touch it.
>
> ++++++
>
> I noticed your Spit is a Mk IV. Is the dashtop the same shape as
the 1500
> (which, ISTR, is what the coverlay is designed for)?
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Atwell Haines
> '79 Spitfire
> Succasunna, NJ USA
>
> At 04:40 AM 1/22/99 -0800, nikolai jaremka wrote:
> >
> >
> >hello all!
> >
> >i just recently bought a dash overlay from rimmer brothers
> >and when i went to test the fit on my dash, i noticed that
> >it doesn't quite sit down flat on the dash. it seems like
> >the front edge (the edge under the windshield) is bottoming
> >out and not allowing the coverlay to conform to the right
> >contour of the dash. my question goes out to ask if anyone
> >else encountered this with a dash overlay that they've
> >installed. did you have to trim it to make it fit better?
> >if so, how did you trim it? is this just something that
> >i'll have to get over and leave it as it is? when i install
> >the demister vents, it make the overlay bend and flex and
> >leave gaps under the vents. it doesn't really look that
> >good.
> >
> >thans in advance for any replys.
> >
> >==
> >nikolai jaremka
> >72 spitfire mkIV
> >east aurora, new york
> >
> >
> >
>
==
nikolai jaremka
72 spitfire mkIV
east aurora, new york
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