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Old Oct 31, 2005 | 11:40 AM
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Default Fiberglassed Dash is complete!!! Pics....

Hey guys,
Finally I can say the dash is complete, here are some pics. After just under 60 hours of work into it!! When I get back home @ Thanksgiving from school, I will wet sand it, and polish it, I've knocked the highbuild down to 320 before I layed color down, and you can definately tell from the depth!!! Still no word on the Carbon Fiber for the Targa Top, Hurricane Wilma still has my supplier without power. Hopefull it'll be there waiting on me for Thanksgiving weekend, so I can get that done, and the dash installed, as well as guages,a nd everything in, and get you some more pics!! For now...enjoy....








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Old Oct 31, 2005 | 11:43 AM
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Looks good, I can't wait to see the finished project.
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Old Oct 31, 2005 | 11:44 AM
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as usual I am blown away with your work, it looks incredible, I can't wait to see it in the car
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Old Oct 31, 2005 | 11:45 AM
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Wow, that looks really nice! Did you form it over the factory dash? If so, do you foresee any fitment issues with it now being slightly larger?
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Old Oct 31, 2005 | 11:45 AM
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That looks awesome. What did you do to get it to look like that? Just used fiberglass over the original dash? Lets just hope nothing scratches/cracks that paint.
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Old Oct 31, 2005 | 11:52 AM
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Definitely interested in hearing your method for fiberglassing it. Did you use a mold, or overlay? Looks outstanding, none the less. Awesome work, you definitely know what you're doing!
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Old Oct 31, 2005 | 12:21 PM
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That looks awsome!! love to see pix when your done.
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Old Oct 31, 2005 | 12:26 PM
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Nice, lets see it in the car!
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good job man...hope everything fits and turns out like you want....
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Old Oct 31, 2005 | 01:06 PM
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THat looks awesome! that paint is 10 miles deep.
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Old Oct 31, 2005 | 01:27 PM
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Looks amazing! I've always wanted to see how it would look. Hope it all continues to go well for you!
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Old Oct 31, 2005 | 01:28 PM
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Looks Good!!
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Old Oct 31, 2005 | 01:34 PM
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That looks extremely bad ***!! I can't wait to see it installed!
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Old Oct 31, 2005 | 01:50 PM
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looks great

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Old Oct 31, 2005 | 01:50 PM
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Aren't you going to get some ridiculous glare with that glossy paint? It looks great but I don't know how you'll be able to drive on a sunny day
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Old Oct 31, 2005 | 02:02 PM
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wow that looks really good. I like it
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Old Oct 31, 2005 | 02:18 PM
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very nice lookin. between the targa and this, you are goin to have a very unique car
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Old Oct 31, 2005 | 02:38 PM
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How much weight will you be saving?
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Old Oct 31, 2005 | 02:56 PM
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what was the process for this? not that i can ever do it, but just curious, great work
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Old Oct 31, 2005 | 03:09 PM
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amazing. i also want to know how you did that
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