Replace black piping with red, how big a job can it be??? errr

[jamesc69]

A big one apparantly. Marios at Autoshield has texted me some photos of what is left of my P&J dash.
I have told Russels that I hope he can remember how to put it back together.....with no rattles. No pressure then !

 

[BennyD]

A big one apparantly. Marios at Autoshield has texted me some photos of what is left of my P&J dash.
I have told Russels that I hope he can remember how to put it back together.....with no rattles. No pressure then !

James, I don't think I will be seeing you at Dunsfold this weekend!

 

[mjheathcote]

That's a lot of work just to change the piping from black to red!
I would change the heater matrix while it's apart...

 

[lozcb]

Eh i think not Ian , if there recent photo's, gees all for red piping ( any chance of letting us know what the bill is , just for the piping swap over



Thinking about it , i would have been inclined to have tried to mask the dash and the seats and tried some leather dye/paint first, using
plastic lolly pop sticks and a bit of carefull manipulation and dexterity one get could get pretty **** close to the dash/seat leater to mask it succsessfully, was worth a try other wise you could always get it changed , food for thought tho


regards loz

 

[BennyD]

That's a lot of work just to change the piping from black to red!

I agree, but once it's in your mind that the black piping isn't right it will irk you every time you drive it. If it's a keeper, I reckon it will be worth it in the long run. I would probably change the techno cloth for leather while it was apart as well.

 

[conaero]

Crikey, there's dedication!

What was Marios's face like when you were asking him to do it like????

 

[BennyD]

A picture! Russell was mortified, which is a good thing!

 

[Parisien]

The word....buggeration springs to mind.......obviously Russell must have done something on James to end up with that amount of grief.........


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[BennyD]

Not to worry, he deserves the grief!

 

[Parisien]

Not to worry, he deserves the grief!

,......hate to see him taking early retirement cos of this.............James will have a lot to answer for!!!


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[BennyD]

,......hate to see him taking early retirement cos of this.............James will have a lot to answer for!!!

Early retirement? Russell? He wouldn't let us off that easily!

 

[jamesc69]

That's a lot of work just to change the piping from black to red!
I would change the heater matrix while it's apart...

Good idea, i will get a quote.

Eh i think not Ian , if there recent photo's, gees all for red piping ( any chance of letting us know what the bill is , just for the piping swap over



Thinking about it , i would have been inclined to have tried to mask the dash and the seats and tried some leather dye/paint first, using
plastic lolly pop sticks and a bit of carefull manipulation and dexterity one get could get pretty **** close to the dash/seat leater to mask it succsessfully, was worth a try other wise you could always get it changed , food for thought tho


regards loz

Will do Loz, i did not realise so much work work would be involved. Autoshields coachtrimmer considered the leather dye / paint option but was not happy the results would look acceptable.

Crikey, there's dedication!

What was Marios's face like when you were asking him to do it like????

In fairness he warned me it might be a little bit more involved!

A picture! Russell was mortified, which is a good thing!

Russell loves it !!

Ian, i considered changing the technical cloth to leather but for one i don't have heated seats and don't fancy a cold bum in winter, and secondly you would have to replace the headlining as well which i did not fancy. Thirdly i prefer tech cloth. Leather is sooooooo common !!!

 

[EnzoMC]

what happened...looked at that the pics 1st then read the text... arrr

look forward to seeing end results, I did think about this but seems a big job, hat off for going ahead, maybe worth change the chrome vent covers whilst your at it, or paint to match pipe-work

 

[2b1ask1]

Awsome dedication to the marque...

 

[MR RUSS]

Must admit wasnt really looking forward to this but must say , wasnt quite as bad as first thought , still an epic task but leant quite a lot on way , so six of one and all that

Hats off to james though , stuck to his guns

Good lad

 

[DaveT]

Brave man James.

Good luck with it.

 

[lozcb]

Brave man James.

Good luck with it.

Slight thread drift but you enjoying the GS spyder Dave , looks a minter



regards loz

 

[Emtee]

Top marks for doing it properly James. You've got to look at it every time you're in the car, so knowing you did the replacement will pay you back in the satisfaction of knowing it's a job well done. Hope to see photo's on completion. Oh, do you want the Seatta badges by the way? PM me your address if yes and I'll get them in the post to you.

 

[lozcb]

Top marks for doing it properly James. You've got to look at it every time you're in the car, so knowing you did the replacement will pay you back in the satisfaction of knowing it's a job well done. Hope to see photo's on completion. Oh, do you want the Seatta badges by the way? PM me your address if yes and I'll get them in the post to you.

Agree Miles ....................thats real kudos and committment oh and deep wallets , not too long ago i can remember worrying where i was going to get the money to eat at the weekend , now im patting a bloke on the back for spending a small fortune for changing the colour of his piping hahahaha



regards loz

 

[jamesc69]

Thanks for your words of encouragement guys.
TBH if I had appreciated the amount of work involved in stripping the dash I would have thought twice about going Ahead with this.
Six months ago I was toying with the idea of swoppingthe GS for an early GT but after a couple of chats with dicky grace and Marios at Autoshield I have decided my GS is going to be a keeper. Better residuals, exclusvity, lighter, more driver focused all reasons for my decision to keep the GS.
Marios's coach trimmer and a local one to me both had serious reservations about dying the existing piping, so replacing is the only option for me.
Only problem is going to be hiding the bill from VICKY!


James