im looking into making a glovebox cover made out of turned alminum, just wondering if anyone has done anything like this. ie: radio face plates, cunter consoles, door pannels and anything else custom on the interior. post some pics!
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I haven't made nor heard of anyone making a glovebox cover out of aluminum.
I actually just bought from a guy off the internet, black, nice condition with the key, for a replacement.
I don't think I'd do an aluminum cover (why add wight?).
I have made my dash bezel out of 1/4 aluminum though. Powdercoated satin black. Here's the pics and vid:
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I actually just bought from a guy off the internet, black, nice condition with the key, for a replacement.
I don't think I'd do an aluminum cover (why add wight?).
I have made my dash bezel out of 1/4 aluminum though. Powdercoated satin black. Here's the pics and vid:
[youtube]0snLyC1p2kE[/youtube]
www.maliburacing.com has a bunch of members with customer sheet metal and aluminum interiors. Also these guys http://www.tntraceshop.com/ sell some pretty cool interior parts. I love the sill plates and I think I may have to get a set.
wow! what a nice setup, that must have cost a fortune. and the reason i want an aluminum glovebox cover is because my glovebox is all warped out of shape from the previous owner prying on it to get it open. but about the weight i dont really care much cuz i dont race it or anything except for the ocasional street race. and thanks for the sites, ive allready been to tnt race shop and am waiting on some door pannels. thanks again guys.
I was gonna do the engine turned aluminum on mine, but at the last minute just switched to a brushed aluminum look.
I love the looks of that set up...More interested in the speedo area, got any closer pics? I am thinking about doing that sort of thing for my monte and want it to house the speedo, gas guage and probably the oil/temp as well...Only thing is I don't think I have the talent to do that...I looked at classicdash.com Big Bucks there.jrm81bu said:I was gonna do the engine turned aluminum on mine, but at the last minute just switched to a brushed aluminum look.
JBreu said:I love the looks of that set up...More interested in the speedo area, got any closer pics? I am thinking about doing that sort of thing for my monte and want it to house the speedo, gas guage and probably the oil/temp as well...Only thing is I don't think I have the talent to do that...I looked at classicdash.com Big Bucks there.jrm81bu said:I was gonna do the engine turned aluminum on mine, but at the last minute just switched to a brushed aluminum look.
It really wasn't that hard, for the most part it is just a rectangle. However it needs to have a slight radius to it or you will have a small gap at the bottom. Securing it to the dash is the bigger problem. I ran small screws at an angle on some of lips in the back to act as a stopper so it can't move. I'll try to get you some closer pics, but I won't be able to get any from behind.
Also, what size guages are you planning on using? I might have one of my older pieces that housed 1) 2 3/8 and 2) 2 1/16 guages.
that looks really good, im just trying to get a few ideas. thanksjrm81bu said:I was gonna do the engine turned aluminum on mine, but at the last minute just switched to a brushed aluminum look.
Check this out http://www.maliburacing.com/forum/viewt ... 27&t=99008 pretty cool. There's a member selling some nice pieces .
For anyone who is doing this, what kind of pain is it to run a speedometer cable and hook up the speedo with that custom panel?
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