My Biggest Bogan Plastic Welding Project Yet! Building a custom BA Falcon Haltech IC-7 Dash Pod!
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- Опубликовано: 10 сен 2024
- I have always had an idea of fitting a Haltech IC7 dash into the BA Falcon... except instead of replacing the dash cluster, I'd put it in the centre stack! So a few weeks back I ordered the parts needed and started attempting to turn my idea into reality. And I thought it'd be hilarious if I used bogan plastic welding for the entire process! #motoringbox
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Please note: I enjoy working on cars but I can't promise that what I do will work for your particular car, or that you won't harm yourself, someone else, your car, or your warranty doing it. Please be safe, be responsible and if you're not sure what you're doing, get a qualified mechanic to help you out.
Just for laughs I used a soldering iron for the cutting and the bogan plastic welding - and it worked great!
Yep, gets the job done, though most times if you want to keep doing it you would get a separate tip for plastics… or in this case another iron.
LOL, I've used them for so many thing's when nothing else works.
People underestimate how useful they are😅
Soothing voice and you keep getting better and better. Onwards and upwards brother.
Great idea, use the boost gauge as a mount
Cool concept, i think, align it more with the rear edge of the triangle so it faces the driver more directly and get it as low as you can
An interesting idea .. Im keen to see the final result
Great idea, I´d personally ty to angle the screen a bit more towards the driver and maybe even tilt the screen a bit to the back so you see your data in the corner of your eye instead of having to actively take the eyes off the road.
It's always interesting when good work is done to see what kind of options are created.
Booya's 280km/h gold Magna also had some interesting thing's done before his car burned up.
Some Ralliart Magna's got sunroof's & black/red leather seat's.
Even 210kw due to different cams & compression ratio or supercharging to 250kw.
That’s actually kinda cool please continue this ahah
It's cool
Nice job. A small visor on top may help with screen visibility in bright light
Next version will have one!
That’s a great idea
I love the idea. It would definitely be better if it was smaller.
If you removed the centre vents I think that would be the perfect mounting spot. Obviously this has a down side of reduced air flow but the display would be really low and integrated into the dash nicely.
Great job!
Once you’ve got it perfected, get it 3D scanned and printed, I can see this will be extremely popular if it was sold
Needed a shot of 20 psi on the guage on an open road.
Will look good when it's modified at the moment it's highly functional I like it.cut it down scan it and get it 3d printed to fit will be awesome...john...
Geez it's getting more love than the RA!
Looks awesome!
Great first effort. I’ve done a bunch of this kinda thing over the years on street and race cars and you’re definitely on the right track.
3D printing is the biggest game changer here over the last 8~10 years - worth looking into as its very affordable these days.
I love it and I would by one for my F6
Its cool
Looks cool mate. Wrap it in fake spotlight leather when ya done
An alternative way to join ABS plastic pieces together is to use acetone and some ABS scrap to make a plastic slurry and use it like glue. Acetone melts the plastic and welds it together. I just find the fumes from Acetone are better than the fumes of burning plastic (not by much though) and it produces a neater join.
Great tip I didn't know that
Love the effort you put into it mate!! 👍👍👍
It's like watching a master craftsman.
Not my cup of tea in the older B series Falcons. But keen to see the improved versions 👍
Cool
Just wanted to add, based on the FG display, you might need to put some shade over this. The glare from the sun means you can’t see the screen on the FG ICC display.
I look forward to seeing it on the road.
Looks promising to me! As you say, just needs to be dropped down as much as possible so it's not obscuring your view of the road.
Use a normal triangle next time tho, it's cheaper than cutting up a 3 gauge one lol
Keep going. This is exactly the kind of tinkering that keeps our creativity going. Something like this keeps the fun of tinkering alive. We just need that from time to time.
Love the idea! As a prototype it's brilliant, a little refinement and it's golden.
I'd keep it simple, just a little bracket that attaches to the rear of the screen and holds it at a lower height / optimum angle. Then you've just got to cover the bracket in a neat manner 👌
maybe hit up tuning fork and see if they cant rig together a smaller screen model.. even recessed I think it might look abit out of place due to the sheer girth of the thing, honest opinion.
creative af tho
edit, maybe think about placing it deeper into the dash, create the illusion that its smaller than it is.
It is too high and the cops will probably pick on this if you get pulled over. I would put the screen on an angle so that the height will be reduced. The top of the housing can act as a sun visor shade for the screen.
I would mount it instead of the headunit haha , who needs music when you have a turbo barra up front?? Hahahah dose life
Love it 😊 very cool idea. Keeps the factory dash intact which is great considering these cars are not made any more
Needs to come down a few inches to look suitable
A little bit cool
dude i fucken love it i have always thought about doing this
also maybe to a bit of a angle
You could hand-lay carbon fiber over it and seal it all up with a coat of shiny epoxy
I kinda think it's just a little too big for that and I could see cops getting antsy about it because it potentially obstructs the view. This kind of thing would be better suited down near the gear shift under the AC controls
Not sure how it would go in the nanny state of NSW. Im sure that breach some traffic legislation due to the hight on the dash...can you give us a driver's view from inside the vehicle, mate?
Will do. If I can reduce it 3cm it won't sit higher than the bonnet line, well for me anyway.
@@MotoringBoxTV You did a good job plastic welding with a soldiering iron.
Queensland is a Nanny state as well but normally isn't quiet as bad as NSW wales though. I have heard that Canberra is the freest place to live in nanny state Australia.
Looks good for a prototype.
Barra sounded lovely ,when started.
you should check out Soundmam (Doug Bernards), he has the dash mod techniques down to a fine art, shows you how, and what products to use... highly recommend unless you're easily offended, if you're not easily offended you'll laugh though...
Love the idea, want to do something similar for the useless storage box in my car. Thank you for sharing 👍🏽
as a polywelder of nearly 20 years, this hurt my soul to watch.
hit me up next time you're in perth and we can do something a bit tidyer
Really well done. I'm very excited to see the mk2 version.
Wow what a great idea Shawn! Nice work l like it.
If you drive at night on country roads will it cause annoying reflections ?
Good job, would be a good project for a 3d Printer
I think your best bet for recessing the screen lower, is to get it 3d scammed or draw it up with a car software and have it printed as the entire mount. This way you could reduce bezel size and overall height
I am rather impressed by that. I think it is time sir to invest in a 3d printer ;) in saying that i have one and still used cardboard and fiberglass to make my middle console lol.
Hey mate, love your vids! Question: do you prefer the BA model to the FG?
Never actually driven an FG but I prefer the look of the B series. I'm sure the FG's are way better cars though.
Personally I'd put it where the stereo is now, and replace the stereo with one of those units that has the mini compact face, put that up top where the old gauges were.
Not my kind of thing but it’s not my car, I would be looking at installing it underneath heater controls at top of console
Nice one Sean. Modifications on a budget are real.
It's a great idea, can't wait to see what you come up with in the next version!
And love the ancient Gran Turismo menu music!
Not a bad idea to start with; but once you have the final idea in mind do a Google search for '3D plastic printing near me' and get someone to cost up the design and printing of something that fits with what you're really wanting.
Sean, I think you have a great start, get your fitting right and get it printed. 👍It looks great.
As someone who used to have a 3 inch bonnet scoop/cowel , you do get used to having half your view missing. But it is annoying
I agree that it's a good idea & yes it's a bit bulky. I'm sure with a bit of refinement, it'll be great.
You could play with fibreglass to get what you want & you could wrap it in felt (available from Spotlight).
The people who said to use a 3D printer to make a housing are spot on.
It's a cool idea but I think it sticks up too much.
Such a cool project, best of luck with it! If you wanted to take it a step further, and wanted to reduce the height further, perhaps this could evolve into a chassis for the IC-7 where you would disassemble the IC-7 (at this risk of voiding your warranty of course) and install the internals into it, then install it into the dash - thereby removing the stock bezel plastics and making more room for height reduction, if that makes sense. I'm keen to see where this goes!
On another note, the GT3 soundtrack is a banger and I love hearing it in your videos, I still play it periodically and I love it despite not being too good at it.
Where is the Magna, not seen a new video for weeks?
Will be one out this week
PROPER SHIT!! BIN IT
You know what Sean, I love the idea of this. That's already a pretty good Iron Man Mk.1 build. I can't wait to see the next iteration of it. I'm waiting for the implementation of the nano tech haha. Keep up the great work mate, can't wait for the next one!
I wouldn't mount it up there... It looks a bit like the iPad sticking up on the dash a Tesla... I would mount it in front of the factory instrument cluster on top of the steering column... The Haltec will have everything you need to see on it... You will be able to look behind it for the fuel gauge plus the factory gauges in those things aren't that accurate anyway.
I am having a good time fixing problems on my Alfa Romeo 166 with my ender 3 s1. The 166 is all about really hard to find or really expensive (because rare) parts. I've fixed a few parts, outside and inside the cabin, with ABS and TPU parts I've designed. I even made brackets for my security cameras so that they attached to the security screens.
It isn't the solution for everything, but you will be surprised but just how useful they can be.
I like the concept. Wonder if a company like Mako Motorsport (the guys that make the dash inserts for IC7s, Holley Dashes and such) would be interested in mass producing something like this.
Happy Birthday to your young bloke for last Thursday, by the way!
I wonder if this is something that could be made on a 3d printer? i'm brisbane based and i have one so hmu if you wanna give it a go
A $1600 boost guage?
First thought and it’s not malicious but fuck that’s high up lol, you thought about finding a local 3d printer and cad something up maybe that’s an idea for final product?
good idea but i really see no need for that other than looks. really you are only using it as a boost gauge cheaper to buy a top quality boost gauge and hook it up properly
Might be worth getting the gauge pod 3d scanned, along with the Haltech and mocking something up in cad. Possibly getting something FDM printed in ASA which will hold up to the UV and heat in the windscreen.
Looks sick man, making me wanna buy one
I’d mount it behind steering wheel in front of the factory dash, off centre of the speedo cover factory tach, won’t be visible to bogan thief’s and the rest of the dash looks factor…. But that’s me and I like clean looks
I'd be trade marking that design before someone else or a big company comes along and takes the idea to tell for big profits
For MK I it doesn’t look too bad. Definitely a bit too high though. I will have to remember sculpting plastic with a soldering iron. 😆
Is there a specific reason you're going this route over replacing the instrument cluster? Mako do fairly clean inserts you can bolt up to and replace the factory IC. Don't get me wrong, I like the concept but the iC7 probably isn't the best option for that placement. I feel if you got a cop on a bad day they could ping you being an obstruction to your view.
Funnily enough it doesn't block visibility very much at all - I estimate if I am able to reduce the top by 2cm, it'll sit below the bonnet line. But sure, it does look very high visually at the moment.
We’ve convinced our Japanese friends that they should come down too australia but not drive in a straight line for long cause you’ll end up going into the sea .
The concept is super cool. I think it's going to be very hard to pull off neatly. Look forward to the final result.
I've never been a fan of the turbo guagesbon BA/BFs. I suppose they are a relic of their era.
Good luck!
I think it's very cool, yes it is way too bulky, I would try to trim it down as much as possible on all sides especially the bottom, if you could work out a way to drop the whole unit down into the recess and have the front of that dash panel completely cover the bottom bezel and shave some off the sides and top would make it much smaller, just a suggestion to feed your ideas 😎
I think a blind man at Haltech made that panel insert... what were they thinking? that is such a poor fit.. I would be sending Heatech a nasty email about that.. LOL !
Good spot for it, what about instead of a housing, having it mounted on a bracket with a little bit of swivel to adjust the screen, work out a way to make a recessed tray where the pod gauge would normally go to mount the screen as low as possible. Would look more like a kia stinger screen or similar.
Hopfully that makes sense.
I agree its too high as is. Lots of cars have a screen something like this as OE now so when you streamline it a bit it could be good
I’m on the fence.
I think with what options you have to integrate the display into the dash without butchering the dash it’s a great idea.
I do on the other hand think its a tad bit OTT.
Non the less, I’m very intrigued by your ability to keep the Falcon looking period correct without compromising the purity! 😉😉😂😂
Good luck and look forward to seeing if you can make it a little less intrusive. 😎😎
sorry but my opinion is a big no, i woudlnt even want to risk that being up there, easy to just smash a window and grab it, if it doesnt just fall off itself the first time you give it a boot full, i totaly get not wanting to replace the cluster as i like the factory look, but put it down the bottom and put your fancy printed tissue box in the bin.
I don't know if I like it or not, but trimming it down could make it look less tacky... Certainly something different for a Falcon though 👍
So bogan I thought it was for a Commodore. 😛 But great idea. Look forward to seeing the final product.
Why didn't you just 3d print it? You could easily 3d scan the tray and go from there. CAD isn't that hard for small projects like these!
I don't have one, plus there's the complication of modelling something this detailed.
Sorry it’s a no from me(yuck lol) god effort though. Much prefer the factory look of the gauges. Just looks out of place for the era of the car.
I love the fact that it clips into the existing footprint of the dash. It is easy to swap back to stock. Personally, I'm more of a purist type and would prefer the look of (properly working) dials. But hey, your car your choice.
I'd consider using a 3d printer for the final product... you could use a scanner and get those radius 100% accurate too (I have both but I'm in Sydney)
Also, have you considered twisting it slightly to the driver? the area in the dash is already formed that way.
Yep, can go lower, you don’t even need to hold the bottom of the screen so you can drop it, more again if you mod the ICC plastics, add some more angle but trial and error for sun and other reflections.
Cool idea mate but sits to high & I think even lowering it by 1cm will still be to high in my opinion. You could pull the factory cluster out & get a 3d surround made by mako motorsport & still fit the original cluster back in whenever you want as there is no modifying needed to fit.
It's a big no from me. It looks tacky and as the comment from g_force said, it's just too much of a temptation for junkie low life's. Just bite the bullet and mount it where it is intended, it will look factory and as someone else said, find someone who can 3d print to make it fit 💯. Apart from that, nice effort.
like the idea of having the screen display like more modern performance cars like the GTR but on camera it just looks too tall for the location with blocking visibility through the windscreen. I would recommend trying to slim it down more like the way Aston Martin does it with their cars. You could use Aston Martin is a reference guide for what your trying to do because the already successfully pulled it of what your trying to do here.
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