finally got my dash mod done

[etlsport]

took me forever to do it because ive been all sorts of busy.. but i finally mostly finished fiberglassing the spot of the fuzzy hole so i could add my own switches for my fan, lights etc..

Switches off

Switches on

Whole dash

Glowing!

[LittleBeast]

Nicely done. However if anyone else tried to drive your car I am afraid they might not know which switch does what. But then again that might be the point, lol. Looks good though. Very professionally done.

[tomdietrying]

Yep, very clean. I like it.
Peace.
Tom
012009

[nfpgasmask]

Pimpy, Eric, very pimpy. How did you do it?

Bart

[kodiak]

Nice job! I like it, you do some quality work.

[Ldub]

WAY sweet...very clean, a job well done!...

[etlsport]

originally i fiberglasssed over the entire area with a very thin layer so to hide the seams... well as soon as i got it painted it cracked as i was trying to drill out the holes for the switches..

so i broke out a big hammer and screwdriver and knocked the fiberglass out completely and started over just filling in the fuzzy hole

after lots and lots and lots and lots of sanding...


then after even more sanding it was smooooooooth



then a few layers of rustoleum metallic all purpose spray paint... some wet sanding and a clearcoat i drilled out the holes for the switches and voila!

except after a day of being dry bubbles started to appear around the edge of the fuzzy hole.. so ill one day repaint it.. but it doesnt look bad at all

thanks for the good comments!

[etlsport]

btw does anyone have a photo of the stock fuzzy hole? i do believe thats the ONLY photo i dont have of a vx (right tom?) i wanted a photo of it stock for comparison at shows/ in my portfolio

[VehiGAZ]

Beautiful work, Eric!

[rowhard]

Kind of like what I did. But I used a piece of plexiglas using the cubby hole thing as a pattern, epoxied it in and used some as a filler, sanded and painted after cutting hole for the clock.

[etlsport]

yep, rowhard, your clock was my inspiration for this mod!

littlebeast, i dont let anyone else drive my VX! haha my next mod (probably will go in the center of those switches) is an ignition safety with an analog coded "key" that must be inserted before the ignition will work... i am considering labeling them though, not sure the best way to do it

[tom4bren]

"ONLY photo i dont have of a vx (right tom?)"

I'm speechless.

I'd offer to take a pic of the stock config but my camera went Tango Uniform recently. That's why I haven't posted pix of my offset for the other thread yet.

BTW - most excellent work. KUDOS

[Knigh7s]

For the labeling, you could pick up a sheet of inkjet waterslide decal paper (Same kind that comes with those plastic models that you dip in a solution and slide it onto the model.) throw a sheet in your inkjet printer and make the labels of your choice, cut them out and slide them onto the location you want and let dry, then spray a nice clearcoat over them. You can pick them up at any model/rc hobby shop.

[workmeistr]

I just painted my dash after installing the Kenwood KVT-512 with iPod adapter. I probably wouldn’t have done it in any color other than Foxfire. I’m not sure how it would look in Proton (on a Proton, that is), but hey, I was jealous of the Silvers having a colored-keyed dash. It will come off and on many times as I add the XM, and eventually the Nav to the Kenwood. I bought a Trooper dash harness off eBay that had switch pigtails for one Trooper Light switch and 4wd switch. I repositioned the right switches to have the door popper (not yet installed) alone under the hazard and alarm light (I may move the light to another position if I ever need another switch, but definately not need now...). I’m looking for local Rodeos and Troopers in the yards to get pigtails for the other light and door popper switches so I don’t have to fab, and the dash-drill stays fluid (I’ve got it down to under 5 minutes, now). Now if I can just figure out why my cup holder doesn’t even fit a soda can… And don’t forget to remove the CD’s from the changer before you install the new stereo…

[don moore]

is there a picture version of how to remove and replace the dash panel..