Removing upper dash for Alcantara wrap
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Our passenger air bag doors are a blind door just to the left of the video display (see page 46 ish of owner's manual). That is to say it is not actually a door but score lines cut into the underside of the IP where the bag sits that weaken it such that with the explosion of the charge the force tears these lines and lets the bag deploy. With bright light or on a sunny day if you look closely you should see these lines.
So if you wrap the IP the bag will definitely not deploy.
When I had my R170 I wanted to do a two tone change but while the pro I know would do the seats and console, he would not do the door inserts because painting them would change the deployment and that he said was illegal so please think it through.
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Guys, I made cover stock for molded IPs in Hondas and Toyotas and nearly had all the Ford molded business so I can offer some insight here.
Our passenger air bag doors are a blind door just to the left of the video display (see page 46 ish of owner's manual). That is to say it is not actually a door but score lines cut into the underside of the IP where the bag sits that weaken it such that with the explosion of the charge the force tears these lines and lets the bag deploy. With bright light or on a sunny day if you look closely you should see these lines.
So if you wrap the IP the bag will definitely not deploy.
When I had my R170 I wanted to do a two tone change but while the pro I know would do the seats and console, he would not do the door inserts because painting them would change the deployment and that he said was illegal so please think it through.
Our passenger air bag doors are a blind door just to the left of the video display (see page 46 ish of owner's manual). That is to say it is not actually a door but score lines cut into the underside of the IP where the bag sits that weaken it such that with the explosion of the charge the force tears these lines and lets the bag deploy. With bright light or on a sunny day if you look closely you should see these lines.
So if you wrap the IP the bag will definitely not deploy.
When I had my R170 I wanted to do a two tone change but while the pro I know would do the seats and console, he would not do the door inserts because painting them would change the deployment and that he said was illegal so please think it through.
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[QUOTE=BLKROKT;7145010]Understood and thanks for your feedback. I examined those door/score marks, and am going to score or cut the Alcantara in the same pattern. When laid (glued) down to the dash surface, it should be all but invisible.[/QUOT
Looking forward to seeing it done.
if you remember take some pics of the score lines you cut.
Looking forward to seeing it done.
if you remember take some pics of the score lines you cut.
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Last edited by BLKROKT; May 12, 2017 at 09:01 AM.
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Did you ever get anywhere with this? I was looking at doing it myself and found a shop locally that has done something similar with an E55 estate and it came out quite nice.
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Eh. I got a dash to work on but never found time. Maybe this winter. Getting my existing dash out is proving to be the biggest problem.
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Which reminds me, I did find one that did have the top done in Alcantara. However I don't remember if I saved the picture. I'll see if I can find it.
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Agreed that overall execution of this interior looks bad. But I attribute that more to the red stitching and the fugly footwell/floormat quilting.
The dash (again minus the red stitching) looks good. I'm of the opinion that fully wrapping the dash in alcantara would be overkill and end up looking like a couch.
The dash (again minus the red stitching) looks good. I'm of the opinion that fully wrapping the dash in alcantara would be overkill and end up looking like a couch.
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^^^I think that one looks MUCH better. The orange is not what I would do. All black, maybe a light grey, or even a mocha brown would look good. Orange is too flashy for me. But as far as the dash, that one is clean IMO
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If it wasn't orange (as mentioned) I'd like it.
I'm more Interested in how he retrofitted the AMG GT (or is that SLS) console
I'm more Interested in how he retrofitted the AMG GT (or is that SLS) console
