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Title: what dashboards
Post by: Breaker on 26 August 2005, 20:04

what kind of dashboards can you fit in a golf mk2??

i have heard of corrado mk3 and even a porche

any more???

dont care how hard it is just would like to know what you can put in.
love to get some nice smooth lines into a mk2


cheers
breaker

Title: Re: what dashboards
Post by: Mr Blue on 26 August 2005, 22:11

mk4 polo fits nicely

Audi TT one goes in with abit of skill

Title: Re: what dashboards
Post by: golfpro on 27 August 2005, 08:26

dizzy put a mk3 dash in his mk2 so that must go in!

Title: Re: what dashboards
Post by: Dizzie on 27 August 2005, 08:29

basically you can put any dash into any car within reason.
all cars are roughly the same width at the end of the day.
common ones are mk3 golf, mk4 polo, corrado.
less common ones are BMW, TT, S3 and porcshe ones.
I love the look of the 996 dash. Just getting one on the cheap is the hard bit!

Title: Re: what dashboards
Post by: Breaker on 27 August 2005, 17:57

yeah getting one on the cheap must be abit hard

cant imagine many audi tt's down the scrappy

a nice smooth dash would look lovely in a golf and i think the work would pay off

nice little image of the tt dash
(http://www.fantasycars.com/derek/cars/images/audi/tt_5.jpg)

just cutting and fitting it in would be a bit hard

what about the steering column and the vents how hard is that?

Title: Re: what dashboards
Post by: Dizzie on 29 August 2005, 17:56

There's a TT just turned up at the scrapyard I use to use loads before I moved. it's the 3.2 V6 too.

you'll never get one cheap unless u do it yourself. There's so much labour involved it's unreal!

Title: Re: what dashboards
Post by: Logie on 07 September 2005, 12:00

What happens regarding the electrics like the speedo and rev coutner? Do you fit the MKII Clocks back in or get the TT ones working?

Title: Re: what dashboards
Post by: chigmuss on 12 September 2005, 09:49

take a peek at the JBS site (hope this takes you there http://www.jbsautodesigns.co.uk/mk2-s3.htm ) but I'm sure as Dizzie says there's a shed load of work involved. I'd imagine you'd need to graft large portions of the TT loom in to get the A/C etc working, re-jigging pipework etc, then you'd have to put in the heated seats to match...oh and the 225 engine! A whole world of work but it'd be well worth it. The JBS site has the PVW write up on a Mk2 S3 in their media section..not cheap though.

Title: Re: what dashboards
Post by: kai on 17 September 2005, 16:00

i've always wanted to put a mk3 dash board into my mk2 ever since i saw this.

http://www.trickedoutms.com/tech/dashed.htm

Title: Re: what dashboards
Post by: Dizzie on 18 September 2005, 20:17

I know mark. he's on my msn lol.

Title: Re: what dashboards
Post by: Mr Blue on 18 September 2005, 20:19

http://www.centralboardshop.com/projectvr6-4.html

 :smiley:

Title: Re: what dashboards
Post by: dubmaster77 on 06 August 2006, 15:44

I just pulled the dash out of my mark 2 valver to put a mk 3 dash in!!!! just read that link and am having some serious regrets allready!!!!! :embarassed: hey ho!! any one got a spare mk dash or know where abouts i can find one??

Title: Re: what dashboards
Post by: Dizzie on 06 August 2006, 16:07

regrets about what?

there's a mk4 cab one in my mum's loft lol

Title: Re: what dashboards
Post by: Uruk Hai on 06 August 2006, 17:43

I haven't got a clue how its done but I've seen a BMW e30 dash in a MK2 and I think it suited it very well  :cool:

Title: Re: what dashboards
Post by: Dizzie on 06 August 2006, 20:42

same way as fitting any other dash into a mk2. just requires lots of cutting and time to get it sitting perfectly. :)

it's not hard. just requires a lot of time and pacience to do properly.

Title: Re: what dashboards
Post by: VR6_ROB on 12 August 2006, 12:40

i want to change my dash

but i dare'nt take the step to do it just yet
i am going to read into it more first i was thinking of a audi 80 dash
or a mk3 golf one

Title: Re: what dashboards
Post by: Dub_Dude_16v on 13 August 2006, 13:02

Here's my Corrado dashboard in my Mk 2 Golf. Fits rather snug  :smug:

(http://groups.msn.com/_Secure/0SwDuAksUONYL52Y7n6EYOX6apIyG7vyJt2QzZiuPrb7ZLUOWzRo0mxql!ftx!fzFH7cdru3Kl3d4XhlFl5DjTaLz!JySLEQOTc5!07GqwtL*2cfp0jI7pQ/DSCF0641.10.jpg?dc=4675584990085135320)

Title: Re: what dashboards
Post by: mk2madman on 29 August 2006, 20:00

Biggest arse about putting a new dash in is..

What you do with the electric window sitches :huh:

Quote from: Dub_Dude on 13 August 2006, 13:02

Here's my Corrado dashboard in my Mk 2 Golf. Fits rather snug :smug:



show us  how youve mounted yours.

Title: Re: what dashboards
Post by: Agreeable Slick on 29 August 2006, 20:42

A lot of the time with the dash boards it also requires welding in of new brackets on the bulkhead to support the fixing points of the replacement dash. As everyone has said though, if you have the time and the will power then anything will fit.  :cool:

Title: Re: what dashboards
Post by: Stu.750 on 31 August 2006, 16:52

What do you lot think about a mk4 dash in a mk1 ??