44014 Posted December 17, 2013 Author Posted December 17, 2013 Well that was straight from freddy. Quote
Ledge Posted December 17, 2013 Posted December 17, 2013 pmd you 44014 please don't publish the pic Quote
cracker Posted December 17, 2013 Posted December 17, 2013 pmd you 44014 please don't publish the pic Now that's just teasing! Quote
Ledge Posted December 17, 2013 Posted December 17, 2013 Sorry Im sure topstage will put pics up when he can Quote
nizm0zed Posted December 17, 2013 Posted December 17, 2013 So instead of the 2 bumps for the speedo and tacho there will be a big flat spot to mount a race dash. That seems pretty dumb on his part, he has now taken a design piece that would have cost a substantial amount of time and materials and limited his potential sale market massively... Quote
44014 Posted December 17, 2013 Author Posted December 17, 2013 pmd you 44014 please don't publish the pic Interesting.... Will have to wait to see the finished product I guess. Cheers Doug Quote
44014 Posted December 20, 2013 Author Posted December 20, 2013 So this was released today. The shape looks good! I think mounting it is going to be a khaaarnt! Quote
Retro Z Posted December 20, 2013 Posted December 20, 2013 Yeah i was planning to get one also but the 'custom mounting' has scared me off the idea.. Quote
cracker Posted December 20, 2013 Posted December 20, 2013 Is this the topstage one? Looks good but cant find it on the topstage website... Quote
Retro Z Posted December 20, 2013 Posted December 20, 2013 Not yet released. He is taking orders from January. Its modified with the 3 gauges facing the driver and the two centre pods more foward. Quote
cracker Posted December 21, 2013 Posted December 21, 2013 Not yet released. He is taking orders from January. Its modified with the 3 gauges facing the driver and the two centre pods more foward. Cool! Look forward to seeing it installed. Those alterations sound quite subtle which I think I could deal with - probably improves the driving experience too. Quote
Riceburner Posted December 27, 2013 Posted December 27, 2013 Are the gauge holes open or do they need to be cut out? They look closed but it's hard to tell. Quote
dat240z Posted December 27, 2013 Posted December 27, 2013 Hmmm Can you see the carbon weave throughout the dash? Is the topstage logo embossed in the passenger side or is it a sticker? Price? Judgement pending answers! :-\ Quote
44014 Posted December 27, 2013 Author Posted December 27, 2013 That's a fiber glass one and yes it appears to be embossed on the dash Quote
C.A.R. Posted December 27, 2013 Posted December 27, 2013 I don't understand the hype Alfa Motorsport Fibreglass here in Vic have a dash mold for YEARS & can lay up one in FG, CF & CF/Kevlar. Quote
luvemfast Posted December 27, 2013 Posted December 27, 2013 Can't say I'm a fan of the embossing. I'd not use one just because of it. Not that I'm in the market....... Quote
dat240z Posted December 27, 2013 Posted December 27, 2013 That's a fiber glass one and yes it appears to be embossed on the dash Im lost, I thought this thread was about a carbon 240z dash, otherwise as lurch said, whats all the hype for? And the embossing is terrible. Who wants an NOS branded dash? At least put Nissan/Datsun/240z logo/emblem in... if any! Quote
dat2kman Posted December 27, 2013 Posted December 27, 2013 The older glass ones look pretty stock standard in some of the Group S race cars getting around. Need to retain all the original guages, but they do not need to be operational. Just the face, needle and pladtic lens only, no guts or backsides! Quote
44014 Posted December 28, 2013 Author Posted December 28, 2013 That's just the first one out of the mould ... He is making dry carbon dashes. I'm sure he could remove the embossing if you wanted aswell. Quote
Ledge Posted December 28, 2013 Posted December 28, 2013 As Lurchos said Alfa make one already. I have it in my Track car and it looks as close as you will get to a factory dash. It would still be a lot of work to make all your factory accessories fit into it. That being said I will be getting one of the Topstage dry carbon ones when available, why ? BECAUSE RACECAR Quote
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