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Old 01-29-2004, 09:56 PM
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Is this Tacky or Out of Place?

If you look closely, something doesn't belong on the dash.

What do you think about it?
Old 01-29-2004, 09:58 PM
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You mean besides the firebird logo thats supposed to be on the fender? Btw...looks nice there! If thats not it, i couldnt tell ya
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it makes it look too cluttered to me
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Originally posted by camaro-mayhem
it makes it look too cluttered to me
first thing i thought of as soon as i saw the pic. the fuzzy dice ain't helping either.

would look better if the logo was smaller and on the passenser side.
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Originally posted by llvll4l2c91350
first thing i thought of as soon as i saw the pic.

would look better if it was smaller.

it might look better without the dice/radar detector/other girly stuff. clean it up and make it look all flush, and then the firebird logo might look good.
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Is that 2 speed detectors?
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one looks like a g-tech

i think that logo would look better on the other side
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Originally posted by Mitch DoGG
You mean besides the firebird logo thats supposed to be on the fender? Btw...looks nice there! If thats not it, i couldnt tell ya
Yes its that. It looked too plain without anything there (esp the lack of the rear defrost swtich).

I need to get a pic of the fuzzy dice at night, they light up!

The higher one is a g-tech, the lower one is the radar detector, and the tassel is my graduation tassel.
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Way too cluttered!
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It looks ok not bad, not something i would do, BUT the important thing is DO YOU like it?
if you do leave it.
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It looks fine.
Old 01-30-2004, 06:22 AM
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I'm not really fond of it myself, but if you like it, leave it.
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I had dice like that. Mine actually lit up. They were cool to get some red light into the car but Im just gonna get some leds. The red dice look bad. I realized it and youll prolly come to your senses. It honestly looks how my dash used to look. High school thingy on the rear view, dice, radar detector. I would say remove the dice, tie up the graduation thing a bit higher, and maybe rewire the radar detector with a long cord so it can be hidden under the dash. Its not hard to wire it under the dash and up through the top of the dash. Theres no need to go through the roof like some say. I like the fire bird emblem though. That really gives me an idea. thx. I need to start cleaning out my interior Im lazy with empty oil etc....

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the dice are hanging from the rear view mirror right? from that angle it looks like its almost hanging on the wheel.
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Well theres 2 detectors of some sort. It looks like one of em is wired through the dash and one is just goin from the cig lighter.

Keep us updated with pix.

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Other side looks much better.

The only reason I had to "look closely" on the first pic is trying to focus on only one thing that didn't look right (IMO). I can't stand things blocking my vision while driving.


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Ok as of now, I actually got bored of the G-Tech, so that's down. The power for the radar detector actually goes under the dash pad and into the fuse box. Maybe I'll take another pic to get a better angle of it.
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to cluttered but if you like it....
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Originally posted by 67 Camaro 88
...The only reason I had to "look closely" on the first pic is trying to focus on only one thing that didn't look right ...
Ha! My thoughts exactly. I'd take down every single thing hanging from that mirror. Fuzzy dice are great if you own a '32 Ford or '55 Chevy. I think they look way out of place on anything made after 1962.
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