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Old Jun 13, 2006 | 07:43 AM
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From: St louis
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what to do with dash and cage

has anyone modified the stock dash top to work with a cage? I'm thinking of maybe making a fiberglass mold of the stock dash and then modifiing it to work with a cage. I like the look of the dash and want to keep it but its gonna cause a major headache with my cage.
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Old Jun 13, 2006 | 07:47 PM
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Utility knife the dash pad, saw-zall the dash frame

Take your time and make the cuts very snug to the cage and it'll look good

You could fiberglass a dash but why bother when you could modify a stock one just as fast

Id assume youd gut the dash out since you got a cage, so it really wont weigh much more than fiberglass
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Old Jun 13, 2006 | 09:18 PM
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I used construction paper and three dash pads to get it to fit the way I wanted. My down bars have a bend in them where the dash pad goes in made it a little more difficult.
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