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supercharged 850
PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 3:20 am 
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What do people think about this idea????

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Its cheap, easy to find, spare parts galore..... yep, straight out of an Audi TT. Okay, so it was chopped a bit to fit...... but even in this state it looks quite appealing.

Knee space may be restricted however.....

Probably the nicest dash ive seen attempted in a mini. Would be nice for a road car. Not nice for your wallet.

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interesting...

Hard to tell till ya have seats and all in there really. looks like it comes back out to far to me. :cry:

what about getting a space save dash they look quite modern
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Depend how neatly you can fit it in. The right hand airoutlet looks hard to make good, but you could trim as much from the front as you want to move it forward as those edges can be hidden. You may be right about knee room for the drive, but could just be hacked away and tidied up as it's not visible when you're driving.

PS Your left hand wheel spacer is too big,

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I was thinking Fiesta before I read TT.
It doesn't look too bad, considering where it's at.
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Looks good so far, will look even better once all the Audi bling bits go back in :)

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Brad's Starlet dash works well I reckon.

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That would look nice once its finished......I like it.
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i like it
apart from the hlaf an air conditioning vent sticking out the side :lol:

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im all for it ;)
the hardest part with dash conversions though isnt the dash fab its self, its the wiring and heater :cry: :roll:

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Looks very Schmick. :D

But how are you doing the speedo and other gauges to fit in the normal audi speedo bit? I assume you can't use the original as that would all be electronic. Or are you custom making a frame/mount for yours? :?

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Not my car..... just found the pic on the net.

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Ahhh Fair enough then. :D

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supercharged 850 wrote:
What do people think about this idea????

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Its cheap, easy to find, spare parts galore..... yep, straight out of an Audi TT. Okay, so it was chopped a bit to fit...... but even in this state it looks quite appealing.

Knee space may be restricted however.....

Probably the nicest dash ive seen attempted in a mini. Would be nice for a road car. Not nice for your wallet.

hey mate its not even in a mini . looks like a metro. look at the front floor pan and firewall. its all wrong. looks nice in there though .

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Yeah yeah, saw that after I posted it :oops: Gives people an idea though. Just squint a bit harder :wink:

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yeah still looks the crap though. im goin dash hunting today for a second transplant( or bits to finish mine) i need another daihatsu mira wiring harness if anyone has one .

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