Nubodi automotive - Ferrari-esque Interior - Page 8

Nubodi Automotive · #**141** 8th March 2016, 18:16

I won in a raffle a heater panel from a Ferrari Daytona (at the Daytona Replica club annual dinner) so wanted to incorporate this on the front of the panel. So this meant moving the heater controls closer together. So I chopped the Z3 heater panel in half and made a bracket to support the fan control switch. It does not have to be pretty as it hidden behind the panel we just made

Nubodi Automotive · #**142** 8th March 2016, 18:19

The Daytona panel will go on top of this. The heater toggle switches will then be pushed back on. The Z3 ones are a bit big so I will have to source some smaller diameter ones, but they will do for now

Nubodi Automotive · #**143** 10th March 2016, 19:16

I managed to get some time today, so first I bolted on the passenger finished door panel.

Nubodi Automotive · #**144** 10th March 2016, 19:18

The spray glue arrived as I had run out. I bought it off ebay and its brilliant made by a company called eFoam, well sticky and you do not have to wait the usuall3-5 minutes to go tacky.
I wrapped the ali panel in foam and glued it on

Nubodi Automotive · #**145** 10th March 2016, 19:20

I then got the leatherette out and cut a piece to cover it. I only glued the recess for the control panel not all of it.

Nubodi Automotive · #**146** 10th March 2016, 20:19

Front view

Nubodi Automotive · #**147** 10th March 2016, 20:20

And all stuck down

Nubodi Automotive · #**148** 10th March 2016, 20:22

I then glued on the new heater panel.

Nubodi Automotive · #**149** 10th March 2016, 20:25

The heater controls were then poked through and secured with PU adhesive. A weight was used till the glue had set

Nubodi Automotive · #**150** 10th March 2016, 20:26

And the finished article. The lines will disappear overnight

still have the problem with the heater controls being too big. Any suggestions? Bakerlite ones off an radio would be good but smaller car ones would be great...but from what? They are currently 34mm, 24mm would be the max.

Nubodi Automotive · #**151** 10th March 2016, 20:34

I then removed the pod from the top of the dash (the one above the speedo/tacho console) ready for recovering. I bought an already stitched leather cover from the internet for £24.99 delivered. They had many different stitch colours but as the car is Ferrari red it had to be red.

I sprayed the pod first with glue and then the cover. make sure you do not get any glue of the best side as once the glue hits it its ruined.

Nubodi Automotive · #**152** 10th March 2016, 20:36

The underneath edges are glued last once the cover is stretched and all the creases and bubbles are pushed out. Start from the centre and work outwards.

You can see from this picture how to remove it from the dash. There are 3 philips screws at the back end and the front hooks in.

Nubodi Automotive · #**153** 10th March 2016, 20:39

Tuck the excess leather under and hold till dry working your way along in sections. Dont try and do it all at once, the glue will dry before you finish.

Nubodi Automotive · #**154** 10th March 2016, 20:41

The finished article ready for re-installing! It really dresses up a boring dash and adds a touch of class.

y cymro · #**155** 10th March 2016, 20:58

I'm told that Googling for 'knobs' can lead to all sorts of trouble, so take a look here instead
http://www.maplin.co.uk/search?text=Knobs&x=0&y=0

I like the brushed aluminium ones. They're 22mm dia which meets your criteria.

Nubodi Automotive · #**156** 10th March 2016, 21:15

Thanks for that
never wanted a smaller knob before either!

I bought the ones with a pointer like the old bakerlite type. £6.59 with p&p for 3 (one spare)

Nubodi Automotive · #**157** 12th March 2016, 17:19

So today I managed to bolt the speedo/tacho pod hood back on. They are assembled with the mounting screws coming from the back which are a donkey to get out. So when reassembly I reversed the spire nuts so they mount from the front now.

They weird bit is the company that make them put the stitching diagonally? Not sure why? I am starting to like it though.

Nubodi Automotive · #**158** 12th March 2016, 17:20

Look neat now the clocks are back in.

Nubodi Automotive · #**159** 12th March 2016, 17:23

Onto the lower dash panel fitting. I cable tied all the unwanted wiring and connected up the cigarette lighter for charging the mobiles and sat nav purposes.

Its screwed into place to the original Z3 dash mountings so very secure. Onto the complex centre tunnel next which will cover the shifter cable cut away.

WorldClassAccident · #**160** 13th March 2016, 07:37

Are you going to disguise the auto gear stick as a manual?

If you can find some way of replacing the top of the stick with something less 'auto' looking but still capable of triggering the gear stop trigger so you don't slip from drive to neutral i would be very interested.

In fact, if you do make something, please make two and I will take the second one.

*I will try to dig out the exhaust cost for the other thread. It is a powerflow pipe