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Old 10-09-2023, 12:21 PM   #15
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ive made a few custom dash pieces before check them out! and its super easy to remove just pops off and you have to take out the old vent before you replace it takes about 10 mins at most
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Old 10-09-2023, 01:18 PM   #16
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It does have one bolt next to the radio, though, so the radio needs to come out (the button surround trim comes first, then two bolts behind it, then the radio). Don't try to brute force the dash panel, you'll break the plastic.

Nevertheless, Krops was right, this is a trivial job. Plenty of youtube videos about it, too.
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Old 10-10-2023, 10:28 AM   #17
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Dearest Krops & Arpad,

Forget it -- too many Hungarians on this website!

(GUYS! *TOTALLY* kidding around. I think I saw either of you write something like that in a thread somewhere, so I couldn't resist...)

Krops, yes, I've looked through the threads with your interior handiwork and it all looks VG. I'm thinking of some sort of overlay, onto which I (can try to) place some "artwork", for lack of a better term; pic to follow.

Arpad, good heads-up on the lite "wrenching" that would need to be done. Have not checked any of those videos yet but would certainly do so before attempting anything.

Anyway, I found myself very much liking the interior treatment on this $3M boat -- to say nothing of the smooth tail that I will eventually morph my own convertible to -- and may want to mess around with some possibilities:
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Old 10-10-2023, 12:34 PM   #18
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Dearest Krops & Arpad,

Forget it -- too many Hungarians on this website!

(GUYS! *TOTALLY* kidding around. I think I saw either of you write something like that in a thread somewhere, so I couldn't resist...)
Ha, The Chief is trying to lay down the law but we won't be silenced so easily, right, Krops? Oh and btw Hungary just got 2 Nobel prizes for 2023, which is kinda nice from a country with the population of NYC... aaanyway, where was I?

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Anyway, I found myself very much liking the interior treatment on this $3M boat -- to say nothing of the smooth tail that I will eventually morph my own convertible to -- and may want to mess around with some possibilities:
This is very high end, though. I was toying with the idea of more carbon fiber (in addition to the dash panel and my new steering wheel), augmented with something softer to cover the entire suite of crappy plastic panels GM used below the "leather line" even in the 2SS and ZL1. Plus of course the same goes for the top of the dash, it's pretty bland.

At least they could've done something padded, similar Krops's products but maybe with a thinner foam, on the dash. That's the kind of thing that would fit a Camaro, we shouldn't go overboard with the luxury stuff, this is a muscle car after all, not a drive-thru dumpster queen or a kiddie hauler. Somewhat peculiar that my wife's old Traverse has a much better interior, including a fully padded dash, so it isn't like GM can't, it's that they won't.
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Old 10-10-2023, 07:10 PM   #19
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So either it's lovely alcantara interior pieces, or 735-whp Camaros, or Nobel Prizes... *always* one-upping everyone else!

(BTW Arpad I'm *from* NYC so that one really hits hard) :-0

Anyway, though, what you write is maybe a version of what I had in mind, as an approach. I figured -- if I ever got around to it, of course -- that I would try to lay out and in fact *do* the "artwork", as pictured on that Rolls, on a sheet of cloth, or gray leather, or similar. Then I would see if either I could attach it to the unmounted dash pad with any success, or -- more likely -- send it to Krops to have him do that part.
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Old 10-11-2023, 05:37 AM   #20
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I went in another direction to break up all the "blackness" in the interior (especially the dash) with silver trim pieces.





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Very nice. Where did you get that storage pocket on the side of your console ??
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Old 10-11-2023, 07:21 AM   #21
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AMAZON... lots of choices. I velcroed it to the carpet for my phone.

Don't see the faux leather one with red stitching though.


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Old 11-22-2023, 09:25 AM   #22
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Mine.
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Old 11-22-2023, 10:26 PM   #23
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I went in another direction to break up all the "blackness" in the interior (especially the dash) with silver trim pieces.





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Looks totally cool! We're considering the interior upgrade after installing the rotors and tires from 4Wheelonline this weekend.
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Old 11-30-2023, 12:30 PM   #24
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Nice updates TheYankeeMarshal and 2SS Capt!

I always saw the resemblance of the Gen6 dash to my previous 2007 BMW Z4 dash - gauges to the left, center stack controls/display, and then a broad swath of open sculptural expanse to the right.

I like the open space a lot.
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Old 12-17-2023, 10:27 AM   #25
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Has anyone found a good looking dash mat?
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