AE86 Project from El Salvador

[banpei]

Ah right. Now I see it. I looked at the wrong pic.

[pedro-siR]

SMALL UPDATE:

I changed the dash for a "new" one, with just tiny cracks

This is the dash I found at one junkyard. Price: $11. Paint: $15. I washed it and cleaned it really good before taking it to the paint shop, so it won't crack easy under the sun.


You can see how cracked my old dash was:


I started to dissasemble my first ever dash. It was a PITA. I started about 5:30pm and ended up 4 hours later...


Comparison of both dashes:


Close up:


I still have to take pics of how it looks now and the mesh rims. I just love the new look of my car with the mesh.

[banpei]

Looks great!
Reminds me I still have to swap my dash as well.

[robokill]

n1 car. how the fuck you get a cracked dashboard?

[pedro-siR]

robokill Wrote:n1 car. how the fuck you get a cracked dashboard?

i really don't know, but most of AE86 i see around have the same problem. Maybe because our sun is really hot and we basically have sun the whole year

[banpei]

robokill Wrote:n1 car. how the fuck you get a cracked dashboard?

A lot of people in the US suffer from a cracked dash as well. Remember Japan isn't as sunny as California.

[NoHachi]

I suffer from a cracked dash too. Its a combination of sunlight (obviously not the case here) and degredation of the plastic (my problem).

[pedro-siR]

NEW PICS:

Please don't blame for the pics, i just went out of work and took these. Car is a little bit dirty and not ready for a photo shoot

But here it is:





This is how low the car sits with the Swift springs:


A pic of the new dash *no cracks* installed:

[oldskull]

the car look much better now

[SYM]

nice pics pedro, finally see your car.

the swifts sitting pretty good, i was afraid the swift will sit alittle too low that looks freaking awesome, still waiting for my tech to finish my coilover CANT WAIT!