as seen in the WRC cars....

was considering this but have no idea how it is done. anyone know how its done and where to get the required tools/material from?

charlie

Dunno mate... but as a cheap alternative, cover your dash in moist cotton wool and plant cress seeds...

Environmentally friendly and handy if you get a bit hungry on a long journey

whats the hell do you mean by flocking?

LOL.....but me no like cress

charlie

ah, dunc was talking about that a while ago
voila : https://www.fiatforum.com/showthread.php?t=28744&highlight=flocking

yeah, i shall be sending my dash off fairly soon to get mine done

Dunc

if it costs too much then ill have to wait till i get my other car :devil: hehe

any idea on price just for curiosities sake

charlie

flocking is essentially "roughing" the surface right? dremel, rough sanding head, and a test piece from a scrappy to see how it goes? or is there science involved?

no, flocking involves positive charging the dash or something like that and then firing all the flock material at it. the flock is like fuzzy felt all small little bits, not a roll of material. its not a case of getting a roll of acustic carpet and gluing it to ur dash.

price is about £80 for a dash the size of my uno

Dunc

Dunc Uno Turbo said:

price is about £80 for a dash the size of my uno

Dunc

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would be bout the same for punto, give or take...

charlie

can someone post another photo as the one in duncs thread doesnt work and i still have no idea what it is

or.....



its what im having done to the shroud on my cinq different to painting it, and no glare

ohh....not seen it like that before, i dont like it, i was going to put cream colour suade on mine, not thought about it for the marea yet :chin:

how can u not like it? hehe, its hardcore and there for a reason

track slag

Dunc

That leopard one doesnt look like flocking...

The idea behind flocking is so the sun doesnt rebound off the dash and dazzle race car drivers.

And for modifiers it also means you can have a matt, cloth-like surface on your dash, in various colours and no joins like in fabric!

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ohh....not seen it like that before, i dont like it, i was going to put cream colour suade on mine, not thought about it for the marea yet :chin:

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Bulldog, you would be supprised just how easy it is to sort out on the marea. in my bravo (dash is pretty much identical, only diff would be spec) i have got black suede over the speedo housing and also on the passenger side, where the air bag or recess would be (had a recess so sorted that out) then sprayed the centre for all the aux controls body coloured... looks mint imo, well worth the time and effort

www.centralblastcleaning.co.uk - based in Banbury, they do flocking. There was a feature about it in Classic Ford a bit back but I can't find it but it was a lot less than 80 quid to do a Mk2 Escort dash thumb:

Dont know bout flockng but you will need hover mower

JonnyBoy said:

www.centralblastcleaning.co.uk - based in Banbury, they do flocking. There was a feature about it in Classic Ford a bit back but I can't find it but it was a lot less than 80 quid to do a Mk2 Escort dash

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Less than £80, thats got me thinking :chin: as flocked dashes look reallly good.