Fitting Plus 2 ABS crash pad
Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2018 11:05 am
I have bought one of the rigid ABS crash pads (from Sue Miller, but I gather they are all the same irrespective of supplier).
My old crash pad was really not useable, I am aware that people have commented that these ABS ones are a pretty poor fit but clearly they can be cut and can be moulded to shape with a hot air gun. Since I will have it leather covered I?m not too worried about having to do some modest reshaping.
It is clearly the wrong shape at the ends where in meets the A pillars. I could try to reshape it with heat or reduce some of its rigidity by cutting and shaping. Has anyone been here before and what was their approach? Car is currently stripped and I have a week to do this before it goes off for painting. I don?t want to be messing about with it when the car comes back all nice and shiny.
Nic
My old crash pad was really not useable, I am aware that people have commented that these ABS ones are a pretty poor fit but clearly they can be cut and can be moulded to shape with a hot air gun. Since I will have it leather covered I?m not too worried about having to do some modest reshaping.
It is clearly the wrong shape at the ends where in meets the A pillars. I could try to reshape it with heat or reduce some of its rigidity by cutting and shaping. Has anyone been here before and what was their approach? Car is currently stripped and I have a week to do this before it goes off for painting. I don?t want to be messing about with it when the car comes back all nice and shiny.
Nic