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Old Feb 28, 2013 | 01:29 PM
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Old Feb 28, 2013 | 02:04 PM
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LOl I love the sign lol... Make sure any passengers that get in read the sign first before taking a ride

Cheap light weight dash mod lol you should weigh it to find out what it weighs.
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Old Feb 28, 2013 | 02:10 PM
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before the cluster and trim it was like 2 pounds max i cut most the metal off to
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you going to run half a dash pad too?
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Old Feb 28, 2013 | 02:58 PM
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you going to run half a dash pad too?
I asked him that already on a text he said no lol
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Old Feb 28, 2013 | 03:36 PM
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you going to run half a dash pad too?
No pad it was already cracked to hell
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Old Feb 28, 2013 | 04:04 PM
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These things look terrible without a dash pad. Did you remove the metal that it covers on the passenger side, I can't tell.
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Old Feb 28, 2013 | 04:09 PM
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Yep, I think you're the first person to put half a dash in their car.
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Old Feb 28, 2013 | 05:04 PM
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so you have a sign for the HVAC cover, and stock inside dash metal, stock shifter. And cut the dash in half for weight? You know you can loose alot more weight going to a better HVAC cover, trimming the dash metal, and some other things you still have in there, with the full dash cover still.
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Old Feb 28, 2013 | 05:25 PM
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so you have a sign for the HVAC cover, and stock inside dash metal, stock shifter. And cut the dash in half for weight? You know you can loose alot more weight going to a better HVAC cover, trimming the dash metal, and some other things you still have in there, with the full dash cover still.
the sign is aluminum its light, i dont wanna swiss cheese the inside dash, to much work last time i cut that i could see thru to my motor bay and i dont wanna weld anything in place i plan on cutting the out side cowl next, and im not concerned with looks, the dash and all that metal weighs about as much as the inside dash if i was to swiss cheese it, and i know i have alot left i have just started =)
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Old Feb 28, 2013 | 05:27 PM
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it looks alot better since i have done some painting in there now
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LOL... Nice sign.
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Old Feb 28, 2013 | 07:29 PM
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its painted now lol
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Old Feb 28, 2013 | 08:39 PM
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I liked the sign sticking out, something you don't see everyday lol
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Originally Posted by jbridwelltransam
I liked the sign sticking out, something you don't see everyday lol

Right!!


Tell me you didn't paint the sign Josh!
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Cool idea but it needs a more finished look to it for me.

Originally Posted by studderin
so you have a sign for the HVAC cover, and stock inside dash metal, stock shifter. And cut the dash in half for weight? You know you can loose alot more weight going to a better HVAC cover, trimming the dash metal, and some other things you still have in there, with the full dash cover still.
The pedal covers aren't helping either
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theres a reason your the first to do that. looks like hell. plus alot of class racing require a stock or stock apearing dash where that wouldnt fly
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i dont race classes im all about as fast as i can go
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Originally Posted by skeeter99
i dont race classes im all about as fast as i can go
So is class racing...
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Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider
The pedal covers aren't helping either
lol I've told him about 10x lol

I think he hasn't taken it off just because he hasn't got around to doing it... Because I sure as hell know all he cares about right now is... how much the car weighs and he wants to make it as light as possible.
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