Dashboard mats

[the edmundator]

I am enquiring about dash mats from a company in the USA that makes them, but for LHD.

I wondered how many people here would be interested in RHD versions - I thought I might be able to convince them to produce a mirror image if there was enough interest. The LHD ones are for sale at $36 (~£25) in various colours so I'd hope a short run of RHD to be under £50 each by the time you add shipping and tax.

Mk1 and/or Mk2 - they do both. We all know how much the dashboards like to crack.

Anyone keen?

[the edmundator]

If there's no interest (from them or us) then I'll by a windscreen shade instead.

[eefy]

With all the sun today I was just thinking about one of these, out me down for a mk2 in black ;)

[chopperoli]

good stuff, yes I could be interested

[SYNCRO]

Would be interested in one in black!

[Mark H]

Put me down for one in black as well please

[JDUB]

I'd be interested in a mk2 in Black please.
(And can uncracked dash to go under it !)

[DJPremier]

A silvered windscreen shade is more effective tbh. Keeps the temperature down inside the car. All the heating up and cooling down helps them crack I think. I have one of those wire and fabric pop up ones that folds down into a little circle. Cost me a fiver about 5 years ago. Unless you want something more for shows ?

[james butler]

i looked into this last year while i was in california and most of the manufacturers were happy to make one if i could provide a rhd dashboard
hence why it never happened.
but if you are going to do a bulk order ed i would be interested in one in black

[james butler]

A silvered windscreen shade is more effective tbh. Keeps the temperature down inside the car. All the heating up and cooling down helps them crack I think. I have one of those wire and fabric pop up ones that folds down into a little circle. Cost me a fiver about 5 years ago. Unless you want something more for shows ?

its also the fact the dash is made from some kind of hardboard and when moisture in the air is constantly blown into the dashboards innards for years it slowly swells up, vinyl on the other hand shrinks with heat and age which in turn eventually tears and forms cracks across the dash.
if you take the dash out of the car you can be sure the vent aperture to the windscreen demister will be bent out of shape so not lining up with the plastic vent box reducing the demist function as a result of the material swelling up and deforming.
if my dash cracks again i will just have to have it flocked along with the door cards.

[the edmundator]

They haven't said no and there was talk of sending a test version, so this might yet be possible.

I'll keep you posted.

[james butler]

did you see the guy on facebook doing coverings for the dashboard of mk2 golfs?
reckons he can do most dashboards.
maybe be worth seeing if he would do multiple dashboards? bulk discount?

[the edmundator]

Sorry, I don't really do Facebook.

[mr alpine92]

did you see the guy on facebook doing coverings for the dashboard of mk2 golfs?
reckons he can do most dashboards.
maybe be worth seeing if he would do multiple dashboards? bulk discount?

iv email him on facebook see what the cost are,and he not far form me,mite pop along and see him,

[james butler]

did you see the guy on facebook doing coverings for the dashboard of mk2 golfs?
reckons he can do most dashboards.
maybe be worth seeing if he would do multiple dashboards? bulk discount?

iv email him on facebook see what the cost are,and he not far form me,mite pop along and see him,

good good.
by all accounts hes supposed to be awsome and the pics certainly look good.
like you say it depends on the price, but maybe he might do a deal on a job lot.