fun kart kid
15+ Year Contributor
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- Sep 8, 2008
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Bedford,
Pennsylvania
I posted this in my build thread but thought I would share it in the fab section as it is may useful to other 2g owners and most people wont look at a 420A build thread but if your interested this is the link http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/dsm-build-journals/469931-99-rs-drag-race-build-stock-block-420a.html Also check us out on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/team8boltracing
The days of street driving this car are over for the most part 1 gallon fuel cell makes it hard to go any place. So there is no real need for the gauge cluster this is what I built to move the gauges off the A pillar and more into the line of sight
I started with the stock bezel.
Then cut most of the depth off the back.
Next I glued mold fabric to the back warping around the side.
After that I applied a pollster resin (fiberglass) sorry no picture of this the next step was to use bondo to smooth it out the bondo set up a little quicker than I was ready for so the finish was really rough but being in collage at the time gave me spare time to sand it in my dorm.
This is after I sanded it down and started to use spotting putty to finish filling the small low spots that were left.
The shootout was there before I had finished it so I painted it and installed it with no gauges. This is the finished product still need to paint it again. I only had one gauge laying around for mock up.
With our APSX WIDEBAND readout installed
The days of street driving this car are over for the most part 1 gallon fuel cell makes it hard to go any place. So there is no real need for the gauge cluster this is what I built to move the gauges off the A pillar and more into the line of sight
I started with the stock bezel.
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Then cut most of the depth off the back.
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Next I glued mold fabric to the back warping around the side.
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After that I applied a pollster resin (fiberglass) sorry no picture of this the next step was to use bondo to smooth it out the bondo set up a little quicker than I was ready for so the finish was really rough but being in collage at the time gave me spare time to sand it in my dorm.
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This is after I sanded it down and started to use spotting putty to finish filling the small low spots that were left.
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The shootout was there before I had finished it so I painted it and installed it with no gauges. This is the finished product still need to paint it again. I only had one gauge laying around for mock up.
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With our APSX WIDEBAND readout installed
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