Stretch's Digidash thread
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Looking awesome guys!
I like the relocation of the tems part of the cluster, Knight Rider. That's sweet looking
Eric: Whoever designed that shirt is awesome
I like the relocation of the tems part of the cluster, Knight Rider. That's sweet looking
Eric: Whoever designed that shirt is awesome
Looking good KnightRider.................:love:
Stretch, how is yours coming? How tall are you since you're the tallest MKIII driver ever? I just read this whole thread this morning, and I get to the end and it's not finished yet.............that was a bummer. I was expecting a video of it working and everything. Good luck finishing it.
Stretch, how is yours coming? How tall are you since you're the tallest MKIII driver ever? I just read this whole thread this morning, and I get to the end and it's not finished yet.............that was a bummer. I was expecting a video of it working and everything. Good luck finishing it.
suprahero said:
Hehehee, sorry to let you down, it's getting there. I'm 6' 10" just so you know. There is probably a taller person but nobody has come forward yet
eric
OH MY GOD THAT IS AWESOME!! i think that is the ultimate dash. good job. i cant wait to see final pics of the finished thing. and yes...a video of the thing in action would rock. have somebody sit in with you on a test run.
i think you should take a pic and label it in MS paint so we can soak up all the stuff you have now. i dont know if you have much more than you would if you were analog, but it looks crazy digitized. (not a bad thing)
you're going to have a lot of "holy shit"s coming from passengers. and you should have a photo of the dash before and after to show people who dont believe its totally custom.....
i think you should take a pic and label it in MS paint so we can soak up all the stuff you have now. i dont know if you have much more than you would if you were analog, but it looks crazy digitized. (not a bad thing)
you're going to have a lot of "holy shit"s coming from passengers. and you should have a photo of the dash before and after to show people who dont believe its totally custom.....
suprahero said:I think 6'10" is the winner. Now, quit growing and get to work on that dash................
My gf is out of the house tonight so i got some work done finally. I cut/corrected the long side so now the board sits properly and tomorrow I will go buy some more resin and fiberglass mat and connect it back together. Once dried, I will have all 3 main boards sitting as i want them, although it will require modification to the plastic bracing behind the cluster in the dash to fit, due to depth of the digi units, that's no problem for someone who really wants it.
This pic just shows how much i had to split it to make it fit, and it's all taped up ready to be resined. After this is done i will strengthen the inside with more mat/resin and then try taking it to local plastics shops and finding out if they can make a few copies of it for me. I would really just like it to be one piece to make it stronger than my frankenstien and possibly so I can make one or 2 more down the road
Anyway, just thought I'd give a teeny update for now :icon_bigg
eric
just took the last hour to read threw this whole thread just to find out its not finished but between you and knight rider this is awsome
but between you and knight rider this is awsome
suprahero said:I think 6'10" is the winner. Now, quit growing and get to work on that dash................
Yes, damnit, I think it is. I contested with my 6'8" when I first read that but had to bow down.
Got lots more work done now. Enjoy...
Painted the cluster black because it looks cooler now :icon_razz
Fit everything in to make sure it sits fine. It does for the most part.
Full out view of test-fit
Glueing those 2 boards' attachment panels to the inside of cluster so they are screwed in to hold it compressed as the glue dries. I driled the holes for those panels and it was so difficult. Many holes on back of cluster now
That dark piece of acrylic some of you may remember was from the stock digidash, and i had some MAJOR cutting to trim it to fit properly. That took a lot of effort.
Cluster with dark acrylic overtop of boards. I still have other things to layer ontop so don't think that's it geeze! It just looks cool now, more like something that might actually work hehe
eric
Painted the cluster black because it looks cooler now :icon_razz
Fit everything in to make sure it sits fine. It does for the most part.
Full out view of test-fit
Glueing those 2 boards' attachment panels to the inside of cluster so they are screwed in to hold it compressed as the glue dries. I driled the holes for those panels and it was so difficult. Many holes on back of cluster now
That dark piece of acrylic some of you may remember was from the stock digidash, and i had some MAJOR cutting to trim it to fit properly. That took a lot of effort.
Cluster with dark acrylic overtop of boards. I still have other things to layer ontop so don't think that's it geeze! It just looks cool now, more like something that might actually work hehe
eric
What I did today, 18th of May:
Yeah, I have to do the wiring someday, might as well be now. I cut the wires to the right length, then soldered them together, and put little shrink tubes over the connections!
I put a large shrink tube over all of the little tubes to seal the whole deal!
I'm shooting you with my girlfriend's hairdryer because nobody is following my thread anymore! hahaa:icon_razz
Only about 4-5 more plugs to re-wire yay!
That's all for today though,
eric
Yeah, I have to do the wiring someday, might as well be now. I cut the wires to the right length, then soldered them together, and put little shrink tubes over the connections!
I put a large shrink tube over all of the little tubes to seal the whole deal!
I'm shooting you with my girlfriend's hairdryer because nobody is following my thread anymore! hahaa:icon_razz
Only about 4-5 more plugs to re-wire yay!
That's all for today though,
eric
