G28 - Simple Mans, Simple REDO of an G28 LP640

[Simple Man 2.0]

Well Well, The REDO is coming long at warp speed now!

Made a plug then a mold of the HVAC trim piece.

Fitted the Riceburner Hvac controller and the OE Lambo Aluminum ring piece.#410861719

Now to make Lid and hinge to hide it all

[Simple Man 2.0]

The REDO has been sitting for a while do to Family health issues. 

Back on it and just finished some interior pieces and sent them to the upholstery guy.  Have two more interior pieces and the HVAC lid and stereo piece.

The interior is like a jigsaw puzzle

The attachment points were at first difficult, but they became easier over time

A lot of cutting and pasting. 

[Matty99dun]

Hello, I enjoy seeing your build, your work is amazing.
Do you still make the door cards? I am after a set, I bought some of those
Kit car ones from that US company, and they are just going to take too much work to get them to fit. Thanks

[lambobuilder]

Looks Fantastic. Lots of hard work but really shows all the effort you put into.

[Simple Man 2.0]

Dash is just about ready to take to the upholstery shop.  Lost track of how many adjustments that had to be made to the OEM sized replica dash to fit the G28.  Had to do some of them twice 

The hole for the pod, both ends of the dash shortened, Flange along the front the dash the A pillar openings on each side, the center console openings. left and right side of the steering wheel, the buttonhole opening to the left of the steering wheel,  the airbag opening, the grab handle area.  Flanges on each end.

[Simple Man 2.0]

Looks great, you have an oem steering wheel?

thank you,  It came out supper nice.  The steering wheel is OEM

[Tallon]

Looks great, you have an oem steering wheel?

[Simple Man 2.0]

Thanks for the details. I'll be eventually making something similar.

Lots of work, but well worth it!

yes it was a lot of work, but the hard rubber has a better feel than the fiberglass one.

[Neils88]

Thanks for the details. I'll be eventually making something similar.

Lots of work, but well worth it!

[Simple Man 2.0]

Neils 88, thank you it was a process

I made the outer portion in foam, Then CSM, and smooth finish with filler.

The plug was made a bit smaller than needed.

Took this piece to the upholstery guy and he covered it in a pebbly vinyl.

For the center piece I had purchased it from Cory on this site. 

hope that helps

[Neils88]

That looks fantastic! Great job! How did you get the surface effect to match it all to the rest of the steering wheel?

[Simple Man 2.0]

For the airbag cover I wanted a more OEM feel instead of fiberglass.  I played around with different liquid rubbers and after quite a few prototypes I arrived at a formula.

Came up with a pretty close color match to the OEM steering wheel using a certain number of drops of black dye, a number of scoops of thickening agent and X grams of A & B. Then added liquid hard plastic to the back of the cover for rigidity. 

The aluminum trim ring just needs to be welded at the ends.

A little trimming, good to go!
 

[Simple Man 2.0]

center console insert progress!

 

[Simple Man 2.0]

Plugging away

Next up finalizing the Dash

[Aloha]

Saw the post in FB group while I have this window open and was like whaaatttt? lols, glad it is you : )

Driver door card mounted, clearance is perfect, red light hooked up, door lock switch wired.

well that didnt take very long to do