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[Collins]

Hi i am 15 i am restoring a mini for my first car with my dad and i am going to make a custome dashbored if anyone has any ideas i would love the help thanks Jay

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[yeti21586]

take at look at this

http://www.theminifo...showtopic=69001

good luck your mini looks good

YetI

Edited by yeti21586, 18 December 2010 - 10:28 PM.

[h4wx1e]

how custom is custom? if you have the imagination and the time anything is possible mate. you can alter another cars dash or build it from scratch. good luck

[rosco454]

What sort of style do you fancy? Race/luxury/retro?

Car looks smart by the way,like the colour - is it imperial blue?

Cheers Ross.

Edited by rosco454, 19 December 2010 - 04:11 PM.

[MiniMonty]

My advice is this:

draw LOTS of pictures, research LOTS of gauges and switches (on eBay and elsewhere), check out all the OLD dash designs
that have been produced and take all the best ideas from them when you design your own.

When you come to actually designing and building yours choose a design "ethic" which might be inspired by the E-Type Jag,
the latest incarnation of the Euro fighter or something brand new out of your head - then stick to it and don't compromise.

Bad production is the result of laziness or a "that will do" mentality so stick to your guns and insist on having your vision realised perfectly.
If you can't find the switched / gauges / lights / buttons that you need just make them - it's easier than you think.

Good luck and we all look forward to seeing your dash when it's done.

Best wishes
Monty