FiberGlassing the Dash

Haha, i had that idea about making the front end of my car out of carbon fiber.

Except fiberglass is A LOT easier...


Keep the dash in, try test building something out of fiberglass first. After you do it once its not all that hard, just fairly time consuming.
Can find better how-to's on the internet, try searching for how to boat articles or how-tos on making custom speaker boxes.

Basically make a layer of fiberglass over the dashboard. pop this thin layer off and then use it as a mold to coat with fiberglass on the inside. Make a layer on the inside, pop it out of the mold and build it up on the back with problably 5+ layers of fiberglass. Cover the front with bondo and then sand for a long long time until its perfect, then just paint.

Something like that would problably cost ~80$ at hardware store prices for fiberglass. Marine places have good quality fiberglass/resin for cheap though.

Eh doing all this is worth it if you wanted to save on weight, and were interested in adding some pods for gauges or speakers, or modifying the dash somehow. If you're just trying to get rid of a crack on the cheapo get a dashcap. They're 80-100$.

-BlaZed