This is my 1995 Nissan Hardbody, I got it use from my father after getting shafted by my 2nd Ex-Wife. It was the family farm truck and was beat up with some neglect to the engine. Here is he original build up page
Currently I have my dash out and fiberglassing a 3 guage holders into it. The weather has hanpered my efforts so far, it's either been raining or snowing. Work at Nissan has been demanding too, I've been working quite a bit of overtime. here's the dash build shots I have so far.
Dash is out and all the ugly underneath is showing, amazing how much dust builds up under the dash.
One pristine dash ready to go undeder the knife
Here's a general idea of what I have in mind. I'll be adding a A/F guage, and moving the oil pressure and voltmeter guages from the A-Pillar to this location and doing away completely with the A-Pillar pod.
Used a dremel tool to make my cuts
2" PVC pipe is being use to hold the guages, the guages will with just a bit of play, a small strip of electrical tape will solve that problem and snug them up nicely.
fleece layed down and staple into place and ready for the fiberglass resin to be applied.
Here's the first 2 layers of fiberglass resin, and injection points I made to inject expanding foam in the cavitys where the guages mount. This will allows for some structure underneath, and hopefully reduce cracking and maybe even some sound dampening.
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Here's progress on my dash. It's not complete, I put everything back in so I could drive the truck to Showfest '10. I got some great ideas and some advice so I plan on pulling everything out and finsihing it this week while I'm off from work.
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The dash is actually out again, bu I've run out of room to work because my brother has a fiberglass project going on, along with 3 sets of wheels stacked on the floor taking up precious real estate right now.
Currently I have my dash out and fiberglassing a 3 guage holders into it. The weather has hanpered my efforts so far, it's either been raining or snowing. Work at Nissan has been demanding too, I've been working quite a bit of overtime. here's the dash build shots I have so far.
Dash is out and all the ugly underneath is showing, amazing how much dust builds up under the dash.
One pristine dash ready to go undeder the knife
Here's a general idea of what I have in mind. I'll be adding a A/F guage, and moving the oil pressure and voltmeter guages from the A-Pillar to this location and doing away completely with the A-Pillar pod.
Used a dremel tool to make my cuts
2" PVC pipe is being use to hold the guages, the guages will with just a bit of play, a small strip of electrical tape will solve that problem and snug them up nicely.
fleece layed down and staple into place and ready for the fiberglass resin to be applied.
Here's the first 2 layers of fiberglass resin, and injection points I made to inject expanding foam in the cavitys where the guages mount. This will allows for some structure underneath, and hopefully reduce cracking and maybe even some sound dampening.
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Here's progress on my dash. It's not complete, I put everything back in so I could drive the truck to Showfest '10. I got some great ideas and some advice so I plan on pulling everything out and finsihing it this week while I'm off from work.
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The dash is actually out again, bu I've run out of room to work because my brother has a fiberglass project going on, along with 3 sets of wheels stacked on the floor taking up precious real estate right now.