chipmonk212121

I have a really badass idea, but someone mentioned that under the dashboard above the radio in the ss/sc. was pretty much empty........ can anyone verify how much space is underthere short of me goin at my car with a dremel lol.

HunterKiller89

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pop the dash off, there should be instructions on doing so in the how-to section, and if not, i know biohazard has done it

chipmonk212121

noooooo, the dashboard, the part on top, the space to the immediate left of the passenger airbag......

joedashow

Whatcha got under your sleeve?

chipmonk212121

.....mmmm if there really is space under there.......

cut part of the dash a little bigger than the size of a 7" lcd screen. make it so you can push a button and a motor raises the screen attached to the piece of dashboard just like a firebird style headlight..... that would be so badass and discrete as hell....

any thoughts?

joedashow

Hmm....

That's pretty damn cool. I wouldn't imagine this project to be easy, tho.

LSJ PUP

Good luck with that one. Would be a very good idea if you could pull it off.

chipmonk212121

...as long as there is space, its not a very complicated process.... just need a motor, some wires, a switch, a few gears, and a little work

**edit** heres a cheesy picture i drew... i swear its cleaner looking in my head!

joedashow

You'd need even more space for that design to work. Something that flips up would use less space and be easier to do.

chipmonk212121

thats why i was asking how much space i had available... also i have a few other ideas on how to get it to work, but i suck too much at paint to try and figure ot how to draw them lol

SilverSS/SC

The center vent ducts are right there . How intrusive they are , I dont know , but that is where the ducts for the center vents are . You can take the top dash off without removing the entire dash . The top is like a cap . Take the A-pillar trims off , take the header panel off ( the strip that follows the base of the winsheild ) , remove the gauge cluster trim bezel , all the silver bezels , both caps of either side of the dash ......then u should beable to take off the upper dash . From looking in the service manual , its only held on with the same style clips that the silver trims are held on with .

Thats all the info I got . I looked into because I plan on putting something there too , its not a DVD screen though .

**Now that its cold outside ....If u do this , make sure the inside of your car is nice and warm . The clips are buff , and cold plastic crack is alot more prone to crack .

chipmonk212121

thanks, ill look into disassembling the dash whn i have a little bit of free time!

WHEN i get around to it, ill take pictures and measurements so others can use it.

black06ss

forget about tvs in your dash just put them in the bumpers like pimp my ride thats way more hip man

JohnnySasakiMGS

Yeah, or spend alot of time and money doing a custom paint job that looks really cool and then put PAINT NOZZLES IN YOUR WHEEL WELLS JUST TO SCREW IT UP!!!! GOD I HATE THAT STUPID ASS SHOW.

Oh wow look at me i can spray paint all over the place and rub it around with my Z rated $250 a piece tires woo hoo!!!!

xspyder85x

i like the idea, it will be hard to do, but we will worship you if you can.

chipmonk212121

soooo.... the thing that holds our hood open, where can i get those but about 4-6 inches long? something like that would be perfect!!!

EmperorJJ1

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not sure but if you find out how much space is there hit me up... i got a few ideas too

Spastic Chicken

You can get liftgate/hood cylinders at any napa / autozone / pep boys / rallys

djpatrick35

If you could pull that off cleanly that would be absolutely sick. Good luck with that tho.

chipmonk212121

thanks chicken

fr33k

I dont know if this will help, but here's a breakdown of some of the dash. It dont show the air ducts though. And the picture that shows the air outlet ducts dont show the dash. odd

joedashow

Good find, fr33k. Where'd you manage to dig that up?

fr33k

That's an image from my parts catalog. I work at a GM dealership in the parts room.

joedashow

Ah... very good.

fr33k

If you need any pics simular to that one, just give me a holler and I'll see what I can come up with.