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Dash display Hood

Postby wyldfella » Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:14 pm

I have a large crack along my display hood.

I was wondering if anyone knew of a replacement supplier.

cheers wyldfella

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Postby Fatty » Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:37 pm

your local mazda dealer, or mx5 mania (link to their website at top of this page)

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Postby Mr Morlock » Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:01 pm

good secondhand unit would be good. Not sure if they are repairable-certainly there are dash repairers who might be able to bring it back to scratch.

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Postby Fatty » Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:07 pm

Mr Morlock wrote:good secondhand unit would be good. Not sure if they are repairable-certainly there are dash repairers who might be able to bring it back to scratch.


i'm pretty sure he's talking about the plastic pod over the instrument cluster.. not the dash itself. they become brittle with age, and usually crack / break when you remove them. therefore a 2nd hand unit is usually no good. even if you find one that isn't cracked, chances are it might crack when you try to fit it to the car.

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Postby green_comet » Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:08 pm

If you are buying a new one, and not second hand just be aware that the new ones are a little different to the original. They made them more Matt to stop the amount of glare that reflects off it, and onto the windshield. So it wont match the rest of the plastic inside, like an old one.

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Dash display Hood

Postby wyldfella » Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:33 pm

thats exactly what im looking for
its been broken since i bought it and i thought it was bout time i should fix it

thanks very much
benn

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Dash display Hood

Postby Garry » Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:35 pm

And the new version marks really easily. Mine was marked from the stuff it was packed in, even before it was fitted to my car.
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Dash display Hood

Postby wun911 » Sun Aug 17, 2008 3:41 am

Ive seen ones made out of cf....
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Dash display Hood

Postby wyldfella » Sat Aug 23, 2008 7:22 pm

my pod has just died
cracked all the way through :frown:
wun where have you seen these cf ones i reckon they would look good

benn


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