Could always put a bit of thin metal plate under where you are drilling so if you do drill too deep you'll just hit that and not anything else

Cheers for the pic guys

 

Looks like my drill will be coming through on the white foam section anyway, so no worries about the loom. Although I'll still be taking my time!

 

No chance you can get anything behind there unless you take the windscreen out Stevo!

I'm going to resurrect this thread.

 

Finally got round to drilling a hole in the top of the dash this evening. Problem is that I can't feed anything through. There's a fairly large void in where I've drilled, but it feels as though I've almost drilled into a space that's in some way enclosed.

 

I've tried feeding some welding wire through with the glovebox and centre vents removed, but can't get through.

 

Pic of where I've drilled...

 

 

 

Does anyone have a picture of the underside of a dashboard skin please?

I'm not quite sure where to go next at the minute...   

If you take the vents out and shine a torch down the hole can you see any light coming through?

When you were drilling Alex. What did it feel like? Like soft and squishy or hard?

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No light coming through that I can see. It's not in any part of the vent structure, as there's no air blowing with the fans on.

 

The very top part that you see is like squishy plastic, then it's polystyrene type stuff, followed by a harder layer of plastic. It's about 1cm thick. That's the dashboard itself. Then there's a void underneath that I can't get through.

 

 

I could really do with seeing the underneath of the top of a removed dashboard to be honest...

 

I'm thinking I could open up the top hole bigger (as my pod covers this anyway). Then will have room to get my hand in properly and possibly drill sideways then if I have to. It's not good going in blind though...

How's the last (scroll to it) picture in this listing: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SKODA-FABIA-MK1-99-08-DASHBOARD-AIR-BAG-KIT-WITH-ECU-6Q090960C-6Y2857181-/252052477304?fits=Model%3AFabia&hash=item3aaf7f9578:g:uQkAAOSwMmBVyItd

 

Any help? 

Cheers for that. Here's another picture I've found...

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Skoda-Fabia-vRS-Mk1-Black-Dash-Board-Complete-With-Heater-Air-Con-Units-Matrix-/221924786333?hash=item33abbf809d:g:DRgAAOxyBotTaAHr

 

 

Not too sure right now. Might have to open up the centre hole, drill out to the side, then screw a small covering plate onto the top of the dash underneath the new pod. Damn thing is proving to be a right nightmare!

Ok... I got a little impatient...

 

 

 

 

I figured that I wanted it done properly. There was no way I was ever going to get it through, as there's just a big void where I've drilled that you can't access.

Just get on with it and stop being a girl!

Give me a can or two Alex and ill sort it out for you [emoji481] [emoji13]

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Well this has escalated quickly. Drilling a small hole to taking the entire dash apart lol

Came apart quite quickly actually! Fairly straight forward process unlike French cars I've done in the past...