the ugly wood dash is killing me!

[Wolfy]

i wanna pull all the fake wood off and paint it, but im afraid i gonna pull something too hard and break it, can someone help me out a little? like screw locations if there are any, and where each part is clipped on?

[shelfy]

Age:
20

Mods:
completely stock and i like it that way... ;p

[Wolfy]

Originally Posted by shelfy

Age:
20

Mods:
completely stock and i like it that way... ;p

lol i know but its just an eyesore lol

[shelfy]

Originally Posted by Wolfy

lol i know but its just an eyesore lol

it's better than the cheap looking gray plastic.

[mysvxrocks]

I took all the woodgrain out of mine, and changed it to the grey plastic. I cant stand the 92 woodgrain, it looks so cheesy and crappy. If I could get my hands on 93+ woodgrain it would be a different story.

[Wolfy]

true but im planning to make it a nice black on black textured and slight shimmer.... ill put up pics when im done.. well if im done, i still need help..?

[mysvxrocks]

Its all pretty easy to get off, a few tricks in some spots, but its straight forward mostly.

Hardest part is the lighter surround, and the climate control, you wont have the writing on there anymore if you sand it.

If you want some help in detail, you can call me. Ive taken it all off already. PM me if you do, and ill reply with my number.

-Dennis

[lhopp77]

Originally Posted by Wolfy

lol i know but its just an eyesore lol

I agree that the 92 supposed woodgrain is ugly, but every painted dash job I have seen is horrendous and absolutely looks just that---cheap paint.

I changed my driver 92 woodgrain for the much better 96 woodgrain and it looks great.

(Note to self-add a car to list of cars from here never to buy even if the opportunity comes up-- )

Lee

[kwren]

Originally Posted by Wolfy

i wanna pull all the fake wood off and paint it, but im afraid i gonna pull something too hard and break it, can someone help me out a little? like screw locations if there are any, and where each part is clipped on?

My friend that has a new Rolls-Royce has the same problem... the ugly wood looking dash. He would be real interested in finding a viable solution to get rid of that "embarrassing" situation. He says even when people simply walk by where he is parked, they cannot stop staring at his car! He is sure that the "pathetic" wood dash is what they are all staring at. He is already leaning toward the "painting it gray" as the best way to go. He suggested maybe do it with a brush to get the brush strokes look... Hope we can put our heads together and come up with the best way to paint it.

It would solve all our problems and my friend's problem as well!!!

Thanks everyone for your input. Another of the many mountains we can climb when we all work together!

Keith

[Wolfy]

Originally Posted by kwren

My friend that has a new Rolls-Royce has the same problem... the ugly wood looking dash. He would be real interested in finding a viable solution to get rid of that "embarrassing" situation. He says even when people simply walk by where he is parked, they cannot stop staring at his car! He is sure that the "pathetic" wood dash is what they are all staring at. He is already leaning toward the "painting it gray" as the best way to go. He suggested maybe do it with a brush to get the brush strokes look... Hope we can put our heads together and come up with the best way to paint it.

It would solve all our problems and my friend's problem as well!!!

Thanks everyone for your input. Another of the many mountains we can climb when we all work together!

Keith

wat color is his car? i can do some research and see wat color would look the nicest for hs car... id be lad to help!

[NikFu S.]

Ugh. Just buy a dash kit and paint that. The paint you've chosen looks horrible.
I really hope you like it. It would be a shame to have second thoughts after painting the panels, is all I'm saying.

Personally I think an aluminum dash kit looks best, second to a lighter woodgrain, my 92 color being 3rd.

[Wolfy]

Originally Posted by NikFu S.

Ugh. Just buy a dash kit and paint that. The paint you've chosen looks horrible.
I really hope you like it. It would be a shame to have second thoughts after painting the panels, is all I'm saying.

Personally I think an aluminum dash kit looks best, second to a lighter woodgrain, my 92 color being 3rd.

i know, i wish you were here, the picture really does make it look like crap. grr

[It's Just Eric]

The camera's flash brings out ALL the metallic. Sure it looks much better in regular daylight.

And to the rols royce guy....disassemble eerything, get the wood out, and take it to a good body shop to be painted. Anything less than that is simply foolish

[sperry]

The only thing that's kept me from pulling all my wood dash pieces and painting them semi-gloss black is knowing there's no way to paint the A/C surround and end up with factory quality, back-lit text.

I don't totally hate the wood, but I'm really not a fan. Especially since it's plastic. When it was new, perhaps it looked like real wood, but over the years mine's faded enough to look fake. Or maybe it's just always looked that way.

Shame on Subaru! I bet for just a hundred bucks or so more in build cost, they could have put real wood in the car and actually up-classed the interior. For a car that MSRP'd for $33k in 1992, real wood should have been included!

[ricktheseabee]

is there any dash kits that are reversable? i saw an aluminum kit on ebay. Im afraid it wont fit and or it wont be reversable. Does anyone know anything about the aluminum dash kit thats all over ebay in the interior section of svx?