Dash build (Page 19/28)
TXGOOD FEB 18, 06:05 AM
I would like to go, but I don`t want to say too soon because the last couple of times my plans have fallen through.
I won`t be in a Fiero either because mine is no where close to being done.
TXGOOD FEB 21, 02:11 PM
I pulled my dash out of the mold and now I`m starting to cut it to fit.
I`m making templates for everything so I can do another if I want.
Mike



The pocket is where the light switch will go.



grkboy707 FEB 22, 06:45 AM
Cool! I never quite understood your setup, but now, I finally get it!
TXGOOD FEB 22, 07:35 AM
Thanks, I need to fine tune some of the specifics of the dash shell and then cut out all of the holes I need for the various switches, etc that go into it.
I found a very valuable lesson with working with different resins.
I have worked with fiberglass a few times on and off through the years but nothing that really required more than a quart or so.
Thus, I have always bought it from Home Depot or a parts store.
I will tell you this, if you use a good polyester resin from a proper fiberglass supplier you will never use the cheap stuff again.
There is a world of difference in the molassis looking cheap stuff and the cooking oil consistancy of the good stuff.
Sofa King FEB 22, 10:02 AM
Looks good! Do you have drawings / plans or are you doing eveything as you go?
TXGOOD FEB 22, 10:22 AM
I`m still using the dash I built before as a base idea, but I have changed it up some.
Most of the ideas I come up with as I go, but the emphasis is always on being able to wrap the vinyl and get it to lay right without having a sewing machine.
Unlike most of the dashes out there that require a lot of fabrication I`m trying to make this one as bolt in as I can.

TXGOOD MAR 04, 08:47 PM
I have started the mock-up for my instrument pod to make a mold for the fiberglass.




TXGOOD MAR 07, 06:32 PM
I got the dash pod fiberglassed and next I will be forming the console sides.

aeffertz MAR 07, 07:03 PM
Wow, very creative!
I like how you can still use the stock gauge cluster, yet everything looks more modern.
TXGOOD MAR 07, 08:08 PM
Thanks, I think I`m going to flatten out the top part of the console where it comes off the upper part of the dash, because I`m going to step the GT gauges that are above the the air vents.
Mike