Gary Tyrrell\'s interior

[msc125]

hi,

i was looking through the pictures from the bromley pageant 2002 and noticed that gary tyrell\'s dash looked awesome.

i\'ve just started looking for this, but at the moment i haven\'t had any luck.

does anyone know where i can get them for a 92 fd?

if you read this gary, let us know,

cheers

[FDDreamer]

Hey bud. Any chance of posting some pics at all? Do you know if the dash is a \'standard\' add on from an aftermarket tuner or an entirely customised job?

[msc125]

i think it\'s a \'standard\' add-on because i\'ve seen other similar ones. here\'s gary\'s dash:

[msc125]

and here\'s another one. this one seems to be brushed aluminium, whereas gary\'s seems to be silver(ish):

[msc125]

and a picture from the left hand side, what do you guys think?

[Fish]

This was done using two pack paint. Ruber is down well, then prime and paint.

Cant think where Gary got the idea of doing the interior like that! Clive you got any ideas?

Fish

[msc125]

gary\'s one seems to be the better of the two because the dash kit goes around all the icons on the dials for the fans, fan speed and hot/cold air. it also goes in with the gauges on the dash (tacho, speedo etc..)

here is the link to the site i found the other picture of the dash kit on.

http://www.motorcars-ltd.com/dash-kits/mazda-rx7-dash-kits.htm

i emailed them (and their british parts website) a couple of weeks ago, but they haven\'t got back to me. i\'ve emailed them again today.

the say the dash kits are fully removable aswell, and won\'t ruin your orignal dash (full installation instructions are on the site aswell), check it out

[msc125]

any idea where i can gat two pack paint? i assume i\'d have to cut the rubber myself (very likely to balls it up!!).

wouldn\'t this give the dash a bit of an odd feel to it?

[iaint]

I\'m half-way through tarting up the interior on mine (done centre console and bit round heater controls).

Mine\'s one of the early cars and has the rubberised coating (changed in later ones) - this comes off with a liberal application of paint thinners, you can then use a fine grade of paper to roughen the surface.  Use whatever primer is reccomended for the top-coat you\'re using and add a few layers.  Wet and dry lightly to get a good finish.  Then apply top-coat, again a few layers.  use very fine grade wet\'n\'dry on this then apply a few coats of laquer.

A pro could do a better jopb of it than I have but I\'m well pleased with it so far!

Iain

[clive]

Originally posted by Fish
This was done using two pack paint. Ruber is down well, then prime and paint.

Cant think where Gary got the idea of doing the interior like that! Clive you got any ideas?

Fish

Nah Danny no ideas !


Seriously, l did this some 4 years ago by removing  the whole dash assembly and removing all the little bits and pieces then having the bare "plastics" painted with the same paint as the interior.

At the time l wanted the Mazdaspeed carbon fiber kit but it was mental money so l came up with this budget version to liven the cab area up a little,  nice to see it caught on a bit !

http://www.scuderiaciriani.com/rx7/dash_removal.html  this should help

"imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"

[clive]

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[msc125]

got a reply from motorcars ltd in america:


I can do the dash kit for $319.75 plus about $50 shipping and a $60 for
flipping the mat for a right hand drive.  I don\'t know if there are any
duties due at the border.


more expensive than i thought, i\'ll probably wait to hear how gary did his.

[clive]

Seriously, l did this some 4 years ago by removing the whole dash assembly and removing all the little bits and pieces then having the bare "plastics" painted with the same paint as the interior.


This IS how Gary did his, he even had my paint man do his as well !.

p.s. you will be a long time waiting for Gary, his not on this site!

[jonrx7uk]

Did mine myself about a month ago.
Took about a week to do (1 part per evening).
The hardest (time consuming) part is getting the old "rubbery" coating off.
I sprayed mine a darkish grey (Ford Polaris Grey) from Halfords, looks good on a black car

Jon

[msc125]

i\'ve got a black rx aswell. the wheel i\'ve got is a momo \'race\' wheel with brushed aluminium on it, so in a perfect world i could get a brushed aluminium kit for the dash, but not if it doesn\'t go all round the dials/ icons/ gauges like the american one.

cheers jonrx7uk, will check at halfords if they\'ve got a similar colour to the brushed aluminium. what rubbery coating? what model/ year is your rx7? mine is 92, and the dash is just normal plastic