Nice- I like the gauge lighting. How is your parallex view for them? Looks like they're flushmounted instead of tilted?

Those other lights going under the dash then?

very well actually .. I can see them perfectly .. the face of the gage in the housing is slanted a bit not flat and also the lens is convex making them much easier for this old guy to see . and the lamps for the rear .. very rear is a dome lamp , and the other is for the rear passengers , it will light up the foot area in the back , untill the door is closed , then in 15 seconds goes out .

Dash epoxied and ready for the final bodywork




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so today the dash bezzles .. hi-solids primed twice .. and sanded once. .. I'm STOKED .. so far , they look awesome !!

i'm hopin' to shoot some black on them this weekend ..

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dash is basically ready to go for paint and trim . I still have to finalize the gaps yet .. but basically done
here are the pics ....







also .. trying to get all the little things done , I built the console arm rest , got it hinged and front latch , also the limit strap done .. and now also ready for trim/covering ...





also working on the shifter boot mounting .. bent up a coat hanger into a square , and got it welded today .. figured out how I'm going to mount it .. just need to make some small clips ...



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so some pics of the shifter boot mount ..



here is the "ring" with the clips .. the shifter boot will be sewn to the ring , and the held down with the clips .. on to these studs .




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That's a clever little bit of fab dere! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/notooth.gif" alt="" />

tks... gotta get all the "little things" looked after as well


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so .. not much going on .. but I have been collecting some parts .. got my front bumper finally :P .. (thanks to Adam )
also got my rear seats (thanks to Darren) I also picked up a stock 89 4Runner roll bar i'm goin to try incorporate in to the build .
also finally got my stock wiper blades and mudflaps (thanks to Paul)

thoughts for a rear bumper are leading to a 4Runner as well .. it has a straight bar with ends .. It has the "winch hole" .. but i'm thinkin' If I can get a banged up one .. I can weld up the unwanted holes , and have it re-chromed ..
and I think I have the rear licence plate lamp worked out .. I hate to think of it , but the 2008 Nissan Pathfinder has my perfect solution .

anyway .. thats where I'm at !!



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so I was able to get to the shop today to work on my own stuff (finally) ...


pulled the top off . and the outer fenders ... got the fender inners all cleaned up , and ready to repair the cracks and add the tail lamp pockets .







also figured the placement of the rear seats and then pulled the tub off
ready to start cutting that up


also started on the rear seats .. pulled the seat covers off of the bottoms , and got everything measured and figured .

the factory 4Runner width measures 51" .. max trekker width I'm going to make work is 42" which means I'm going to cut the tub and the seats to fit .

I have measured the seats and had to cut 4.5" out of the frames .. 2.25 on each side , 3" in .

got one done today








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