Nikolai,
I have seen the dash cover from Rimmers (ordered one by mistake thinking it
was a true replacement crash pad), and it is of inferior quality to the
Accu-Form brand overlay offered by Moss (which I eventually installed on my
'79 1500).
The Accu-Form cover comes complete with adhesive (and detailed
instructions). You first trim down any high edges of the cracks on the
original pad so the cover will lay flat. Clean the old pad thoroughly with
ammonia window cleaner. Then you apply a pencil-sized bead of adhesive near
the perimeter (1/2" from the edge) of the overlay and around the defroster
holes. Hold the overlay in place with the original metal vents, rolls of
paper or weights for 4 hours, and voila, you are done.
No trimming is required and the demister and ashtray holes line up well.
The cover comes to within a half inch of the windshield rubber at the
forward edge but does not touch it.
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I noticed your Spit is a Mk IV. Is the dashtop the same shape as the 1500
(which, ISTR, is what the coverlay is designed for)?
Good Luck,
Atwell Haines
'79 Spitfire
Succasunna, NJ USA
At 04:40 AM 1/22/99 -0800, nikolai jaremka wrote:
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>hello all!
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>i just recently bought a dash overlay from rimmer brothers
>and when i went to test the fit on my dash, i noticed that
>it doesn't quite sit down flat on the dash. it seems like
>the front edge (the edge under the windshield) is bottoming
>out and not allowing the coverlay to conform to the right
>contour of the dash. my question goes out to ask if anyone
>else encountered this with a dash overlay that they've
>installed. did you have to trim it to make it fit better?
>if so, how did you trim it? is this just something that
>i'll have to get over and leave it as it is? when i install
>the demister vents, it make the overlay bend and flex and
>leave gaps under the vents. it doesn't really look that
>good.
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>thans in advance for any replys.
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>nikolai jaremka
>72 spitfire mkIV
>east aurora, new york
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