[Verm1n]

Im going to be making a custom dash for a 1ltr sierra ute..
and was wondering what i can and can't do 'legally'..
Can get rid of the heater/demister and if i do would they say anything when i try to get a road worthy??

any help would be great thanks

[lukes_89]

yes your demister is a rwc thing if you dont have one it then makes your car unroad worthy even though sierras have a crap demister anyway still has to be their. make sure no sharp edges and freindly enough that if you crash its not going to kill you i guess but im not sure

[Crunched]

lukes_89 wrote:

yes your demister is a rwc thing if you dont have one it then makes your car unroad worthy even though sierras have a crap demister anyway still has to be their. make sure no sharp edges and freindly enough that if you crash its not going to kill you i guess but im not sure

Is that like "offroad worthy"?

[Fatzook]

Keep the demister, no sharp edges, and don't make it from a reflective material like stainless.

[Verm1n]

thanks for your help
anything else i can n can't do??
i know i can't mount crap on the dash'obstruction'

very nice i like your style.. where do i get an 'offroad worthy' from?

Crunched wrote:

lukes_89 wrote:

yes your demister is a rwc thing if you dont have one it then makes your car unroad worthy even though sierras have a crap demister anyway still has to be their. make sure no sharp edges and freindly enough that if you crash its not going to kill you i guess but im not sure

Is that like "offroad worthy"?

[Verm1n]

going to be a wood grain dash...

[Fatzook]

Verm1n wrote:

going to be a wood grain dash...

carefull. You'll get termites

[Ben_Sierra]

FYI, some MDF and a few wood screws does no constitute a woodgrain dash

[alien]

hahaah i'd be worried a wooden dash in a crash would splinter into my face =P

[whincup]

Ben_Sierra wrote:

FYI, some MDF and a few wood screws does no constitute a woodgrain dash

nope. but a good veneer does a pretty nice job. made a nice strong cabinet that looks quite good this way, and cheaper than buying proper pine. obviously doesnt look quite as good, but nice enough.

be sure to add pics of the finished product! be interesting to see a sierra with a woodgrain interior...

[Verm1n]

complete interior and custom timber tray aswell.. ill do a thread when i build it.. im going to make a 1 piece dash that curve from the top and goes down the face... and cut out holes when i need them for switches etc..

[Highway-Star]

Have a trawl through these ADR's
http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/ ... _adrs.aspx

Being a 410, yours will be covered by those 2nd edition; if not 3rd edition below:
http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/ ... nline.aspx

There isn't one for dashboards as such, but it will be covered in under different ADR's for things like demister (15), instruments (21), probably even impact safety stuff?

[2stroker]

I don't get it........to me the words practical and functional are synonymous with Suzuki's, there are a few different model dashes to choose from, you could fit any of them without too much trouble, why would you waste time and energy making a wood grain dash that I can garantee will not make that car perform any better, and I am pretty sure it wont look better either.

[whincup]

2stroker wrote:

why would you waste time and energy making a wood grain dash that I can garantee will not make that car perform any better

there are quite a few mods people do to cars that do not affect the performance of cars, merely change the look of it

2stroker wrote:

and I am pretty sure it wont look better either.

this comes to personal opinion... some people paint their cars black and like it, others dont so they paint their cars silver, theres more people who dont like either, etc etc...

[alien]

you should change the steering wheel too:

[whincup]

alien wrote:

you should change the steering wheel too:]

haha im trying to picture that now certainly unique...