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Old 11-02-2004, 09:39 PM
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Affordable Aluminum Billet Dash Kit?

Fellow SVXers,
I've seen an 'aluminum billet dash kit' installed on an SVX belonging to a member of this Forum that looks great. I was wondering if any of you know of an online store that sells the above mentioned kit for an honest price. I don't feel like paying $200+ for a dash kit, since for that price I can go pay a visit to Mike and pick up a Stage I v4 chip (which on the other hand is worth every penny).

I've looked on eBay but at the moment nobody is selling any type of SVX Dash Kit.

Thank you in advance!

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Old 11-03-2004, 01:55 AM
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Dayle's shop (Motorsport Warehouse) is the only place I know of that sells an aluminum dash kit. The only problem is that the fit around the buttons doesn't look that great. The fake wood is visible because the button indications are "written" on it, and need to be exposed.
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Old 11-03-2004, 12:54 PM
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Dayle's shop (Motorsport Warehouse) is the only place I know of that sells an aluminum dash kit. The only problem is that the fit around the buttons doesn't look that great. The fake wood is visible because the button indications are "written" on it, and need to be exposed.
Thanks for the help Aaron.
I wouldn't have bought the kit from that store even if it looked perfect, because as I said $200 for such an item is a very high price, at least in my opinion. But then again by judging at several other items sold on that site which can be found on eBay and other sites for 40-60% less, I wonder whether the prices advertised on it are in Canadian dollars?

If anybody else knows of a shop that makes aluminum billet dash kits for our cars, please let me know!

Thanks,

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Old 11-05-2004, 10:12 PM
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every so often

I put a kit on ebay usually with a lower reserve
then what retail is on the site.
With any kit your going to see a minor amt of area
around pcs's thats exposed.
I have some other pics of our kits installed.
Email me if you want to discuss a kit and Ill see what
I can do. 1 thing to mention is, the kit started out
a few yrs ago as an 18pcs kit, its NOW like a 23 pcs kit
and our price hasnt gone up, if anything we have tried
to lower it for everyone.
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Old 11-05-2004, 10:32 PM
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Thanks Dayle, I'll let you know.

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Old 11-06-2004, 10:07 PM
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hey dayle can you post more pics of the alum. one and also is there a big difference between the plastic and real billet aluminium how many pieces each?
thanks in advance !
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Old 11-06-2004, 11:04 PM
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hey dayle can you post more pics of the alum. one and also is there a big difference between the plastic and real billet aluminium how many pieces each?
thanks in advance !
I could post more, but if you email me I can send you several
Dont think we offer one in plastic, but theres one thats Raw
aluminum and one with a plastic clear coat over it
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Old 11-07-2004, 11:35 AM
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I picked up the carbon dash kit- not loving it. too much is still exposed even with the 23 pcs. At nite it looks good but during the day - BLAH!




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Old 11-07-2004, 11:56 AM
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Yeeesh. I feel your pain, that looks awful. This is why I've never like stick on dash kits. Sure, the quality might be nice, but it's never going to cover up all the faux wood, especially considering you NEED to leave all the lettering exposed in order to read the buttons at night.

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Old 11-07-2004, 01:40 PM
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Old 11-07-2004, 03:53 PM
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Its not all that bad

and alot of it has to do with how you install it.
Its important to keep the gaps even thruout while
Many people Ive found buying the kits are trying
another idea we had
That was to wet sand the plastic parts first lightly
then put a small coat of grey or flat black paint mainly
on the outter edge of each pcs or basically where any exposed
wood would be. Youd find out where this is by test fitting
each piece.
After the areas are painted and dried, install your kit.
I was thinking about doing it on my next project car but
so far it hasnt bugged me all that much and its still more
attractive then the fake wood.



Joe, take off that Harley steering wheel cover and let me
sell you a nice leather cover instead, Ill even make you a
sweet deal on one just so you can take it off.
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Old 11-08-2004, 02:52 AM
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Although smaller gaps would still be nice, especially if the button text could be covered with the kit and them still visible, the kits over a black/plain dash would look better. I have seen them over black dashes and they don't loo too bad... that darn wood grain just sticks out too much and makes it look chinsy. Dayle's idea of sanding the edges and painting them black sounds like a good one.
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Old 11-08-2004, 03:30 AM
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Re: Its not all that bad

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Joe, take off that Harley steering wheel cover and let me
sell you a nice leather cover instead, Ill even make you a
sweet deal on one just so you can take it off.
Dayle, my other love is my 1987 1000cc Custom HD sportster. The Harley steering wheel does me just fine, thanks ;-)
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and alot of it has to do with how you install it.
Its important to keep the gaps even thruout while
Many people Ive found buying the kits are trying
another idea we had
That was to wet sand the plastic parts first lightly
then put a small coat of grey or flat black paint mainly
on the outter edge of each pcs or basically where any exposed
wood would be. Youd find out where this is by test fitting
each piece.
After the areas are painted and dried, install your kit.
I was thinking about doing it on my next project car but
so far it hasnt bugged me all that much and its still more
attractive then the fake wood.



Joe, take off that Harley steering wheel cover and let me
sell you a nice leather cover instead, Ill even make you a
sweet deal on one just so you can take it off.
Dayle, no offense to you as a provider of this kit but it's really ugly ! i have never such low quality material, or maybe it's not the quality but rather its being as over the fake wook rather replacing it. pls do not get me wrong, i admire the stuff you sell for the SVX, especially the white leather conversion, but i have to pass for the dash kit. I prefer removing it and paint it similar to the car's external color (same paint). that's just an opinion.
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Old 11-08-2004, 11:06 AM
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Re: Re: Its not all that bad

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Dayle, my other love is my 1987 1000cc Custom HD sportster. The Harley steering wheel does me just fine, thanks ;-)
then your next buy should be an Alcyone hood emblem
for your bike

Silverspear, not sure how you can make such an
opinion from 5000 miles away.
Have you ever seen any of these in person ?
no offense taken
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