PP Dash

[Mustang Convert]

Can't you just feel it and see if it's smooth (meaning appliqué) or whether you can feel the machine finished surface (which would be slightly rough?)

Is it even possible to machine a curved surface like this? For example, how could they machine the pattern where the dash curves in toward the vents and gauges. Seems like an applique or wrap would be the only way to get the pattern on those surfaces.

Also, if it's really machine turned, I would think in sunlight that light would be bouncing off the surface in all directions. It wouldn't do that on an applique surface. The way the light bounces off in this picture makes me think it's an applique.

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[Kevin08]

It's definitely a wrap. I've spent some time sitting in/snooping around a TY GT PP that the Ford dealership has in a showroom around here. It doesn't feel cold to the touch and there were slight wrinkles evident around the corners of the dash (where it meets the door panel). A short-sighted compromise by Ford to lower costs while trying to make the PP stand out. As someone else said, if the dash panel underneath is aluminum, it probably doesn't have the brushed finish in order for the "engine-turned" appliqué to adhere and look smooth. If it was brushed aluminum that'd be great because I would just remove the PP appliqué, but I've got a feeling that removing the aluminum panel from the car in order to apply your own DIY brushed-aluminum look might be more trouble than it's worth.

Maybe the 2016MY will lose this 'feature.' :shrug: Everything inside the car looked and felt great besides the Hyundai-esque dash applique and the overhead console/map light unit that looks like it was an after-thought tack on piece during the design process.

 

[OppoLock]

You guys make the PP dash sound really bad in person...

 

[Potrillo]

Why not just use hydrographics instead of a wrap at that point.

That is about as lame as making it "carbon fiber look."

 

[OppoLock]

Because at least it's based on aluminum? If it's a metal finish laid on metal it's not like some sort of ricey CF overlay.

 

[Kevin08]

In all honesty, it doesn't look bad. It's more that knowing it's simply some type of overlay that bothers me. I can only imagine it getting scratched up after a few years of DD-use and turning into a major eyesore that detracts from the quality of the car. It also makes me worry about the possibility of it wrinkling/losing adhesion in some spots, etc. I have no idea what the material is exactly, or what kind of process Ford uses to apply it, so maybe none of that will happen; but these are worries (whether substantiated or not) that someone wouldn't have with any other kind of dash board.

In the end, I don't think anyone who rides in the car would notice unless (unless they touch it with the intention to identify the material). I only bothered to search for the wrinkles after reading about it on here, and they were so slight that I doubt most people would ever notice, or care.

 

[B-Fox]

might be cool to yank it out, peel it and have a body shop spray it to match the exterior, depending on the color scheme.

 

[TWilliams]

Could it be a "foil" appliqué? Very thin machined turned metal foil applied via adhesive to the aluminum substrate?

 

[PortalMaker]

It's a wrap of some sort. I felt a little sliver of it kicking up along the edge (*see image) of one PP dash I had checked out.

*Note: Representative image of where I felt the edge of the wrap, but it was kinda thick and hard. I didn't really investigate it too much though.

might be cool to yank it out, peel it and have a body shop spray it to match the exterior, depending on the color scheme.

That's not a bad idea. But like you said, it would depend on the color scheme of the car. For example: I wouldn't want a matching TY dash insert, but I wouldn't mind it at all in something more subdued like Guard or Magnetic.

 

[Papaya]

"China Mustang"

That knowledge makes me sick every time a member is posting again this question. Instead of machined aluminum we are getting a "china fake" dashboard. It's the same with people who ordered the "premium leather" and have to figure out now that it is "Vinyl leather".

But again. What was I thinking when I was watching all the videos from the FORD design team? It's a cheap made FORD not a Lamborghini.:tsk:

 

[OppoLock]

Drama queen. ^

 

[Rickycardo]

might be cool to yank it out, peel it and have a body shop spray it to match the exterior, depending on the color scheme.

Maybe shoot it red to match a redline interior. Kind of like a C7.

 

[Papaya]

Brain?

Drama queen. ^

I do not understand what you are posting.
Ford did say that every model would get it's own "real aluminum" dashboard.
I am sure you are smart enough to find the videos online, reading your last post. That has nothing to do with drama queen. But again. US customers pay $3,000 - $5,000 less for their Mustangs and are happy when plastic parts surrounding them!?:tsk:

 

[Barrel]

Definitely a wrap of some sort. I don't know that I care and it certainly still looks good, but there's no way to miss that it's a wrap. Completely smooth. Would have preferred the brushed aluminim, but wanted the PP so...

 

[OppoLock]

I do not understand what you are posting.
Ford did say that every model would get it's own "real aluminum" dashboard.
I am sure you are smart enough to find the videos online, reading your last post. That has nothing to do with drama queen. But again. US customers pay $3,000 - $5,000 less for their Mustangs and are happy when plastic parts surrounding them!?:tsk:

It is real aluminum. With an overlay. I called you a drama queen because that rant sounded like a melodramatic accusation that we're getting some kind of cheap plastic slab. That's an exaggeration.

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