the coupes been off the road for a little while so i took the opportunity to have the dash to bits and add a few things. i wanted to change the heater dial face with a newer style from a 2005 onwards car but there quite expensive from ebay. i found a facelift 45 in a local scrap yard and got one for free
it needed a fair bit of chopping and trimming but i got there in the end.
a new handbrake gaiter and gear gaiter went in. black leather with purple stitching.
i fitted a couple of gauges too. theres a volt meter and oil pressure which is not fully wired in yet. still needs the oily bit under the bonnet doing. in the end i decided to fit them where the tape holder was. ideally i know they should be higher but if im honest i wanted them more for the bling factor than anything else.
i removed the tape holder and used it as a template for the mdf to mount the gauges. i trimmed it with an extra gaiter i bought at the same time as the other 2 and used foam as a backing. i used foam as i wanted them to look set in a little.
the illumination was also attended to while things were apart. i fitted a blue cig lighter bezel as the original orange rover one was to strong a filter for the blue to shine through and the bulb holder from the rover cig lighter was reused to make a light in the ash tray (not pictured). the clock was taken apart and the orange filter was removed as it made the blue look dim.
theres a few more bits to be done but im going to wait for the weather to pick up as it involves paint. new tailored mats are next on the list. i have some already but was never to happy with their fit.
Are you not selling the COUPE now? ....Nice looking car! 
PHIL.
