thinking of having an aluminum panel milled out like this to move my CD player up and have a spot to mount switches. Opinions, pros/cons?
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where to mount switches?
- Thread starter MNorby
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BUDDY
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MNorby said:
There is a lot of flat space that some on here would cringe at drilling, (I'm not always one of them, just most of the time.
), but I think that something like that would look great! Especially if you got it all polished & blingy! 
I'm watching the "custom Radio" build very closely myself, because I don't want to be hacking my dash, (too much), but it's you're truck! Do what you want! I'm sure it'll turn out awesome!
Have you thought about relocating the heat controls & putting switches in there? Biggest advantage there is you wouldn't be cutting up the dash.
Later,
Buddy
Aluminum always seems like a great dash material until the first sunny day with the top off!!! 
Personally, I think a bank of overhead switches mounted to the rollbars would be sweeter. The dash would still look "stock" but you'd have all sorts of functionality overhead....
Depends on what sort of things you're controlling too. From an ergonomic perspective, the overhead spot is going to be better for things you don't have to mess with as often, since it's going to be hard to look up there while driving, etc. Things like auxillary lights, selectable lockers, electric fans would all be good candidates for an overhead mount.
When I did this rollcage for a 1st Gen, I installed a set of 1" DOM tubes to allow for an overhead CB mount.....you could easily adapt this idea for switches too.
Personally, I think a bank of overhead switches mounted to the rollbars would be sweeter. The dash would still look "stock" but you'd have all sorts of functionality overhead....
Depends on what sort of things you're controlling too. From an ergonomic perspective, the overhead spot is going to be better for things you don't have to mess with as often, since it's going to be hard to look up there while driving, etc. Things like auxillary lights, selectable lockers, electric fans would all be good candidates for an overhead mount.
When I did this rollcage for a 1st Gen, I installed a set of 1" DOM tubes to allow for an overhead CB mount.....you could easily adapt this idea for switches too.
I'm gonna do CB bars to mount my CB in. I want to make this out of black anodized aluminum and have the switch labels etched out.
