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Keith's Whitey. HUD INSTALATION LOTS O PICS



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I might go the opposite with My car... Black with white accents... Hell it's with a shot
 
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BOOM! She's finally legal after 2 1/2 years.


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Decided to hack up my dash to install a HUD that I pulled off a car in the junkyard. (I made sure everything worked before cutting up the dash) It went as smooth as butter. It is a pretty simple and straight forward process. Just trace the outline of the HUD dash bezel, then draw another line about 1 1/2" inside of that line. Then cut the shít up. Its pretty important to protect your windshield. It is really easy to scar your windshield. Mine was pre-wired for the HUD and control unit so it cut the time involved dramatically.

No HUD

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Chalk lines drawn

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Old license plate to protect from hitting my windshield with the dremmel.

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Phase 1 complete: Dash pad removal

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Phase 2: Cutting out the plastic.

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Test fit

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First test with it in position

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The mess. Guess you cant see in the photo, but there was fine black plastic dust everywhere

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Dash cover in. This was really the most involved part of this project. Had to keep cutting around the 3 clip holes (closest to the steering wheel) to get it to snap down completely.

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Really pretty simple. Im gonna give it a few days to see if I want to keep the bezel black, or paint the color of my original bezel (tan). Right now I like it black/charcoal...my opinion may change once I get used to it.
 


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And a video of it working. It is pretty cool. Not sure why my car didnt come with it (it came with everything else). Not sure what that ticking is. I cant normally hear it. Im thinking it was the cam bouncing on the dash.

 
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Mad Monkey said:
Looking sweet! i had the idea of getting a HUD once, didn't wanna hack up dash, but that looked easy :D
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It really was, man. You're just flying blind sometimes while cutting. I'd recommend it to anyone that wants one. It cost me $25 for the display unit, dash bezel and control unit from a junk yard.
 




FWIW if I had a GP, I'd swap the dash because the local yard is cheap for them. Did that in a Bonne before.

Looks great Keith, also nice to see someone else say the same things I do about this kind of install.
 
gtpeddie said:
is that brown and tan interior?
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Yes. People call it "peanut butter". Im not the biggest fan, but people seem to really like it.

BillBoost37 said:
FWIW if I had a GP, I'd swap the dash because the local yard is cheap for them. Did that in a Bonne before.

Looks great Keith, also nice to see someone else say the same things I do about this kind of install.
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Thanks Bill. Swapping the dash seems like it would be way more involved than just 45 minutes of cutting.
 
I wish someone with that harness would figure out all the wire colors and where they go and where to get the connector. That way I could try doing this to my car (Monte Carlo). That was the one thing that Monte Carlos never came with.
 
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