Center Console Build

[fixizin]

OK, on your 240-SX dashboard:

Is there some sub-frame the dash was built over? Those deep-set canted gauges are WICKED!... I don't like the GF knowing my oil pressure either, LOL!

 

[Hazmat Ranger]

OK, on your 240-SX dashboard:

Is there some sub-frame the dash was built over? Those deep-set canted gauges are WICKED!... I don't like the GF knowing my oil pressure either, LOL!

Thank You Sir

The glass was laid up directly on the foam under the vinyl. The resin did not attack it and it was firm enough to support the lay up and sanding pressure. SO no sub-frame besides original dash.

So your GF actually knows something about cars? Most humans of the female persuasion (I said most, not ALL) are usually saying - oil, pressure, oil pressure - LOL.

To the girls/ladies/women that read this I bow to your sense of humor as I respect you one and all.

 

[Hazmat Ranger]

Finished

and any others that apply.

I AM FINISHED (except the shifter boot) and I am HAPPY

Ok - today it warmed up a bit and I finally decided to pull the console back out and see how she held up over the past month or so while installed. Overall: Freaking Great - she had a few scratches from where it rubbed the bottom of the dash but they were never visible, I also found two small spots that were thin from before and broke through, not to the inside must have been a unpopped bubble - so I sanded them out with 50 grit, applied some dyna-hair, let it cure, sanded smooth and sprayed that sexy biatch . . .

Who wants PICS?

Everyone wants pics . . .

Ok then - Pics

Finished and drying:

Hammered Metal Texture:

Passenger Side View INSTALLED:

Drivers Side View INSTALLED:

The cup holders are now epoxied in place and the sub has been treated to a bead of silicone as a gasket this time. Had a funny whistle before - LOL. Now I just need a leather boot - let's see didn't someone offer to ask their grand ma ma - LOL secret:GREY GHOST).

Ok - let er rip - lets hear it - what cha think . . .

 

[RangerRocker]

I love it! Ive been following this build for a while and Im stoked that its done! Good Work!

 

[LITTLE FOOT]

great job, looks awsome

 

[Jim Oaks]

I think it turned out GREAT!

 

[Hazmat Ranger]

Thanks everyone . . .

You know best part about the whole thing - I DID IT -

 

[grey ghost]

The cup holders are now epoxied in place and the sub has been treated to a bead of silicone as a gasket this time. Had a funny whistle before - LOL. Now I just need a leather boot - let's see didn't someone offer to ask their grand ma ma - LOL secret:GREY GHOST).

Ok - let er rip - lets hear it - what cha think . . .

ok hazmat pm sent for the info for granny... great job on that peice can't wait to see the dash done.. grey ghost

 

[Hazmat Ranger]

ok hazmat pm sent for the info for granny... great job on that peice can't wait to see the dash done.. grey ghost

Dash - the 240 dash - I am going to wrap it in a special vinyl, but I think that will have to wait - who knows - got so many projects going I sometimes forget which one I am on - LOL. I realized I had too many when I tried putting the 240 dash in my truck - jk . . .

 

[Xploda]

OMFG AWSOME JOB! Really sir kudos to you....I use to do fiberglass work on my father-in-laws customers planes n what not. I always had the idea to make a center console and TRS has really lit a fire under my ass to do....seeing threads like this really sparks more creativity on what I could do to spruce up my xploda! Seriously is there somewhere on some1 I pay for this awsome shit. Really great job n site! love it! And I was actually debating to buy or not to buy a tuff box or one off amazon. YOU pretty much convinced me to make my own awsome work

 

[Hazmat Ranger]

LOL Thanks Xploda - it was fun to make and is a one off custom . . .

 

[83bagged]

looks good. your doing a 240 dash? thatll be sick, im doing a 64 galaxie dash in mine

 

[Hazmat Ranger]

looks good. your doing a 240 dash? thatll be sick, im doing a 64 galaxie dash in mine

No No - Not in my Ranger - LOL I was just being sarcastic -

I do have a 92 240SX Hatch that I fiberglassed the dash . . . I have seen your build thread - awesome man can't wait to see it done.

 

[83bagged]

No No - Not in my Ranger - LOL I was just being sarcastic -

I do have a 92 240SX Hatch that I fiberglassed the dash . . . I have seen your build thread - awesome man can't wait to see it done.

o, well ive seen the mustang dash done before. i like thinking outside the box, i think you should do a 240 in the ranger

 

[Xploda]

lmfao hey Hazmat do you get you matting anywhere in bulk? I have alot of projects that are gonna need alot. I was thinking of removing the back bench and putting in b2 buckets in the back maybe a center console for the back too? I dunno I gotta mock in the seats to see how it would look.