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10-10-2024, 09:54 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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how are dash mats made?
Is it from basic material and a spray starch (Something your mother used on your sunday best shirts = stiff collar) or or Ive added a sun visor to my ICC screen and its put the existing dash mount out of alignment....so I thought it easier to design something from paper/cardboard then copy onto upholstery material then 'process' it so it stays in shape
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10-10-2024, 10:47 PM
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DIY Tragic
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I believe they’re slumped over a form by use of heat or hot air.
Starch…  Did you hear about the Scotsman who confused his starch and baking powder?
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10-10-2024, 11:42 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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hi
Same way molded carpets are done . |
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14-10-2024, 09:14 AM
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Same as a Toupee, and looking just as bad
 :, why would you cover up a perfectly good looking dash? Got a pic of the ICC sun visor Tonz  , now that sounds like a good idea:
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14-10-2024, 01:28 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Because I dont protect my ute the same way as you matey.
 and I prefer them to the suns reflection in my eyes. This is the 'visor' I mentioned. May look a little agricultural but it does what I hoped it would. Took several attempts with firm cardboard then some 1.6mm galv sheet metal bent and folded in the right places, some cheap carpet type stuff and it simply pushes into the gap between the dash and the screen.  
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14-10-2024, 03:34 PM
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mum has something similar with her car.. no it's not a ford.
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14-10-2024, 08:18 PM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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that will be my last attack. Ive emailed the 3 better manufacturers of dash mats to see if they would do a one off from my measurements or what suggestions they can offer.
Theres a couple of DIYs on YTube that have grounds for thinking over.
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15-10-2024, 08:00 AM
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Joinery in a car ... it's like a bad Top Gear challenge.
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15-10-2024, 09:18 AM
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DIY Tragic
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I think the idea is sound, Tonz do you have a heat gun? Buy a scrap dash mat and experiment with slumping it over a form.
If you can get it to mould suitably, maybe have the piece overlocked and then slip it under your existing mat (which you would cut out and also overlock). |
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