Your dash looks amazing! I was gonna say dont leave the stock havac controlls but looks like you found a solution. I guess the only knock against it is using the firebird gauges. If your installing a pc in the car I am sure it could be used to have a lcd screen display all the gauge stuff. Using winald or similar wired up to show everything. I plan on doing a Viper inspired dash since our cars have similar sized interiors. I look forward to the finished project if you get it all finished
Originally posted by whitey078: That's a shame, these are some damned nice switches. Cant find anything this nice here.
Can't you just buy them on the UK site? I know the conversion rate sucks, and it will probably be quite expensive for a few switches. But if you want them that bad, it seems like you can get them.
Can't you just buy them on the UK site? I know the conversion rate sucks, and it will probably be quite expensive for a few switches. But if you want them that bad, it seems like you can get them.
Problem is, I've bought car parts 3 times from the EU, all 3 times they got "disappeared" in customs... and none of them were anything more fancy than a switch or whatever. damned tired of being burned.
Your dash looks amazing! I was gonna say don't leave the stock havac controlls but looks like you found a solution. I guess the only knock against it is using the firebird gauges. If your installing a pc in the car I am sure it could be used to have a lcd screen display all the gauge stuff. Using winald or similar wired up to show everything. I plan on doing a Viper inspired dash since our cars have similar sized interiors. I look forward to the finished project if you get it all finished
I have installed a PC in the car but I won't use it for gauge display, I always liked analog displays :-). I was thinking more for a custom gauge faceplate to give a more modern look. For the Havac I will stay with the stock for now till I found a cheaper solution. The other controls cost 500$ if I recall right.
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Originally posted by whitey078:
Problem is, I've bought car parts 3 times from the EU, all 3 times they got "disappeared" in customs... and none of them were anything more fancy than a switch or whatever. damned tired of being burned.
The switches was bought from UK and for 4 small and 1 big (start engine) cost me about 100 Euro (including shipping). I can say for them that are good quality and worth the money. I never had a problem not receiving parts even if they stopped in customs, I guess I am lucky
Thank you all for your comments. Yes, patience is my big advantage, nothing can be done from the first time correct, I often redo things even if it isn't absolutely necessary just because I thing it will be better this way.
And some update with the work done to the air channels. They are finished and installed to the car and I am happy with the air flow, but I question myself if finally worth all that trouble. Making again the co-driver's side, to fit the glove compartment.
And a detail how I connect the pieces of the air channels (driver side). You can see from the left the small gap between them and from the right I use two screws to keep it together since there is no gap between them.
Nothing new since the last month I was making a dash for a BMW 2002 for my mechanic. It will be his racing car. This weekend I am planing to install the new car pc I bought. I don't thing I will make anything before the summer vacations. From September I want to make the door panels. I have some pics from the vents painted that was the last I did to the car.
I use the foam from a pc motherboard to connect the pieces and the Audi air vents (free stuff is the best ).
Haven’t done much lately, with the economy crisis in Greece I don’t have the "mood" to work in the car. I have almost done the glove compartment, finished with the glove opening mechanism; the third try was successful
Video with the mechanism, it's like an "M" if you look close.
And the cover I made
I have reupholstered with leather the glove compartment and I will take some pics to show the finished product
More photos of the glove compartment. The gap around the door is about 1mm it can't be seen from this angle, still need to polish the handle and paint the underside black. The back side of the cover for the opening mechanism. And the top of the glove compartment getting ready for paint. I didn’t use gelcoat and polyester was full of pinholes...
Inside covered with black velvet.
The velvet on the cover looks grey from the camera flash. It is black like the rest.
Sorry no time to work on the car, too busy in my work lately and vacations keeps me away from my project. I want to start the side panels but I don’t think to find time till mid October…
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