Well Yesaterday I pushed the 2.4 into the driveway so i could start preping it for the moulding/fabrication of my LCD moniter when i get it (in about a week). So yesterday I got out the hacksaw & hacksaw blade, dremel and lots of bits and wanted to get the hard part done.. Relocating the HVAC unit... Fun you say? of course! LOL here's a pic i snapped b4 i stopped b/c david was whining b/c he was hungry! LOL So I cutt out the entire HVAC mountint area.. so i can mount the HVAC directly below the radio. got it all cut out and the HVAC fitted
here's a pic of the desolate hole that i have now.. LOL
Day 1.... finished..
Casualties - 0
headaches - 0
fun - 10!
This is a PS of what It will turn out like in the end.
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
-Saint Augustine
And so Day 2 was riddled with rain untill about 4 pm here.. so no work on it till then. Once the rain stopped I went and got to work! lol As i mentioned i cutt the right side in teh pic too short... just a smidge.. so i had to go ahead and glass in a new mount in where i could mouth the HVAC to lol So i got to work on that.
ALLLLLLLLLSOOOOOO my last nitrous switch came in the mail today! wOOt wOOt!!!
So I centered it up and drilled the hole and mounted the switch. it looks REALLY nice there.. so hawt ! wOOt wOOt
Day 2....
Casualties - a flat formed peice of fiberglass..
headaches - 1 but it was Alcohol induced
fun factor - 6.3 ... stupid rain!
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
-Saint Augustine
Update...
I got the HVAC completely re-located tonight to where i want it.. and I thought this was gonan be the hardest part.. and it was simple. 4 hours most workign on it.. and it's finished. LOL so now i'm dreading doing the fiberglass work.. I have a feeling it's gonna be a butt. LOL check out a before and after pic.. here.
Before....
After....
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
-Saint Augustine
Looks great so far! I LOVE the switches. It'll look 100x better when completed I'm sure.
oh yeah.... nice fruit o' the loom undies
i hope you arent plannning on molding your hvac/radio/guage nezel piece thats gonna have the screen in it to the center console because that would be a pain and would probably cause problems
Matt: LOL no that's not my plan. At first yes it will be moulded together. But just liek the center console has "gaps" where the peices fit together. So will this. B/c eventually it WILL have to be removed and trying to remove that would be a night mare. there will be 2 peices that meet and come together before the shifter. the sides will be screwed into the base of the center console as they wrap around.. and the center meeting place for the console/ Guage Bezel will be adhered tempetariliy.. Im actually thinking about using some strong velcro to keep the peices together..
simple and easy.. and most importantly Removable! LOL
Day 3 (4/24 Sunday, 9am)...
Again with the rain.. hope it stops so I can get to work on something today LOL Stupid stupid stupid.
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
-Saint Augustine
that looks really nice man, wish i had the skillz to do that.
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Damn, not bad work so far.. it looks pretty clean up until now.
Good luck on the fiberglass!
I know it's JUST a Cavalier, and I'm sorry if I hurt your ego.
amazing... can't wait to see it finished! p.s. i admire your patience... lol.
~Cole
LOL ty.. patience is a virtue with this kinda stuff. take it one day at a time and do thinkgs right
I cant wait to see it finished too! lol
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
-Saint Augustine
the E-brake still going to clear?
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Should cause where he cut out is still inside of the console it looks like to me.
aPlusPerformance.com ~~ Jason wrote:Good to see you got the LCD screen Ryan
It's all turning out good so far!
THanks for the great deal on this PIMP LCD screen Jason
If anyone wants one of these GO see Jason. Great Products & Excellent service... as always!! Jason I'll be ordering some CF stuff from you too for my interior peices.
So look for that in the next few months as well.
www.WinksOnline.com wrote:the E-brake still going to clear?
Yea, it'll be fine. I just had to chop off the cupholders from the console... needed the rom for the install of the moniter. The E-brake will clear just fine.
I'll keep you all updated with pics and work. They're will probably be a "How-to:" written up when i finish.. for all of you hardcore do it yoruself guys like myself. that way it'll help you through it
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
-Saint Augustine
it'll be (2) seperated peices Zach. The Moniter MOulded to the Dash bezel which may or may not overlap the center console and be screwed down. And then the console itself. It just depends what looks better.
But it will be 2 seperate peices.
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
-Saint Augustine
Thanks for clearing that up. I was wondering if it was one peice how you ever expected to get it out.
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It was what was within my budget to get and it seems like a well built moniter, not sloppily or cheaply put together. A for functuiality I dunno.. i've nto had it fired up yet. might try to do tha ttoday when im waiting on fiberglass to dry lol
You don't always have to buy the top name brand stuff... you just have to take care of things the same no matter what brand or type of thing it is
in which i do. So im not concerned about it. But i've never had anything from Pyramid, so i'll find out how well their made for functuiality soon when it's installed. If it's not that great and i have problems, i'll just get a differnt type. But untill then i have no reason to doubt this moniter, haven't heard anything personally horrible about them and have never owned anything from them. So we'll see.
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
-Saint Augustine
ahead of you there ! lol I hooked it up today to see if it works. WORKS GREAT, great picture & color and tons od picture controls that help the problem w/ the angles. I played with it, watched 1/4 of the punisher.. and played a few games on it w/ my ps2. LOL Messed w/ the angles and what not. So before i go about doing that imma hook up up in the car to a power source and do just that. for mounting.
I was alreayd ahead of you! my cars down right now so im not in any hurry lol hahah
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
-Saint Augustine
troll u BUM.....do my car next! I just got hired as a personal gymnastics coach for a group of kids ($600/week)
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dude you know I'll do it for you. CF back peices would be simple as hell. I just need the peices and the materials to do it home-skillet.
Maybe throw in some sweet encentive eh eh eh ?? lol or am I working in the feilds for a low paying income? haha
Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
-Saint Augustine
