Dash Kits: A Pinch of Info

Looking to add a dash of class, style or manliness to your vehicle’s interior? Come on—admit it—you are, right? Good, well, you’re in the right spot, because this is the place to learn all about adding class, style and manliness, in the form of custom dash kits. No matter the current condition of your car’s interior, whether it’s a brand new dash plagued with the dreaded ubiquity found in today’s vehicles or it’s a craggy, bombed-out battlefield that’s seen better days, a custom dash kit is guaranteed to deliver character, elegance, luxury, even the aforementioned manliness with very little effort, we promise.

First, you gotta decide what kind of dash look you’re seeking. Is it going to be the classic deep, polished wood look found on fine motorcars, the racecar stylings of carbon fiber and brushed aluminum, or the one-of-a-kind look found in the color molded kits? The possibilities are virtually limitless.

When looking for a wood dash kit, the array of wood selections alone can start to boggle the senses. There’s burl wood, lavish wood, cherry wood, walnut, bird’s eye maple, etc. Sometimes, the kits match the wood grain found in the more opulent factory trim levels of your make/model automobile, sometimes they’re fashioned after the trim found in the European motorcars of old. Either way, wood is the go-to material when you want the look of a classic dashboard.

A racy carbon fiber dash kit, on the other hand, is much easier to narrow down. After all, it’s just carbon fiber, so you can get grey carbon fiber, or black carbon fiber, that’s it. This look is far from the classic wood trim, and adds an industrial, more mechanical look like you’d see in a race car. The color-molded kits are a whole different beast. You can basically trim your dash with any color of the rainbow and beyond. Some manufacturers, like Sherwood dash kits, even offer several colors of camouflage for your dash. Just be careful, you don’t want to lose your keys or your stereo in all that jungle print!