hey everyone. i removed all my ac components in my car, and now i have a big hole in my firewall. does anyone have any pics of their firewalls, after patching the hole up, and also how did you do it, and how much would it cost.

 

Heres mine. Just get a piece of tin, cut it to size, paint it, and screw it in with self tapping screws. simple as that.

 

i did it with the a/c delete heater box so i still have heat if it gets too cold.

 

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Can you buy those aftermarket heater boxes somewhere? j/w

 

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you can also try a junkyard on thirdgens originally without a/c.

best bet would probably be ebay. i see 'em on there often. thats where i got mine from.

 

cool thanks guys, i live in florida, so i dont need the heat, so i think i will try the tin idea.

 

The tin is ghettofied and horrible, not to mention you also lose defrost, dont get caught out here in FL rain without that, get an a/c delete box and do it right. sheesh.....

 

Ghettofied and horrible? Im sorry but it looks pretty damn good to me. As for the defrost I dont need that living in AZ.

 

i made my own a/c delete box out of sheet metal, came ou good and works fine. heres a pic of it not painted and yes that is alumin foil tape, almost better then duct tape

 

heres a shot of everything painted. looks good huh?

 

Yes ghettofied, at the very least, *******, welcome the a/c delete delete, for only a small piece of your trailer siding and some pop rivets you too can hack the a/c out of your car.

 

i think it looks good Timz2882...you know everyone has a way of doing things just depends on how you wanna do it...alot varies with the weather & how much money & time your willing to spend on it

 

check out my sheet metal project... I tack welded then bondo then paint sheet metal firewall

 

This car was appraised at $69,000 and covered in three magazines...guess it's ghetto too. http://www.fastlanecars.com/data/listings/l0043.html

If you need a place to mount a new ignition, FPR, fuel filter, starter solenoid, coil, or ignition accesories why not build a plate to keep it all organized instead of stuffing wherever it fits and have wires and hoses running everywhere. I'm working on a design to keep heat and give me a place to mount my ignition. gtabadboy, your bay looks great!

Matt

 

Dont you need an extra "dummy" pulley after you take the AC out?

 

yes, its the one in front of the passenger side valve cover in the first pic

 

Well I guess I did my 89 RS ghetto then, but I dont really care because its a track car anyway. I just couldnt jusity spending money on stuff like an A/C delete box, or an A/C delete pulley when this car is just going to get beat down at the tracks. Cheaper and easier to do it myself. After removing the A/C stuff, I went and got the top cover plate from an old broken Panasonic VCR and cut it up. After it was the right size, I used a pop rivet to attach the metal to the firewall. Finally I painted the engine bay (and the A/C delete VCR plate LOL) a nice gloss black. The VCR plate cover makes a great conversation piece when people figgure out where it came from (says NASONIC upsidedown LOL). For the pulleys, I just went and bought a shorter pully belt for like $5 and rerouted it. Works great. Total guesstimated cost of A/C delete = $10.