So if all goes well, work- due to all the apocalypse going on right now- work could close! How great would that be? Just being locked up in the barn for a couple weeks? Amazing. Incredible. Truly fantastic. But that’s not gonna’ happen, but eh- a girl can dream!
Anyways, got some barn time in! And in half an hour- pulled the dash out of the Accord! It might be cheating since all the big stuff was already loose, but I thought it was fulfilling regardless! Now, why would I do such a thing? (considering I JUST got it together?) Well, I’m currently in conversation with Jays Performance Tuning Solutions (JPTS) about having a Plug and Play, Mil-Spec, Tucked, Show Quality harness setup built for this car. So full Tucked Type R harness complete with single bulkhead connector, and then full cabin harness tuck, so the headlights, motors, wiper motor wiring, etc. etc. etc. all look fantastic. Altogether it should set me back two, maybe three Accords, but the concept of a perfectly clean, brand new install would be fantastic!
So that’s reason one, reason two is a bit more fun! I’ve been habitually loading every compartment with functional details, and so this is pretty self-explanatory- but I’ve modified the glove box compartment to fit a small, emergency fire extinguisher! I really like this car, and if I didn’t have a fire extinguisher, I know the thing would certainly take the opportunity to self-immolate. So by having this around, there’s less of a chance! Basically trimmed out the back of the glovebox, to give clearance to the object itself:
And then, since there was absolutely no way the two self-tappers going into plastic were going to hold that weight, I trimmed out a metal plate and slid it between the dash and ducting, so the plastic is sandwiched between such that plate and the mounting bracket. The final touches are going to be adding 3m double sided tape into that mix to halt vibrations, as well as finding another volunteer glovebox to trim out. This one works well, BUT, I found the area I trimmed out could actually be shallowed up a ton. The height from bottom of fire extinguisher to glove box cutout could be about 2 inches shallower, which would be a welcome change!
And so this photo doesn’t do a good job showing it, but I know you’d think the back of the glove box missing would be a big deal- but nope! It’s actually almost an invisible change once you have it in car position.
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