Originally Posted By marcos
This years dosh will be spent on suspension and brakes... next years dosh will see me with an MK dash hopefully.

In the meantime, can I brighten up the interior of my Plus 8? I thought the dials and gauges would look nice with chrome or alloy surronds as I have black dials with black bezels on a black plastic backing plate and a dark walnut dash.

Can the cetral plate that holds the dials be swapped out for something like engine turned metal..?

And where does one find white/cream dials?

TIA smile


Hi Marcos,

When I recently up graded to a walnut dash I decided I did not like the appearance of the existing crackle black finish of the central oval instrument housing and I toyed with the idea of plain aluminium or with a swirl pattern. Very easy to do, just take pattern from original.

In the end I decided to simply cover the existing metal plate with leather of the same type and color as the upholstery as in pics.

cheers

Neil







1975 4/4 4 seater, cream over blue; Q3 Quattro; Bicycle; Walking poles.