Had last week off and after seeing the pics of Allan's interior ( http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=205576 ) I decided to have a go myself....
Deciding to be cautious as I had not done anything like this before I had a go at the SatNav fascia first as this is under £10 to replace (I was quoted £73+vat for binacle and couldnt even find a part number for the climate control fascia)
All I bought was some 600 wet/dry paper, can of plastic primer, can of gloss black paint and can of lacquer all came to under £20.
I started by cleaning and sanding using 600 wet/dry paper then a few coats of primer, 3/4 coats of gloss and 3/4 coats of lacquer. As I said im no expert so maybe this is too much or too little, but It looks good to me.
I used DanGBs SatNav tutorial to remove everything - http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=139255
The Climate Control unit is a
to get out and all the little slats fall off when you remove it ![[:@]](/forums/styles/seatcupra/oldforumsmileys/furious.gif "Furious [:@]")
but that was really the only hard part. Its a little daunting pulling half the car apart and I wish I had taken a picture as it looked horrendous for the best part of a week. As long as you know where all the screws are (all in Dans guide) you cant really damage anything.
I masked off the dull black part around the dials as I thought it would maybe shine on the dials too much if it was glossy.
I also took off the side vents which was fairly easy, they have clip releases at about 8,11,1 & 4 oclock and then it just falls out, luckily the slats are all attached in one piece
While I had the dash all off I hard wired my Snooper using this thread - http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=183644&highlight
And re-routed my satnav aerial along behind the dash, up the A pillar and across the top of the windscreen and it is now hidden behind my DartTag. I would recommend this to anyone with an RNS510 as before I used to get maybe 3 or 4 sats out of 10 now I get 8 or 9 so much better reception.
Finally I put on a dial/vent set I bought, in fact it was strange as they arrived the day before this thread - http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=209274&highlight=chrome I was obviously a bit worried, but they fitted fine and the seller emailed me the day after I fitted them and said that a 'wrong batch' had gone out and if I had problems to return them.
Only thing to consider now is the trim on the RNS510, gear knob and steering wheel, but to be honest I think it looks ok for now at least. Just need to try and get a black leather arm rest from somewhere...
Next step is the MDI interface for my iPod and soon to get iPhone
Deciding to be cautious as I had not done anything like this before I had a go at the SatNav fascia first as this is under £10 to replace (I was quoted £73+vat for binacle and couldnt even find a part number for the climate control fascia)
All I bought was some 600 wet/dry paper, can of plastic primer, can of gloss black paint and can of lacquer all came to under £20.
I started by cleaning and sanding using 600 wet/dry paper then a few coats of primer, 3/4 coats of gloss and 3/4 coats of lacquer. As I said im no expert so maybe this is too much or too little, but It looks good to me.
I used DanGBs SatNav tutorial to remove everything - http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=139255
The Climate Control unit is a
to get out and all the little slats fall off when you remove it but that was really the only hard part. Its a little daunting pulling half the car apart and I wish I had taken a picture as it looked horrendous for the best part of a week. As long as you know where all the screws are (all in Dans guide) you cant really damage anything.I masked off the dull black part around the dials as I thought it would maybe shine on the dials too much if it was glossy.
I also took off the side vents which was fairly easy, they have clip releases at about 8,11,1 & 4 oclock and then it just falls out, luckily the slats are all attached in one piece
While I had the dash all off I hard wired my Snooper using this thread - http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=183644&highlight
And re-routed my satnav aerial along behind the dash, up the A pillar and across the top of the windscreen and it is now hidden behind my DartTag. I would recommend this to anyone with an RNS510 as before I used to get maybe 3 or 4 sats out of 10 now I get 8 or 9 so much better reception.
Finally I put on a dial/vent set I bought, in fact it was strange as they arrived the day before this thread - http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=209274&highlight=chrome I was obviously a bit worried, but they fitted fine and the seller emailed me the day after I fitted them and said that a 'wrong batch' had gone out and if I had problems to return them.
Only thing to consider now is the trim on the RNS510, gear knob and steering wheel, but to be honest I think it looks ok for now at least. Just need to try and get a black leather arm rest from somewhere...
Next step is the MDI interface for my iPod and soon to get iPhone
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