87 K5 Build...Hmmm, whats that Ryoken up to? stay tuned...

ryoken · Sep 21, 2009

started farting around in the dungeon again....

thats 1" x 1/8" flat stock I added to the bottom lip of the dash.. the panel will mount on top of that with 1/2 the side tube exposed.. I still need to do the triangle in the upper left... and 1/2 that lower tube will be exposed between the 2 panels.......

saturday I get my composite, so hopefully I can start cutting out console panels this weekend... hopefully Kert can bang out my panel tabs too... :bow:

Sqeejo · Sep 22, 2009

Looking good!

ryoken · Sep 22, 2009

some template work from this weekend...

chomping at the bit to go pick up some composite sat....

ryoken · Sep 22, 2009

oh, and I'm gonna put an LED light over on the left, in the "ceiling of the triangular cubbyhole" :confused:

as part of the interior lighting.. kinda maplightish, LCD, shifter area light when needed..

triangular cubbyhole? I am a tard..... :doah:

BGKYK5 · Sep 22, 2009

ryoken said:
triangular cubbyhole? I am a tard.....

Yeah, the fab work so far has been really retarded. :rolleyes:

ryoken · Sep 22, 2009

my ex said so!!!! :haha:

a little self-deprecating humor is good for the soul.... :bow:

oh, btw, 10 days, no smokes.....

now where's that "killing spree" smilie when I need it..... :haha:

udy2554 · Sep 22, 2009

Awesome on the 10 days. :bow:

Keep it up. Don't let bad occurances start you back up. Remember, toothpicks help with the oral and manual fixations. So does puddy if it's available. Good luck with it.

Interior is looking awesome too. :bow:

ryoken · Sep 22, 2009

I keep forgetting to pick up toothpicks! :doah:

i like that idea... :bow:

my dentist is gonna hate me, been doing the hard candy-thing...

funny thing is, I've been able to concentrate and kick-arse at work.. slaughtering jobs... big custom system installs, etc, yet, I've had trouble doing it here at home... just this weekend, I kinda got in the swing of things in my own shop...

i'm soooooo anxious to actually start getting color on/in the truck at this point... which hopefully means I'll crank thru the last of the cab fab work... I could care less that the exteriors gonna be all spotprimed and ratty, i want the interior in "assembly" mode...

Greg72 · Sep 23, 2009

Good work on both fronts....

They say after a couple of weeks you start to get your sense of smell and taste back too. Supposedly, the smoking deadens your senses and people are amazed at how much better food tastes once they quit smoking.

Mmmmm, all this food talkin is making me hungry...is it too early for a cheeseburger?

Slapperbar · Sep 23, 2009

Never too early.

udy2554 · Sep 23, 2009

ryoken said:
I keep forgetting to pick up toothpicks! i like that idea... my dentist is gonna hate me, been doing the hard candy-thing...

After a couple of weeks of the toothpick thing, I had chapped lips and splinters. Ended up having to quit them too. :laugh:

But it sure did help with replacing the smokes.

BTW, I did ask God for a little help with the nic fits. Funny enough, I never needed a smoke after that.

76zimmer · Sep 23, 2009

Hey Paul, maybe some of this info. can be of use to your cessation process.

Good luck bud.

http://quitsmoking.about.com/cs/afterquitting/a/after_quitting.htm

ryoken · Sep 23, 2009

no doubt I'm gonna put a few pounds back on, thats a given...... and ok and expected.. going into winter, i can lose it in the spring...

taco night!!!! :haha:

I just ordered all my mounting hardware for the overhead and floor console, side panels, etc....

in black, should work well with the black composite...

http://www.mcmaster.com/#91355a090/=3rgpew

ryoken · Sep 23, 2009

boy..... i really wanna order the LCD for mockup.... maybe I'll do it after my tube order next week....

this is the one I'm eyeballin.. the Zenarc 1020TSV... it's a 4-wire screen, as opposed to 5.. but the dimensions of this unit should fit sweet in that spot....

http://www.xenarc.com/product/1020tsv.html

little more than I want to spend at around 5 bills, but I'm willing to put out some extra for what I want in this LCD... as big as I can go, in that spot... the Zenarc's seem to have a bit better rep than the Lilliput's...

Randy92782 · Sep 23, 2009

Can you counter sink just the head of the bolt into the composite enough to be flush?? that'd be awesome.

ryoken · Sep 23, 2009

well, I was original planning to do some flush-mount countersunks, like my winch plate...

but that's gonna require being balls-on with the holes, welded nuts on the panel tabs AND I'm only going 3/16 on the console panels... still stiff and strong, just a tad more sane, weight-wise, fitting, etc... plus cost...

that makes it difficult to countersink em.. the bevel depth is a 1/4" for a 3/8's... but the REAL reason is, it's a little cheat for me... little more wiggle-room for the mounting... I did think about it, and think i can pretty easily go in and countersink the holes afterward, get new hardware and go flush... might work ok cuz you have the thickness of the panel tab before it gets to the welded nut..

i'll see how I like these.. tho it could look pretty sick with flush stainless ones like the bumper on all the panels...

screw it, I just ordered both... :haha:

I'll decide when I mount em... :bow:

ryoken · Sep 23, 2009

oh, the other ones i ordered, stainless countersunks.. same exact ones that are in the winch plate....

http://www.mcmaster.com/#order-history/=3ritid

actually, f*ck it, whats a bit of extra work.... :doah:

I think the flush stainless on the black panels would be sexy.. kinda fighter plane-ish..

and I have other, hidden spots (the pc enclosure, cargo wall, etc) where i can use the black button ones...

Thanks Randy, think I'll go that route if I can... :bow:

Randy92782 · Sep 23, 2009

I do what i can. Plus i agree. Stainless on black is :pimp:

Actually you gave me some ideas as well :thinking:

ryoken · Sep 23, 2009

ryoken said:
boy..... i really wanna order the LCD for mockup.... maybe I'll do it after my tube order next week....

this is the one I'm eyeballin.. the Zenarc 1020TSV... it's a 4-wire screen, as opposed to 5.. but the dimensions of this unit should fit sweet in that spot....

http://www.xenarc.com/product/1020tsv.html

little more than I want to spend at around 5 bills, but I'm willing to put out some extra for what I want in this LCD... as big as I can go, in that spot... the Zenarc's seem to have a bit better rep than the Lilliput's...

hmmmm, ok, rethinking this one too... after some more reading, I really think i'd like the 5-wire... much newer, better tech apparently...

they don't seem to have a 10" 5 wire out... only 8"... the 10" would have been SERIOUSLY tight anyway.. to the point it was really messing with any mounting of the actual panel.. it would fill that entire hole, leaving very little panel showing... unless I do a custom, take the case apart, install......

so, I've backpeddaled a bit to an 8" 5-wire.. the dimension are a little more reasonable and proportional to the panel... and allows for some nice mounting points of the fiberglass...

http://www.xenarc.com/product/800tsv.html

plus it's about $200 cheaper.... :wink1: