Bamboo Banzai

[I'm BLUE]

I'm not a huge fan of swapping dashes. But it's your car. Swapping in the 240sx speedo and tach would be sweet.

 

Glad you're not a fan ... it is his car ... his build ;) ... no on 240sx gauges .... s30 gaugez

 

Skib ... love the s30 dash in there man ... one of the top off features of an s30 transferred in goodness... curves ... :cool:

[Skib]

I'm not a huge fan of swapping dashes. But it's your car. Swapping in the 240sx speedo and tach would be sweet.

 

 

240Z dashes are seeeexy :cool:

 

plus all Z dashes have tachs and the 3 gauge pods come in handy.

[Laecaon]

The Z car dashes are the only dashes to have ever creeped me out. There is just something that doesnt sit right with me when I look at it. Carry on.

[I'm BLUE]

The Z car dashes are the only dashes to have ever creeped me out. There is just something that doesnt sit right with me when I look at it. Carry on.

 

Ever sit in a car with s30 dash and drive it? ;)

[Jester]

Not sure how I missed this build. Skib, glad to see you have a Dime now.

As for the dash, I thought about a Z dash for the wagon, i just didn't like the idea of a square car with a rounded dash. Figured it would look weird. I need to see some more pics and some detail on how you made it fit please.

[Skib]

Z dash is in.

 

spent the last 6 hours hacking up the frames, measuring, mocking, welding, trimming the sides of the dash pad and it bolts in.

 

still plenty of work to be done with it but its bolted in and mocked up for now.

 

pics in a few. gotta go wash all this fucking dash pad dust out of my skin <_<

[Skib]

its deff an involved project, but heres a quick over view.

 

510 frame and the Z dash

 

 

gotta gut the Z dash

 

 

I used the 68 defrost cowl.

a lot skinnier and has a curved dash side instead of being flat.

 

if you use the reg one you have to cut to much of the Z dash out to fit

and youl lose your mounts for the speedo and tach.

 

 

green line is where you would cut it for the 68

and the red line is where youd cut it for the regular one.

big difference in the amount of material and frame taken out.

 

 

hacking the defrost cowl/firewall mounts section of the 510 dash frame off

 

 

 

 

Z dash pad is cut to fit the 510 defrost cowl

 

 

Z frame is cut away

 

 

our hacked off piece of the 510 frame is then welded to the Z frame

 

 

 

and its bolted in

 

 

 

 

there is still plenty to do tho.

the sides of the dash bolster out and have to be shaved down

still some shaving to do and then they will be glassed to make it one clean piece again.

 

then Ill be trimming a new dash cap to fit the modded dash pad so itl be a nice clean new dash :cool:

[Ratty260z]

oh god need moar oics.

[Skib]

oh god need moar oics.

 

Before.

 

 

After.

 

 

 

lol thats all I got left for pics of tonight.

[elmerfudpucker]

Better clean up the mess!!! lol

[crackerjack69]

If you plan on keeping the bansai kanji like you did in the p-chop, i'd like to donate some for your cause

[AtomChurch]

good deal.

[fisch]

Awesome Skib. I dig the mod!

[]2eDeYe]

Before.

 

 

After.

 

 

 

Lulz

[Bob3]

I'm digging the dash!

[Skib]

If you plan on keeping the bansai kanji like you did in the p-chop, i'd like to donate some for your cause

 

I prob will. I was going to get some made when it was painted and see If I liked it as much irl

Im down for a free set :rofl:

 

 

some more pics.

 

bolted up again with the sides trimmed all the way down

 

 

theres a decent chunk to cut off and a bit of massaging the lower part of the frame.

 

 

but the Z dash is like 2 in wider at the widest spot (bottom of the frame)

 

510 dash

 

 

Z dash

 

 

mocked it up with an evo console that was sitting in the shop just for teh lulz

 

[Eagle_Adam]

looks good skib!

[Mr.Dean_Yates]

 

 

where is this place!?!?!?!?! :lol:

must find!

[Jester]

DatsunVille.

 

Skib, how would a factory Z console fit in there? I would assume it would have too big of a gap between the console and dash.

Any thoughts of checking that out?

[Jester]

The '68 piece was a great idea. Looking good man!

[The Dat-side]

That evo console looks good with the Z dash. Are those fresh air vents just like the 510? You should try and move those in a bit. What are you going to do about the heater?

[izzo]

i like the 350/70 Z air vents. winners!

[Uber Deaf One]

I thought a Z car dash in a 510 would look weird... but it actually doesn't look to bad at all. Plus I like custom stuff like this.... diggin it!!

[Jester]

X2 on both above posts.

[Skib]

DatsunVille.

 

Skib, how would a factory Z console fit in there? I would assume it would have too big of a gap between the console and dash.

Any thoughts of checking that out?

 

 

there would be a larger gap than in a Z because the dash is higher up from the trans tunnel than in a Z

not sure if it would be too a big a gap tho, Id like to run something that has no gap.

Prob be keeping my eye out for another evo console or something similar.

 

 

That evo console looks good with the Z dash. Are those fresh air vents just like the 510? You should try and move those in a bit. What are you going to do about the heater?

 

yeah they are. but in the Z they pull air from the middle vent so they have ducting that goes to the middle of the dash.

Ill be hooking them up to the heater instead so I can have some nice hot air blowing out of them :lol:

and I never use the fresh air vents anyway.

 

Ill be using the stock 510 heater, I made sure to leave all the brackets for it still attached.