So I bought a apexi safcII off my buddy for a good price and decided that the cheap bracket didnt do the unit justice. I also didnt like it sitting by my vents nor did I like that people could look in my car and easily see it. I dont need another reason for people to break into my car. I also like stuff easy which would toss out the idea of putting it in the glove box every time I get out of the car.

So here is what I did..on a budget too. I went to the salvage yard and bought a power antenna motor. Cut off about 80% of the antenna just leaving the biggest/lowest portion. Found some piping that would slide snugly over the antenna piece. Then I attached the plastic cord that moves the antenna up and down to the top of the assembly. Mounted safc to antenna. Whats nice is that the motor stops on its own when it feels tension. So i made upper and lower limits out of metal and attached them to the pipe. To prevent the safc from pivoting while up i made a support for the other side of the safc. Then i cut the dash using a laser level and attached the wiring to the turbo timer. So now everytime i turn the car on it goes up...and when the turbo timer turns off it goes back down, 100% automatic and hidden. Its still not done, i have to fix the cover and either paint it or get some carbon fiber. But i just wanted to post this because it took a few weeks and some daydreaming during class. Here are some pics and vids. which explain it better than I can. Total cost of parts was about $25. Hope ya like

Oh and on a side note. I had to cut about a 3 inch gap in the center vents BUT even with the fans on low, air still comes out very well so i was pretty glad about that.

-not my cup of tea-


-getting there-


-nothing out of the ordinary with ignition off..-


-there it is, 100% custom work-


-safcII works great-


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sorry for the crap pics and vids but that all i have for now

That is awesome brandnew161, you should change your username to brandnew007

hahahahaha damn thats good

That's pretty cool imo.

Creative Functionality, great work.

damn that's sweet dude. AWESOME fabbin work! Now all you have to do is mount a middle finger to it for some shitty drivers to see in they're rear view!

Great idea. I might have to do something like that with the in the spyder.

thanks for the comments guys. I really wanted to use a linear actuator because of size constraints but for $75 i wasnt so sure..

Very cool. Any way you can make the door/flap blend in better when closed? maybe some black vinyl or something?

yea thats what i'm workin on now. I went to the salvage yard and cut out a section of dashboard vinyl. So i may overlay it with that depending on the thickness. Or I may paint it with the stock grey color paint. Or get a piece of CF or buy a knock off CF sticker idk yet

cool. It does look really good!

That is cool, I like it. Great job.

thats hella bad a$$ thats ninja awesome job

maybe check out this stuff
Classic Neffy - Traditional Carbon Fiber Wrap [NW01] - $35.00 : Neffywrap.com, Home of the Original Neffy Carbon Fiber Wrap
i havent used it yet but i have been thinking of buying some

and great job.. now im thinking of making some gauges pop up right there on my car

Cool !

black_gst said:

maybe check out this stuff
Classic Neffy - Traditional Carbon Fiber Wrap [NW01] - $35.00 : Neffywrap.com, Home of the Original Neffy Carbon Fiber Wrap
i havent used it yet but i have been thinking of buying some

and great job.. now im thinking of making some gauges pop up right there on my car

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definitely buying that wrap. Very cool stuff. thanks for the link

That's super NEAT!! And CREATIVE!!

EXCELLENT job!!

Never gave any thought to using a power antenna for automation, very nice approach. With the carbon fiber cover that will look pretty bad ass!

thanks. I would have used something along the lines of a legit linear actuator but it was on a budget and it surprisingly turned out well. Still holdin up good. I ordered that CF fabric, going to have some fun with that for sure

Good job on the creativity and fab. I dont have the balls to cut a hole in my dash.

love it. i like it better than any of the other one that i have seen

out of site and out of mind, good job man, i woundnt cut up my dash unless i had a master plan

Grimis said:

out of site and out of mind, good job man, i woundnt cut up my dash unless i had a master plan

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hahaha yea for sure. It was like a master plan that came to me in sections


Thanks for all the compliments guys!!

Thats pretty nice.. Better than any spot I've seen..What car did you get the antenna from?

tons of props for the creativeness and though. looks pretty f'n sweet