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Jul 16, 2009 | 02:42 PM

imaprobassangler

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OOPS! can I make this into a mod

hey I was wondering if there were any ideas out there for a mod to work with this... I was cleaning the interior of my firebird and I pulled on some vent tabs for defrost and broke 3 of them off. idiot.. but luckily they broke off kinda even so it formed a 1.75'' x 2'' hole guessing.. anyone have any mod ideas to turn this mishap into a cool or useful mod instead of me trying to expoxy them them back on or buy a new upper dash.. ehhh..

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Jul 16, 2009 | 03:39 PM

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damn that sucks! could you mount a gauge up there or something, have it sticking out of the vent? thats all i can really think of, good luck man.

Jul 16, 2009 | 03:51 PM

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Throw a badge of your car in there!

Jul 16, 2009 | 03:56 PM

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i wonder if some kind of small air-freshener would fit in there. it would smell great everytime you turn on the fan lol

Jul 16, 2009 | 03:59 PM

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Yea. A flush mount air freshener would be effin sweet!

Jul 16, 2009 | 04:08 PM

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You could cover the dash in vinyl then when you cut out the vent holes just leave the vinyl strips and you wouldnt be able to tell.

Jul 16, 2009 | 05:53 PM

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Jul 16, 2009 | 06:23 PM

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GPS antenna if you have it.

Jul 16, 2009 | 07:25 PM

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lol, all great ideas... hmmm the air freshener, hahaha your right it would smell great.. and I thought about the phone idea.. The badge would look sorta custom, just worried about it being in the sun all the time, and yea, if I eventually wrap my plastics, which I plan on sometime with the kit from 6litereater I think it was, I'll just cut the holes. Thanks for the great ideas, if anyone has anymore keep em commin lol

Jul 16, 2009 | 07:33 PM

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Dash mat??

Jul 16, 2009 | 07:38 PM

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Junk Yard Mod, thats were I found mine out of a wrecked SS. 20 Bucks.

Jul 16, 2009 | 07:44 PM

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My dash pad was busted to hell, an extreme version of your problem, so I pulled it and the thick heat pad and sound deadener out of there and threw on a nice thin carpet dash mat.
Weight reduction ftw!