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R33 Dash Surround Isnt Pretty.. Ideas?

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Hi,

my new s1 r33 dash surround(the bit with the vents in it)has seen better days.

The coating is coming off in patches and a prev owner has cracked it below the gauges.

Whats my options?

Thinking of stripping all the old coating off - glueing up the crack and painting the whole thing.

OR

Buying a good secondhand one and stripping back the old coating and polishing the black plastic(with plastic polish), ive done this to the gear surround and it looks ok- but will it last?.

Is there a aftermarket replacement?

Any other ideas guy?

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Wear tear is something you can't avoid. However, you may want to do what you yourself suggesting, e.g. gluing cracked areas up and then respray etc, or you can carbon fiber the whole dash. I've seen a mate of mine done it and it looks awesome. Go for the darker more subtle CF. That's one idea.

Good luck. However, I think the R33 Dash looks tough as...so don't go changing it too much.

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Prob the best place to start is ignore everything that spunky munky says, he knows NOTHING about what looks good lol.

Ive just gone through this dash thing myself, best way to fix the crack is bit of epoxy on the back and a plastic filler like plasti-bond from bunnings on the front and sand it flat. use a fine sand paper to remove the crappy peeling coating and get it back to plastic. A good laquer paint bonds well and will provide a nice matte finish, u can clear coat if u want a shiny gloss look but i personally reckon a black or dark grey looks best!

best of luck with it dude :cheers:

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SCR48 Grand Master

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black looks good...is that a matt black you used..ive always thought about doing mine black but have never seen pics.
The black looks great.

Do you need to use a special primer/paint to go onto the plastic?

Did you use a clear over it?

I just sanded the stock one back then used a spray primer then i did 3 coats of satin Black... Havent used a clear gloss on it and dont think i will.. it has come up really nice and im glad a changed it from the white...

Just got the Black satin paint from supercheap and the sand paper and primer from hardware store.... Good idea as it only costs about $30 for materials

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