My 1st mod: Gadget panel

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gakman

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Had my Expy for about a month now just got done with my first mod: I need to install a Beartracker scanner and a PA amp, plus switches for other future gadgets. I sacrificed that bin in the center console to put everything. Here it is.

Just got it wired up today and I am quite happy with it =)

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This is the "before" pix
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This piece is held down with friction clips, comes off quite easy
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The bin as removed
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The face plate with the cutouts
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The base needs to be modified to make room for new stuff
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A chunk of it cut off
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Trying for fit
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Finished
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Wow the amazing. I wish I had that for all my aux stuff. Is that plate a custom fit for your truck or did you make it yourself?
 
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The faceplate is a custom piece. Originally I was going to have that in aluminum (cut by CNC waterjet), but it cost too much for setup and stuff (about $200) so I had a plastic shop cut that for me in black plastic, also CNC cut but much cheaper (about $60)

For those of you who are interested in the procedures -

1. I used a cardboard and traced the organic shaped opening with a felt pen.
2. I scanned that and used a draw program (Corel) to draw in all the other openings (after measuring precisely all the crap I am planning on installing..)
3. I exported that to AutoCAD and then gave the DXF file to the plastic shop and they just feed that to the computer.

Much better than trying to cut those holes manually. I don't have a shop, in fact I don't even have a garage, I had to do the whole project on my dining table.
 
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Thanks El =) Remember I was asking you guys how difficult it is to remove the center console and you showed me where the screws were? This was why...

Now I got the "CIC" put together, next step is to add the "weapon systems", ha ha.
 

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No problem. Glad I could help a little bit in making such a bad ass install possible. :)
 
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