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Old Oct 29, 2007 | 05:46 PM
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has any one used this in a full bodied car (not tube chassis cars)

and do you have any pics? local guy has one and wants to get rid of it
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Old Oct 29, 2007 | 06:42 PM
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I have mine in a full bodied car....used dzus fasteners to make it removable. I can't get you a pic until next week though. car is at the chasis shop.
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Old Oct 29, 2007 | 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by ty_ty13
has any one used this in a full bodied car (not tube chassis cars)

and do you have any pics? local guy has one and wants to get rid of it

One of my customers has one for sale.. He decided to stay with his stock dash.. If I get a chance I will put up some pic's for ya..

Tyson
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Old Oct 29, 2007 | 09:12 PM
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Here are a couple pics of mine.
Attached Thumbnails VFN fiberglass dash?-img_1190.jpg   VFN fiberglass dash?-img_1189.jpg  
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Old Oct 29, 2007 | 10:35 PM
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how much weight does that save over the stock dash?
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Old Oct 30, 2007 | 09:43 AM
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i'd like to see some pics too. i was looking into doing that too but i want to keep a full weight and stock look also..and is it still posible to run heating ducts,prob custom one right? and i think it weights less than ten pounds saves a lot of weight
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With that dash you aren't going to run the heating ducts because to have the dash solid you will have ot make some reinforcements that will definately get in the way of the duct work.

When you actually see what that dash will look like compared to the stock one, you won't bother, it's not worth the $/weight IMO.

joe van O makes one that is supposedly alot better looking/fitting, which I would believe, but it's probably a long wait/expensive. But, you get what you pay for with stuff like this.
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What's the stock dash weigh compared to this one.
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Originally Posted by JL ws-6
With that dash you aren't going to run the heating ducts because to have the dash solid you will have ot make some reinforcements that will definately get in the way of the duct work.

When you actually see what that dash will look like compared to the stock one, you won't bother, it's not worth the $/weight IMO.

joe van O makes one that is supposedly alot better looking/fitting, which I would believe, but it's probably a long wait/expensive. But, you get what you pay for with stuff like this.
oh ic.. yeh they arnt the best looking i see. i want it all to look prety much stock too and have heat A/C alredy out
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