"concept GTR" dash build-up...Fie Ro style! ;) (Page 20/56)
Custom2M4 FEB 23, 05:53 PM
I am sorry.. But I just hate you.. lol looks amazing yet again! hurry up and finish though!
Fie Ro FEB 23, 06:56 PM
last one...might try something like this one of these days....

good night!
Kohburn FEB 23, 07:29 PM

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Originally posted by Fie Ro:

well I played a bit with them tonight....some zippo tricks (I never had one lol)...yeah they look too "ïmportant", its just a switch...! But I guess they look best on a horizontal surface...and.. got some ideas coming
The pushbuttons will work for the mirrors/decklid up/manual headlights down (a common fiero mod) but I will need those extra ..switches for the headlights and extra lighting I guess..I figure some lineing up with the shifter ring rounding...I should try a photoshop if I dont fall asleep.


I think they look best on a non-horizontal surface

either on a \-

or on an overhead /-

but thats how i'm used to seeing them in aircraft

Fie Ro FEB 27, 12:46 PM
well I figured the only suitable place is to mount them somewhere in here...

..but I am thinking of getting them recessed in there with a little slope at the top....these are some sketches, I have loads of these for any part I am doing...will be working on it later, I'll do a seperate mockup for this experiment...

Despite the freezing weather I got some little things going....cleaned up the garage and rearanged it so my new engine will fit in there too!
Midconsole mockup, for a perfect fit I'll have to remove the window buttons, but I was there to take some measurements for the sub and rally gauges so its a bit rough/lazy.


It feels the armrest is a little higher than stock, since my long arms and a midconsole sub need to work together, and from experience with my current sub setup I'll take that info into the game....
...several pieces of wood and some clamps are usefull for every jig anytime....getting the startingpoint for the rallygauges going:

anyway, Ive got a new little friend

Scott-Wa FEB 27, 01:04 PM
good to see you making progress. Have you thought about eliminating the original skeleton so you could narrow/blend your center consoleto end in front of the shifter more organically? If I ever get to doing something like this I'd like to pretty much steal your shape for the upper part of the console and subwoofer idea but maybe make the lower section wrap around the shifter also narrowing as it goes from the back to the front. Maybe eliminate having the stereo/hvac section being part of it or bring that into it as a distinctly seperate transition so there is still room for the cabling that goes thru that area. I can't draw worth a squat in 'paint' but I may see if I can snag one of your photos to draw some lines across to get the idea.
Fie Ro FEB 27, 02:24 PM
yeah I think I understand what you mean....theres a lot of space indeed around the shifter area esp. when youre a non-smoker in the car ....however I committed to stay quite close to the original dimensions and fitment so I leave the original bracket in place. but theres enough space between shifter and midcluster to make some recessed cupholders if you wanted to...! I'll use a little of that space to mount the rockerswitches almost an inch lower.....theres sooo much you can do
Scott-Wa FEB 27, 03:37 PM
sent you an email with a picture... not bad for a first shot at editing a photo in Paint of all programs. Oh... I think putting the switches with covers on the console is a bad idea ergonomicly... in front of shifter they would be hard to access and behind it they might get hit driving by accident. I'd integrate them into a roof console or into the dash.

[This message has been edited by Scott-Wa (edited 02-27-2005).]

Fie Ro FEB 27, 04:43 PM

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Originally posted by Scott-Wa:

sent you an email with a picture... not bad for a first shot at editing a photo in Paint of all programs. Oh... I think putting the switches with covers on the console is a bad idea ergonomicly... in front of shifter they would be hard to access and behind it they might get hit driving by accident. I'd integrate them into a roof console or into the dash.


I cant check email before tomorrow, I hope it looks good

...Now thats 2 votes against my rocker switch setup.....thanks for the feedback...lol, so lets see what we can do. I want the dash kinda clean so the roofconsole looks like a nice option.... I am redoing it anyway for the leds.


I'll try a mockup tomorrow...

ricreatr FEB 27, 08:37 PM
i really like scott-wa's roof console idea! cool place for em. and those lights will look good too!
Fie Ro MAR 13, 01:43 PM
console needs a repaint and an aluminium bezel but this setup will work! thnx Scott-wa.

Finally got the rallygauges shipped across the ocean...oilpressure/volts/boost (I replaced watertemp with boost when I knew I was close to my SC purchase ) testing the volts gauge:

with 7 colors to choose from it wont be hard to match them to the final interior.....nice gauges.

[This message has been edited by Fie Ro (edited 03-13-2005).]