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Old Apr 17, 2007 | 10:04 PM
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after i finished this piece the last time with the monitor, i put it back in the car and had another idea, so i took it out and broke it all apart, and started over, and here is the end result, and yes it does work beacause i dont roll like that. as far as i know ive never seen it before, has anyone else?




Old Apr 17, 2007 | 10:12 PM
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its cool, but it looks like its missing something...maybe a chrome trim ring to go around the speedo or something. It also kinda looks like mickey mouse...
Old Apr 17, 2007 | 10:17 PM
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I like it. Original and well done. you should get another speedo panel and put a center channel speaker in it!
Old Apr 17, 2007 | 10:19 PM
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you know, you could have bought a mini for that :p

j/k lol..
Old Apr 17, 2007 | 10:42 PM
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Very cool and like you said, I haven't seen that done before!
Old Apr 17, 2007 | 11:18 PM
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That is bad ___
Old Apr 17, 2007 | 11:20 PM
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That looks awesome! Great work!
Old Apr 17, 2007 | 11:26 PM
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Very cool and original. Where did you get your orange needles?
Old Apr 17, 2007 | 11:54 PM
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after driving home today i dunno about the paint, i dont really like it as much as i do when it was out of the car, so i think im going to pull it back out and rapaint the whole thing one color, and i did think about a ring in the middle but ill see how it looks after i paint it again, as for the needles i painted them, and you can still see them at night too.
Old Apr 17, 2007 | 11:54 PM
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Weird! I like it! Now relocate the stereo to the where the speedo was!

What are all the gauges? 5 on top and 3 holes to fill?
Old Apr 17, 2007 | 11:57 PM
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i love it!!!
Old Apr 17, 2007 | 11:59 PM
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im glassin where the speedo was with the 3 auto-meters, the other two are for my air ride and there just there temporaily till i finish the dash but those holes will be filled and smoothed out, the two on the lower part are where the airride gauges are going, they will be recessed just like the autometers
Old Apr 18, 2007 | 12:08 AM
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meh...
Old Apr 18, 2007 | 12:25 AM
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that is great, but i don't like people looking at my speedo cause they freak out and tell me to slow down. hence i'll leave mine sheltered in its dark recess.
Old Apr 18, 2007 | 09:18 PM
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well to each his own, i was just going for something different, im gonna take it out and reapaint tomorrow, just one solid color
Old Apr 18, 2007 | 09:29 PM
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Where'd those vent covers come from?

Can you take a picture from the back seat or something... I want to see the whole thing from a head on perspective.

It looks good, but I don't know how I feel about it.
Old Apr 18, 2007 | 09:32 PM
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here is a link to what it looked like before, it has better pics and info on the vents, ill take some pics after i paint it for you.
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...148&highlight=
Old Apr 18, 2007 | 09:32 PM
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that sh*t is friggin sick, man, really love it, great job!
Old Apr 18, 2007 | 09:33 PM
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^^^ thanks i appreciate it
Old Apr 18, 2007 | 11:23 PM
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one thousand billion points for originality, LOVE THE WORK!!



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