customblackbird

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made custom gauge holder for 2 2 1/16 gauges. was really easy. used 2 angle rings from auto meter to hold the gauges at the right angle for me. also made new panel for radio trim and got rid of the heater controls etc. hooked heater up to single switch for full speed and OFF. used auto meter angle ring for gauge tilt, gauge is 2 1/16" looks good i think. i bought a sheet of ABS textured for like 10$

georgealtemus

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I did one for my boost gauge.

georgealtemus

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Sorry,my picture wont show up.Not shur why I entered the url and a box with x comes up instead of my pic.

iroc a 86 berli

heres what i did, among many others. are dashes are diff tho.

customblackbird

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looks good iroc a 86 berli... car looks like it gets a lot of strip duty lol. the camaros are a bit easier to do bc u haave tons of room to the right of the dash and your stock gauge cluster is so small compared to the firebird.

would like to see what u did georgealtemus... just attach the pic under manage attachments

iroc a 86 berli

thanks customblackbird , thats what i built it for but havent made it to the strip yet. workin the kinks out, trying to dial in the carb. still need to mount an alt to...lol

honestly ive never seen inside a 3rd gen bird. id like to see a shot of one similar to mine (drivers view) if anyone has one.

off topic, but im curious about you sfcs, i have the comp eng kit with the rear crossmember (tubular type) and ladder bars, but im hesitant to put them in when i am going to tub it out next winter.

mw66nova

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where did you get the textured ABS plastic from?

customblackbird

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partsexpress.com

a 12"x24" sheet in either 1/16 or 1/8" thick is like 5-8$ smooth on one side and textured on the other. can be heated and molded as well.

georgealtemus

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If you could tell me how to get pictures up Ill show you mine.I clicked on the insert image box then entered the url of the pic and all that showed up was a box with a x in it.

customblackbird

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go to reply, click go advanced, write your msg and then scroll down and u'll see manage attachments. u click that and go to the box that pops up, u choose the pic and then hit upload and ur done

RED_DRAGON_85

would you mind giving any wiring help on getting rid of heater controls?
i thought they were vacuum operated, so i would think you would need to have manual controls
id like to do something similar
thanks

customblackbird

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umm what i did to bypass it and keep the relay is that connected the ligh blue wire to a switch in the console and i connected the light blue wire to the orange wire by the relay in the engine bay. i believe. sumone wrote down what i had to do with they wireing but my dad and i figured it out before he posted it.... i would do a search for it recently. the vacume is for the vent controls i believe, the actual direction of air is controlled by the speed of the motor aka the speed ****, and the heating/cooling are controled by a cable and vacume. my cable was broken so all i had was cool air i think. i'll figure it out more when its together.and i can acutally get the fan to run. the cable there has to be a way to get it to stay in defroaster mode all the time. or a way to adjust manually as u said. i'll figure that out when i put it together

RED_DRAGON_85

what i would like to do is have a **** for def heat blend vent and another **** for off low med hi
i was going to make this myself, but the position is vac controlled so i was wondering if you had found a way around this.

georgealtemus

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Thanks for the help but after I hit upload it said the file was 1.77mb bytes and exceeded the forum limits of 1.00mb bytes.All of the pics stored on my computer are more than 1.00mb bytes so I guess I cant post any pics,whitch sucks.

mw66nova

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go host the pictures at www.photobucket.com or the like and copy/paste the img tag and it'll pop right up in the thread in full size.

customblackbird

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or u can resize the immage to a web page format, its like 600x800 pixels and it turns all my 6 mega pixel pics to like 500-800kb.

georgealtemus

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Ok I think its on here now.The custom boost gauge pod is on the left.The car is an 87 gta.I put the 90-92 lower dash parts and 88-89 steering wheel controled radio,the wheel is from a bonnaville.

mw66nova

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take the goofy pedal covers off and that is one KLEAN interior

customblackbird

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yea i see what u did. that looks good. yea those foot pedals are hidious. lol. sry. i got sum on mine and they are spot tied on.... but they are just brushed aluminum cuz my rubber covers where shot. i never really liked those steering wheels but thats a pretty clean interior. i'll post pics of mine. i just put the drag seat in and layed down the carpet well see whos is better lol

MillerTime21

Agreed!

georgealtemus

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I have those pedals because the originals where trashed and they where a gift,but they do have metal straps and double sided tape holding them so they arent going anywhare,they do light up red with the driving lights and match all the gauges and interuor lights.The original 88-89 gta wheel I have has no leather and the bonnevile one I got the parts to have the steering wheel controlled radio from did so thats why thats on there,covering the original wheel costs to much.

astrosurfer

I like how the pedals look at night.
Digital dash looks cool IMO.

iroc a 86 berli

wow, those are some hott pedals!! j/k to each his own, nice int tho.

customblackbird

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lol exactly... to each his own. the digital dash does look cool. i had a digital cyberdine trans temp gauge... i liked it but it was the odd ball out. so i went all analoge.