Techno
05-27-2003, 07:49 PM
Just ground out the body filler on my dash fix and don't like what I did/see. The thing is all swiss cheesed up and even patching it is still going to be a lot of fairing to get it smooth, in a half blind spot too.(to the bottom of the shelf thinger)
The dash I want to replace is the upper one. It has had several gauges and fills. Now I'm thinking of cutting it out and putting a prelammed panel in it's place plus pushing down the "lower shelf" thinger there. This would increase the gauge size I could shoe horn in. I mean to push this panel down when bonding the dash in place, not much but as much as it will easily go.
Now-whats an easy way to make this thing? I've got other things to do and this is side tracking me but has to be done so's I can paint everything.
I was thinking of making a panel real thin, maybe only 1 mat and 1 cloth with the gel already on it and bond it in. Leaving the bond to finish and not the whole panel! Thin so I could bend it to the curve. Can I lamm it up flat or should I makemake (UGH) a form of some kind?
The thinness would be thickended up on the back after it was installed, thats the idea anyway. I'm wondering if the gel would flex enough???
PS i did grind out the bondo and will fill it with gelcoat instead, the rest of the dash.
The dash I want to replace is the upper one. It has had several gauges and fills. Now I'm thinking of cutting it out and putting a prelammed panel in it's place plus pushing down the "lower shelf" thinger there. This would increase the gauge size I could shoe horn in. I mean to push this panel down when bonding the dash in place, not much but as much as it will easily go.
Now-whats an easy way to make this thing? I've got other things to do and this is side tracking me but has to be done so's I can paint everything.
I was thinking of making a panel real thin, maybe only 1 mat and 1 cloth with the gel already on it and bond it in. Leaving the bond to finish and not the whole panel! Thin so I could bend it to the curve. Can I lamm it up flat or should I makemake (UGH) a form of some kind?
The thinness would be thickended up on the back after it was installed, thats the idea anyway. I'm wondering if the gel would flex enough???
PS i did grind out the bondo and will fill it with gelcoat instead, the rest of the dash.