hey, thanks tone!!

Yes, did the work myself in my spare time... took me over 3 months to finally get it finished i think (hour here, hour there).

Was my first time ever working with Fiberglass&Bondo... Fabricated the piece from a polystyrene piece that I carved then layed t-shirt material over it, resined.. then fiberglass reinforced the back.. bondo, sanded, polyfill, sanded some more... then sanded even more.. topped off with a superhard anti-chip trim coat. (regret painting it black, oh well).

Display is a Xenarc monitor, bought it for $499 at the time (VGA lcd tft's are much more expensive then the NTSC displays). More information at www.xenarc.com think you might be able to get them for around $400 now.. Not sure, will try and check that out for ya if you're interested.

Display came direct from China dist. at the time, they're all over the place locally now...

I don't have any problems looking down - but then again I have the display easily configured with huge buttons you can't miss on the screen. Having the display further down is better for me because the display can be quite the distraction while trying to drive.

I had an lcd at the top of my dash in my Rodeo before the VX, and it was a HUGE distraction and I ended up disabling it.

With how I have it now, it's removable (the original trim piece that goes around the front of the 6-disc/ashtray is fused inside it). So not only did I NOT effect my trade-in value, I can easily transport it to another VX. Its a good thing I preplanned this, because I'm about to buy another one!

lemme know if you have any other questions!

that goes for anyone that might have fiberglass questions!