[Dragosani]

I've got a mate who owns a crash repairer down at Lonsdale (down south - towards Noarlunga) and he's willing to offer club members a good deal on getting their dash painted. Provided you do your own preperation (remove the factory paint and remove the parts), and you're a financial club member, it'll only cost you $100 to have your dash plastic primed, painted in any colour you want (there are colour charts with literally thousands of colours to choose from) and finished in a clear coat. It'll be done in a spray booth using 2 pack paint.

I've had mine done and it looks fantastic. It was finished off in a semi-gloss, which is glossy enough to look nice but not so much that it reflects sunlight into my eyes.

Please note that I make nothing from this and my mate is doing it cheap because it's a "cash price" and he has a soft spot for Supra's.

I assume you could even leave the factory paint untouched and he could paint over it, but you'd get a much better finish if you took the time to remove it (takes a few hours of easy work that can be done while watching TV). Preperation is the key here. If you only remove half the paint or scratch it up badly you'll end up with a shitty looking finished product, but if you do a good job you will be rewarded with a beautiful dash.

$100 for financial club members, or
$125 for non-financial club members, with $25 going to the club coffers.

If you want to get it done drop me a PM and I'll pass on his business address and contact details.

Here are some guides to removing your dash and getting rid of the factory coating...
http://www.sasupra.c...?showtopic=1250
http://www.supraforu...ead.php?t=39689
http://www.supraforu...ead.php?t=27168


Sorry about the crappy picture. My car is all dirty and I only have a 1 megapixel camera. It actually looks fantastic in real life.

http://www.dragosani.com/images/supra/dash.jpg

[Darren]

Looks real good Darryl. Im pretty keen as my dash looks pretty crappy.

Cheers
Darren

[Hardy]

i have no idea what i want to do with my dash just yet but looks really sexy

[MERCURY]

That looks really good Mr. Osani :claps:

[Stika]

questions - is it same price for a Mk3 owner - ?

Also is less if i supply my paint -? ( if i want a special paint )

is he able to spray metallic paint - as needs to be constantly stirred to keep flakes even ????

cheers stika - p.s. i stil got your signs :cheers:

[Dragosani]

Stikasupra, on Jan 25 2008, 01:10 PM, said:

questions - is it same price for a Mk3 owner - ?

Also is less if i supply my paint -? ( if i want a special paint )

is he able to spray metallic paint - as needs to be constantly stirred to keep flakes even ????

cheers stika - p.s. i stil got your signs :cheers:

I can't actually remember what a Mk3 dash looks like (only had a look at one up close and that was ages ago), but as long as it's no bigger than a Mk4 dash and doesn't have lot of extra little bits, it should cost the same.

You'll probably only save $10 or so with your own paint because he will still need to provide primer and clear.

My dash is painted in metallic...

I thought you would have thrown those signs away ages ago! I'll grab them next cruise :)

[Stika]

No worries - yeah id say it be around same size in dash space -

yeah the signs are still here at the workshop waiting away LOL - ill bring em next meet
stika

[Supra_star]

The looks heaps better than the original dash, ive been thinkin about doing it myself, but for $100- hell "cant someone else do it" :doh:

[PK]

Supra_star, on Jan 25 2008, 05:39 PM, said:

The looks heaps better than the original dash, ive been thinkin about doing it myself, but for $100- hell "cant someone else do it" :doh:

Trust me, best $100 you will spend.

PK

[killa]

rather the carbon fibre look :)

[bAss]

You mean the fake carbon fibre look :).

[RZ TT 94]

Supra_star, on Jan 25 2008, 05:39 PM, said:

The looks heaps better than the original dash, ive been thinkin about doing it myself, but for $100- hell "cant someone else do it" :doh:

if the cost seems to much go to supercheap auto.

get 1 bottle of metho
1 can of spray paint

use the metho and a rag/scourer to get all the old stuff off your original dash, elbow grease required. will take about an hour to do a thorough job. spray the dash with the spray paint. let it dry. re-install it.

dont get me wrong if i were to do it again I would probably pay someone to do it, but thats because im lazy and value my time more than my money. however mine looks immaculate still after 12 months, no cracking, no scratches, no peeling. i didnt apply and primer or clear coat, straight gloss black.

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/154/dsc08078kn1.th.jpg

thats mine.

[GrEEkBoi]

hey rz tt 94

wat is it u have in ur air con vent doesnt look like the normal vent ???

[Dragosani]

Looks like a defi style gauge

[RZ TT 94]

Yeah, its a boost guage. Mounted it in the stock aircon position.

[Nix]

Is there a time limit on this? Might be interested down the track.

[Dragosani]

Nix, on Jan 27 2008, 10:24 AM, said:

Is there a time limit on this? Might be interested down the track.

No time limit was specified, but there are no guarantees he'll be willing to do it for the same price a long time from now.

IMO getting your dash painted is one of the best things you can ever do to your Supra because it's what YOU see whenever you're in the drivers seat.

[PK]

Dragosani, on Jan 28 2008, 08:58 PM, said:

IMO getting your dash painted is one of the best things you can ever do to your Supra because it's what YOU see whenever you're in the drivers seat.

Agreed. If only this deal was around when I had mine done...

PK

[spesh]

Would we need to supply the dashboard out of the car or could I just bring the car around and leave it for a few days to be done?

What would the extra cost be for that?

Cheers

[Yiros]

spesh, on Feb 10 2008, 02:27 PM, said:

Would we need to supply the dashboard out of the car or could I just bring the car around and leave it for a few days to be done?

What would the extra cost be for that?

Cheers

Much more as it is very time labour intensive to prepare. Allow many hours work to strip back to bare plastic