Made by www.classiclandrover.co.uk these panels are a great solution for adding extra dials to any Series Land Rover interior – the makers supply a range of fittings and shapes for all Series vehicles. The new LRE 109 Series III truck cab badly needed tidying up inside, as previous owners had added more dials and wires were everywhere. The panels proved very easy to fit, with clear instructions and are beautifully finished, once installed they looked like OEM parts – with a really original look, they fitted in ingeniously using the original wings from the centre unit, to create this very useful centre dash console. Here’s how they went in and the finished result.
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The new LRE 109 Truck Cab Series III standing in the sunshine.
Land Rover wings make a working flat surface as always...
The panel kit comes nicely packaged in bubble wrap with full instructions.
The starting point. This centre console is about to be replaced by the new kit.
Removing the dials.
Unscrewing the existing console which supports only a couple of cigar lighter sockets.
Removing the centre piece
This shows where the two wings are joined, and where the new panel kits integrates.
removing random bits of old dash architecture...
the shiny new panels are out of the bag...
Fitting the back plate.
Then the new front plate fits to the two side wings of the original Land Rover centre console.
Creating this fantastic fitment with four new spaces for dials and sockets, all facing forward, and nice and high up on the dash.
A screwdriver was all that was needed to fit the new console.
Looking good...!
It's a piece of genius how these panels fit with the existing system - a really well thought out and beautifully elegant solution.
Starting to take shape and looking just great!
Adding more dials.
The positioning gives really good visibility.
The new auxiliary dash panels kit fully installed - it looks like OEM equipment! Just need to clean up my cab now, and polish everything up around this new centre console. The 109 is re-born (on the inside anyway).
