customtronic
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I thought I'd share a quickie build that I did a little while back. A customer came to me to clean up the dash area in his Nissan 240SX. As you can see from this first pic his dash/radio surround was a cluster. My plan was to do a little fab work and move things around to look a bit better. Notice that his turbo timer is in the ash tray and his gauges are stuffed into the area below the headunit. The USB cable is coiled up on the floor near the pedals. Also notice where the AC controls currently are.
My first step was to take it all apart and remove the ac controls from the top panel.
Next I cut three small rings out of 1/2" MDF using a Jasper circle jig and gathered up some materials I would need.
I then cleaned and prepped the plastic so my fab work would adhere properly.
Next I mounted the rings using CA glue (superglue).
The next few pics show the fab of the gauge cluster. I used a combination of light fabric, polyester resin, and lightweight body filler. The final step is a texture coat by SEM. I usually do a much lighter, softer texture but this is what the customer wanted to match some vinyl he has.
I then moved the AC controls to the headunit location and mounted the headunit below the ac controls.
I then took it back apart and prepped the plastic bezel for the next step.
Next I started reworking the ashtray opening to house the turbo timer and USB port. I used ABS plastic, CA glue and fiberglass reinforced body filler followed buy a couple of coats of high build primer. The final step was the SEM texture coat.
And here's the finished product.
My first step was to take it all apart and remove the ac controls from the top panel.
Next I cut three small rings out of 1/2" MDF using a Jasper circle jig and gathered up some materials I would need.
I then cleaned and prepped the plastic so my fab work would adhere properly.
Next I mounted the rings using CA glue (superglue).
The next few pics show the fab of the gauge cluster. I used a combination of light fabric, polyester resin, and lightweight body filler. The final step is a texture coat by SEM. I usually do a much lighter, softer texture but this is what the customer wanted to match some vinyl he has.
I then moved the AC controls to the headunit location and mounted the headunit below the ac controls.
I then took it back apart and prepped the plastic bezel for the next step.
Next I started reworking the ashtray opening to house the turbo timer and USB port. I used ABS plastic, CA glue and fiberglass reinforced body filler followed buy a couple of coats of high build primer. The final step was the SEM texture coat.
And here's the finished product.
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