heinzboehmer's 2002 Topaz 6MT Coupe

[heinzboehmer]

I've wanted to do this mod for years but always assumed the easiest/cleanest way would be to just import a euro dash. I respect the endeavor here.

I always assumed the same, which is why I never truly looked into doing the retrofit. If everything works out as planned, this should be a ~1hr job after all the quirks of the tooling are figured out.

Euro cubby arrives next week, will try to find some time then to make some more progress on this.

[discoelk]

I've wanted to do this mod for years but always assumed the easiest/cleanest way would be to just import a euro dash. I respect the endeavor here.

[heinzboehmer]

Feels like it make more sense to cut the hole and have a bezel on the part you insert to hide the ugly edges.

That would be the sensible thing to do, but I would not be happy with the final result.

Plus, modeling the bezel is about the same amount of work as modeling the die, so not a ton more wasted time.

[Obioban]

Feels like it make more sense to cut the hole and have a bezel on the part you insert to hide the ugly edges.

[heinzboehmer]

Suspicions confirmed!

Thanks to bmwfnatic for posting pics of the euro dash in this thread: https://nam3forum.com/forums/forum/m...536#post291536

A couple comparisons to the inner shell I separated from the junkyard dash cutoff.

Front:




Back:




Now need to wait for the cubby to show up, scan that + the US inner shell and then make the necessary tooling to re-form the dash.