Dash results (and X-mas comes early :)

[scirocco at vintagewatercooleds.com (Eric S)]

Jeff don't take this the wrong way...just my opinion.

Dash - looks like absolute shit, wasted money...shoulda saved for the real
thing...its now garbage.  (just being honest, it seriously looks like
fucking shit)

Rims - HOT HOT HOT...nice find mang!

-- 
Eric
www.vintagewatercooleds.com

1979 Dasher Coupe 2.0 8v
1981 Scirocco S (TDI swap project)
1990 Corrado TDI
1990 Fox Wagon (1.6 Heron head project)
1991 Cabriolet (2.0 crossflow 8v project)


Jeff Toomasson said:
> Ok folks - I got my dash back and while it came out about as well as I
> expected, I still find myself not quite satisfied.
>
> The mysterious formula is Line-X - yeah, the sh*t they spray on truck
> beds!  :)  It's basically a polymer of poly-urea and cures within
> seconds of application. On top of that, it's completely sandable and
> paintable. The biggest concern was whether it would bond to the original
> dash surface (which it did), but now it's how long it will stay (which
> we'll see  :)  From a personal standpoint, I can't decide if I can live
> with the rough texture (not really an option from an application
> standpoint because you need an even coat to begin with), or if I should
> try to sand it down...
>
> All told, the process cost me $200 ($100 for the shoot, $75 for the prep
> (several layers of plastic filler apparently), and $25 for me saying
> "Hey, take your time and please do a good job!") which is light years
> better than the $800 butt-prod that JustDashes wants (not to mention the
> 4-month wait time).
>
> Also, I've included a couple pix of my "new" old-skewl bling - an early
> X-mas present to myself.   :)
>
> Let me know what you think!
>
> L8R, Jeff
>
> http://validpath.com/images/81s/resto/dash1.JPG
> http://validpath.com/images/81s/resto/dash2.JPG
> http://validpath.com/images/81s/resto/dash3.JPG
> http://validpath.com/images/81s/resto/dash4.JPG
> http://validpath.com/images/81s/resto/dash5.JPG
> http://validpath.com/images/81s/resto/oz1.JPG
> http://validpath.com/images/81s/resto/oz2.JPG
>
>
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