Dash pad delete pics
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I've put black polish on the wheel but I think my driving gloves rub it off from track driving.
Having the flat panels makes it easy to work under that area which has saved me a lot of time. Just three screws by the fuse box and the panel comes out.
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its not very heavy. not a mod i would do to save weight. It does give the passenger a lot more room though. My girlfriend imediately said she felt like she had more room.
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its not very heavy. not a mod i would do to save weight.
I picked up a used one with the idea of converting to a glove box and was surprised at how light it was. It's mostly hollow expanded foam with a little steel frame; I would estimate 2-3lbs tops tops.
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My recolection is that the passenger side Airbag was not ready in time...so we wound up with the pillow.
That would make sense if the '85 or even '86s had an actual airbag inside the pillow...so I doubt my version of why the pillow is there.
I gotta get rid of that thing. I just haven't had extra time to address it.
That would make sense if the '85 or even '86s had an actual airbag inside the pillow...so I doubt my version of why the pillow is there.
I gotta get rid of that thing. I just haven't had extra time to address it.
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I did a search but I did not find it. I was trying to find a guy that about 5 years ago in the Corvette Action Center web he tried to "open" the bread box because he tought it was really a compartment for bread, he was slaughter with sarcastic comments....for the forhead
I think the bread box was a L-83 feature
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Now they have side airbags. Soon we will have something like the Stallone movie, the one he was frozen, he was de-frosted to fight "Blade", the car got into a crash and foam filled the inside of the vehicle.
Anyway, Syclone, your Vette looks great!
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Made my own on a previously owned 87. Cut a piece of thin plywood from scrap laying around the garage. Went to an upholstery shop who gave me a remnant of white vinyl and leftover padding. I cut the hole for the AC vent then sprayed the vinyl with interior dye and installed it. Most expensive part was the emblem that I got from Corvette Central.
Like the upper dash pad that I also dyed with the same spray dye? Kids, don't try this as home as it reflected badly off the windshield. I purchased a used stock dash pad from Vette2Vette and put it back to stock after only a few weeks.
Like the upper dash pad that I also dyed with the same spray dye? Kids, don't try this as home as it reflected badly off the windshield. I purchased a used stock dash pad from Vette2Vette and put it back to stock after only a few weeks.