Dashboard. How many pieces?

[inkey$]

Looking to replace my dashboard with a standard black one, as the leather on the airbag and binnicle cover is shrinking. Is the dashboard made up of a few pieces? I ask becuase the middle part of the dashboard is leather covered but fine and if I can I’d like to keep And just add replacement left and right sections to it.

Thanks

 

[Pond]

The dashboard is three pieces. The main section, then the instrument binnacle and the passenger airbag section.

Hopefully the picture may help a bit. It is a bit dusty!

As I think I said before, I have a black dash in good condition which you can have for postage, just not yet. It will be a good few months before I am ready to remove mine. I have a good airbag cover and tether aswell.

 

[inkey$]

Thanks Pond. Thats really useful info. I’ll definitely have that old dash off you when its out.

 

[137699]

While we're on this topic - I have a question!
If you just want to retrim the extended leather secitons (i.e. around passenger airbag & speedo) is it possible to remove these parts with the dash in-situ, or is it dash-out in order to get to these sections?

 

[Pond]

While we're on this topic - I have a question!
If you just want to retrim the extended leather secitons (i.e. around passenger airbag & speedo) is it possible to remove these parts with the dash in-situ, or is it dash-out in order to get to these sections?

As shown in the picture above, the passenger airbag 'cover' is screwed in to the dash, so can come out fairly easily. I haven't taken the instrument binnacle off yet, but would imagine it is similar. So in theory, yes you can remove both parts without removing the entire dash.

 

[NZ00Z3]

If you just want to retrim the extended leather secitons (i.e. around passenger airbag & speedo) is it possible to remove these parts with the dash in-situ, or is it dash-out in order to get to these sections?

Both sections have fixing screws that come from the firewall side. People have been able to remove them with the main dash in place, but it's not easy.

Here is a thread about how I retrimmed the leather on my Z3: https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/...8-Leather-Dash-Repairs&highlight=leather+dash

 

[bertiejaffa]

To retrim it all has to come out - original trim can be stretched or aftermarket trim bought and applied with the original removed - I have done it twice, once because I was curious, 2nd time because I could.... I now have another dash in the loft with leather trim of the wrong colour that I am contemplating but a 3rd time would definetly be my last.

For more info see my links in my signature