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Anyone made a good looking plate to cover the hole in the firewall when getting rid of heater/ac? I'm in the middle of making mine and just wondering how everyone else did theirs.
I just used the original box as a template,then refined the pattern freehanded,just to give it a little cleaner look.I'm a stainless fabricator by trade,so I made mine from polished stainless.But aluminum would be better/lighter.I just used what was free.
I'll try to get a pic in a couple days,it's just a shiny plate.Where are you located?I could build you one for about $75+shipping,I can do a little side work,But if it's not for myself,I gotta pay for material.
75 bucks!!!! Man I just traced my old one on the firwall and cut the same shape out of aluminum. Painted it black so you can't tell. Cost me about 5 bucks and about hour of my time. Their is no way I would pay 75 bucks.
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When I just had the top of the box removed, I made a cover out of plexi. I drilled holes for the screws and used weather stripping to seal it. Should work on the firewall also. You can paint it from the back side and it will be shinny.
I can;t post pics, but if you check out my site, you can see what I did. I used 2 small plates, and sealed them with calking. I tack welded mine in place. Then primed and painted and coated them with antirust coating (POR-15). The whole engine bay is coated in it. My site have a buch of pics. Hope this helps.
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-Victor Jr. intake, less than 4k miles on it.
Originally posted by 1FastZ 75 bucks!!!! Man I just traced my old one on the firwall and cut the same shape out of aluminum. Painted it black so you can't tell. Cost me about 5 bucks and about hour of my time. Their is no way I would pay 75 bucks.
Gee,do ya think a polished stainless piece might be a tad better quality than what you have?
I made mine out of thin gauge steel, and then painted it to match. You can see the outline in white. That is actually dirt that showed up under the flash.
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1991 Z-28 -- SOLD
1985 C-10
Nice. Yeah I am sure it looks way better in real life. . Great idea. Mine is def much more hack job, I hope to someday swap over 1 big piece for the entire wall, like 69's can do. Looks so sharp.
Lets get more pics posted of people deletes.
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-Victor Jr. intake, less than 4k miles on it.
Originally posted by 1FastZ 75 bucks!!!! Man I just traced my old one on the firwall and cut the same shape out of aluminum. Painted it black so you can't tell. Cost me about 5 bucks and about hour of my time. Their is no way I would pay 75 bucks.
I'm sure that looks real nice
I made mine out of a sheet of aluminum....actually a STOP sign . The back of it wasn't scratched at all so it polished up nicely. Made it bigger than the stock heater box opening so it covers most of the passenger's side firewall.
I used a Flanger and then welded in patch panels, looks pretty good, as soon as I clean up the stuff on the other side I will smooth it out with some filler and repaint it so it looks nicer than the black primer thats on it now.
