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12-04-2009, 12:15 AM | #1 |
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Getting a Custom Dash
1. I want a custom dash that can house several modern audio/video components.
2. I cannot build this dash 3. How the hell do i find someone around Indy that can do this and who will not rip me off? |
12-04-2009, 01:16 AM | #2 |
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Re: Getting a Custom Dash
Elaborate a little, what is that you want to do? Fiberglass, screens, speakers, what do you want to do?
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12-04-2009, 01:24 AM | #3 |
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Re: Getting a Custom Dash
It has to encompass new gauges in a different arrangement.
Re-route the A/C ducts at least a little because the current locations don't work for what I'm trying to do. 3 Total Monitors- 1. Full-time rear view camera monitor 2. New Alpine DVD Head Unit 3. Large monitor on passenger side. Updated speakers. -center channel artistically built into the top of the dash -Speakers built into kicker panels and door panels. -Shallow subs behind seat. That's about it. I just cannot alter my current dash materials enough to make this work. I need a totally different shape. Doesn't have to be fiberglass, but I don't know how else to do it. |
12-04-2009, 02:27 AM | #4 | |
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Re: Getting a Custom Dash
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It has 2 RCA inputs as well as a VGA input for a computer screen. (haven't hooked that one up yet though) See console install Round 1 in my signature below.
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12-04-2009, 01:30 AM | #5 |
It'd be alot cooler if you did
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Re: Getting a Custom Dash
I hate to say it but if you don't do it yourself it's going to cost you a fortune. Fiberglass is pretty easy to work with, and you already know how to use the internet
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12-04-2009, 12:49 PM | #6 |
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Re: Getting a Custom Dash
All that will definately be expensive. Best way though is to visit some local shops and check out their work then talk to some of their customers to see what their experience was. Any reputable shop you go to will charge a hefty price for all that work.
Check out http://www.fiberglassforums.com/ there is tons of info there. With some reading and patience you can do this yourself. Last edited by dv8customs; 12-04-2009 at 12:49 PM. |
12-04-2009, 10:33 PM | #7 | ||
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Re: Getting a Custom Dash
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what you are looking for is gonna cost you. To me, costing a good chunk of money and being ripped off are two different things. you only get ripped off if you pay the premiums a reputable shop would charge, but end up with sub-par work.(kinda you only get ripped off if you let it happen) Quote:
check out the forum dv8 mentioned, you'll at the very least get some great ideas and a basis on where to get started if you do it yourself. |
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12-04-2009, 10:54 PM | #8 |
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Re: Getting a Custom Dash
Thanks for the helpful responses.
This is going to be hard. I don't trust any shops around here to do something like this, and I simply don't have time to do it. I work too much, I have zero experience with fiberglass, bondo, making molds, all that. I can't imagine buying all that crap and trying to teach myself as I create a terrible hideous beast that nobody would want in their trash can, much less their truck cab! The good news is, (and I hate to type this because it sounds cocky) I've got the money, and I will be able to pay to have it done right if I ever find the right guy. This is strictly spitballing here, but couldn't I find a badass shop in any state, and just pay them to make the dash (a '78 chevy K10 is an easy truck to find to get a template) and then have them ship it to me, and then pay to have another installer just bolt it in? It's the fabricating part that scares me, and I doubt if any of the shops around here could handle it. |
12-04-2009, 11:04 PM | #9 |
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I guess maybe I'm going about this the wrong way. I don't need a show truck, I just want the modern amenities for myself.
Let me ask this- How would I go about just getting a damn STRAIGHT dash that would fit that truck? That way, I could do the cutouts myself and put whatever I wanted in there. I just need a template to work with. |
12-04-2009, 11:05 PM | #10 |
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Re: Getting a Custom Dash
as stated above check out fiberglassforums.com, you should be able to find someone there to get it done
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12-04-2009, 01:32 PM | #11 |
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12-04-2009, 09:30 PM | #12 |
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Re: Getting a Custom Dash
If you don't do it yourslf, its going to cost alot. These things take some serious time and I don't think alot of people really know just how much is involved.
On thing that I have been thinking of doing for a long time (and haven't told anyone until now) is making the dash a uniform shape (like on the passenger side) and using Dakota Digital Gauges. The concept would not be hard to modify in order to make it work with what you want. A large screen could easily be affixed to the center of the dash. The only thing I haven't really figured out is the HVAC system. A Vintage ir set-up is the most likely to work. In the end, its going to cost alot, make no mistake. You're looking (on the low end) at $5000 without any equipment.
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