Purists Look Away... I'm Cutting the Dash!

[mrhino]

Originally Posted by mrhino

unlike my "hack job" btw I used Tin snips

I didn't leave it as a hack job!

[tubbedII]

Very clean install! I like the extra mile taken with the surround...looks just as good as my $100 aluminum bezel... ...where was this post last year? haha

[SuperSub]

Originally Posted by PAWS 72

Looks good and clean. Not a hack job like you see all the time.

What size socket did you use on the corner of the bezel.

Paws,

I don't recall what size the socket was, but I tried different sizes in the dash prior to cutting it in order to see which one fit the contour of the factory stamped contours.

[ksshane]

I would rather keep the stock look but the previous owner went to town using tin snips on my dash. I was going to buy a replacement piece to weld in, but seeing how you did yours (and how clean it looks) I think Ill have to do the same..... So thanks for the idea

[Special-Ed]

i say hack away! its nothing but some metal , a welder and some primer /paint to fix it!

[iceship]

MRhino.. What did u do to your heating duct to get it in..

[gmachinz]

I really like the look of it! I may have to do this on my next project truck. The ductwork would need a little reworking but nothing terrible-you can easily mod that part-the result of which with no change in how much air is moving would be much higher air output at each corner because of more restriction-but that IMO is an okay tradeoff.

But what happens in 5 years when monitor sizes are twice what they are now? Lol I can see somebody laying out the passenger side dash at an angle for a 17" monitor! Lol

[crossfire84]

Originally Posted by iceship

MRhino.. What did u do to your heating duct to get it in..

I don't think MRhino will be getting back to you anytime soon.

[iceship]

Yeah.. Sometimes there is just to much going on around the shifter and wheel... Just trying to clean it up a bit