Retro Passat

[huss]

Does the sound deadening work?

[Preen59]

Really nice, mate!

Those Prototipowheels are mint. I got one for my Uncle's 914/6 GT. looks excellent.

Have a serious think about doing the dash in suede if it's going to see a fair amount of sunlight.. I spoke to a very good upholsterer about doing this with my Mk1 dash and he said if it's not a show car, don't do it. Problem is, over time the sun makes them bubble and it's super hard to fix it. A friend of mine did his with normal auto carpet and it's held up for about 10 years.. So that might be an option, as it can breathe so you don't have the same issues.

The sound deadening definitely makes a difference. I like your approach here.

[tassie_euro_mk1]

Thanks Preen.

Thats good to know about the suede. Is that the genuine material or the 'faux suede' as they call it? Might have to do a bit of research on suede haha. Wasnt really interested in the other carpet materials as I wanted a race/rally look and something that will look clean.

Yea the wheel is great. Excellent quality as you would expect from momo and suits these 70's cars well.

[tassie_euro_mk1]

Little update. I decide to tackle the dashboard. Went to spot light and grabbed some suede. Looks light quality material as well. Seems like it wouldn't have any problem with breathing. Not too sure how it will handle the sun in regards to fading but I will a sun shade on the windscreen most of the time. Cleaned up the dash as best as I could but I could only do so much without spending heaps on time on it. Being a daily vehicle I couldn't afford to have the dash out for too long. Covered it with a thin foam backing fabric and then the suede. Pretty certain I wont be doing another anytime soon haha. But Im happy with the end result. It was a nightmare to make the fabric wrap around the instrument cluster

There is also big water leak in heavy rain so I borrowed some Wurth Windscreen Adhesive from work and sealed the gaps from the rubber to the glass. Still waiting for the sealant to try so haven't been able to properly determine if that is the cause of the leak. The Wurth sealant is excellent stuff though! I would definitely recommend it.

Does anyone know of a decent auto carpet dye?

[GoLfMan]

looks great mate

[Phat Bug]

Thats really nice

[tassie_euro_mk1]

cheers guys. I now know what ill be doing differently when upholstering a dash in suede or any other fabric for that matter haha. Wasnt as easy as I imagined it would be haha.

Keen to get these carpets back to deep black and fitted. looking at the silver sound deadening is getting old haha