Since this car had an uncharacteristically clean and uncracked dash, which is uncanny for having spent its life in Texas, I intended on preserving it. I bought a dash cover from Dash Designs in the perforated Sedona Suede material. It went on easily with a couple velcro strips.
There wasn’t a sliver of a doubt – the corny, chrome Grip Royal steering wheel had to go. I was luckily able to offload it and at the same time source a Nardi Classic from the tried and true Yahoo Auctions Japan. I didn’t want to pay $300 for a brand new one, after all, this isn’t the RX-7. The one I picked up from YAJ was in good condition and had the silver anodized spokes I was looking for. My aim is to keep the theme of this car true to its vintage.
Installed. After removing the unsightly Defi gauges, I had to buy another steering column trim because the original one was riddled with mounting holes.
In order to make the horn button work with the quick release hub, I had to get crafty (ghetto) by jamming a bent paper clip into the pocket. This created a grounding contact for the backside of the horn button to the hub.
Next up, I finally threw in the D-Max checkered floor mats, which were one of the very first things I bought for the car along with the D-Max exhaust.
The driver side needed a slight trimming to get around the Cusco cage.
There are still a few more items to take care of, but the interior is coming together and gathering form.
Dash cover looks great. Thought it was Supermade at first, but it looks much better in quality (plus it’s LHD).
Yeah it’s pretty cool, there are a few US companies that make covers like this one including DashTopper and CoverKing. The Sedona Suede is nice.