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Old 5th February 2017, 04:34 PM
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This is interesting - I would never have thought about this on vinyl
Works really well, you can get an exact colour match if you send them a sample and a choice of sheen for the finish. Given there is no wear/tear on the dash would be really easy to do also. My only tip is not to put too much hope into the aerosol propellant they supply with the airbrush but try to get it attached to a compressor as much easier in my experience
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Old 5th February 2017, 10:48 PM
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Some interesting points raised.

I really do not like my current interior (cream) so I'm planning to swap everything for black or grey which would probably come from a donor car so I'd get carpets and pillar trims as well.

The dash is the only part I think I would potentially struggle with, there are just so many wires!
RICKY im with you on this!, im also not very keen on my cream dash selection and wood trim, wish i could go back in time and slap the original owner with the owners manual, why didn't he/she choose timeless black!! it would have never aged! too much choice with these cars i suppose, one thing i am doing this year is to get all the wood trim carbon dipped to gloss carbon fibre, i think i would be much happier after that.

There was a black dash going on A8 parts i saw mint only £70, its just the amount of work needed to get it in sadly. maybe a good bodyshop would attempt it for you.

Door cards would be easy to change over, black with suede would be my preference, dash vents are easy to find, and black leather seats are easy enough to sort, even RS6 recaro C5 seats would be a nice touch hmm, i have also found a seat belt company that can change over belt colours if needed - http://www.quickfitsbs.com/index.php

Another thought.. in very hot countries i've seen before dash board covers, stops the dashboard from melting in extreme heat, if it was possible to get a black cover that would be a nice touch but i bet impossible to find

HP is right perhaps you can get the dash leather trimmed loads of cars have this done just pick up a copy of VW performance mag, or audi tuner seems alot can be done these days
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Old 6th February 2017, 09:15 AM
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I am pretty sure the dash comes as a separate shell from the metal extrusion it is attached to. The ones I looked at on ebay seem to be without extrusion and are fairly cheap
That's how it looks to me also hence why I initially thought it wouldn't be too difficult to swap but based on comments here I probably underestimated the job.


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I really don't like the way Audi did their D2 cream interior with the top part and dash being a muddy brown colour. They should have taken a lesson from Jag cream interiors which are much more nicely matched. So in my case that brown colour dash just has to go
100% agree. Why they had to chose diarrhoea brown I'll never know. I was hoping to warm to it like like my initial reservation with the colour of the car but that hasn't happened. I bought mine based on history, condition in the end as I couldn't find a black car / black interior combination.
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Old 6th February 2017, 09:55 AM
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If the shell does come off the extrusion with the extrusion still bolted to the car then that makes it much more feasible. Still a chunk of work, but possible.

A8 parts have a black one listed at the moment (at half price), still attached to the extrusion. May be worth buying that to have a good look how it comes apart and decide from there? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/Audi-...d/130742862326
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Old 6th February 2017, 11:18 PM
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My logic goes like this. If it can be removed in one piece, it can be put back in. Audi did not hand build the dash or the body shell, they are mass produced components and should fit together. Granted it may take a bit of work to get a smooth fit.
Consider this, the dash is a replaceable part you can purchase from the dealers. It was designed to be removable.
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Old 7th February 2017, 10:46 PM
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I have a slightly different outlook based on experience...

VAG's engineers design things so they're easily assembled on the production line with little, if any, thought given to servicing & repair later in life (example, control arm bolts, that stupid plastic oil cooler pipe, the Passat W8 where you have to remove the engine to change the alternator, etc etc etc). The complete dash assembly with heater, wiring harness, ducting, reinforcement bar, etc is installed as a single unit on the production line so all the gubbins inside it is assembled outside the car. There is no thought given at all to taking the shell out on its own (example the B5/C5 climate control sensor wire I mentioned earlier).

It was designed to be easy to build, not to be removable later
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Old 7th February 2017, 10:49 PM
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It was designed to be easy to build, not to be removable later
Indeed, that's almost certainly true; as I said earlier:
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Have you ever been in a car factory and seen how they fit them?
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Please can anyone with ELSA just post official dash removal instructions here?
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Old 8th February 2017, 08:18 PM
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I hadn't even thought of looking in Elsa...

Edit - procedures attached. Doesn't look like fun!
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File Type: pdf D2_columntrim.pdf (120.7 KB, 231 views)
File Type: pdf D2_dashpanel.pdf (240.8 KB, 239 views)
File Type: pdf D2_dashvent.pdf (81.9 KB, 229 views)
File Type: pdf D2_passengerairbag.pdf (124.9 KB, 245 views)
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Old 12th February 2017, 04:31 AM
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In terms of dash I'm just curious what people do if aircon unit needs servicing or those little motors need to be changed that can only be removed with dash out.
From what I understand, the D2 actually has a very well designed HVAC unit, in so far as both the heater cores (x2) and Aircon Evaporator are removable from the plenum area, as is the main blower fan.
There is also procedures to access the flapper motors without removing too much (unlike my mates C class from the accountants era, which has 11 or 13 flapper motors and it's basically a dash out job to replace them).

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Another thought.. in very hot countries i've seen before dash board covers, stops the dashboard from melting in extreme heat
Lol!
Not quite to stop them melting!
However fading and shrinking/cracking is the main concern.
Not such a problem with modern cars, but it was rife down here 20-30 years ago.
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if it was possible to get a black cover that would be a nice touch but i bet impossible to find
Correct!
I had a quick look at local manufacturers, none made for the D2 (no surprise there!).
No great loss IMHO. They're not very attractive - more attractive than a cracked dash I suppose! My Dad's missus has one on her Corolla and it does nothing for the interior ambience (actually, on second thoughts it is a Toyota...) - actually that's not a bad example, as it has a beige dash and a black dashmat, perhaps I should take a photo to show you how bad it looks!
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