2000 Dash in Fox body

fox4.6 · June 24th, 2008, 03:44 PM

The dash seems to interest everyone the most in my car, so i will give a good description of it and what it took to fit it in. We started by taking the old dash and making a pattern out of it on a piece of cardboard. Then we traced it onto the new dash and started cutting(We used a die grinder with a 3" inc grinding wheel on it). We had a routine going. Cut, put in for a mock fit, mark what needed to be cut, and take it back out. We did this at least 5-10 times. We finally got it to fit decent. We cut as much as possible off of it without cutting into the main structure. We cut about 4 inches off of it. Even with all this it still fit and looked good. We have 5 bolts holding it in. We have 2 in each side and made a bracket and got one right behind the instrument panel. It is very solid.The only problems were e VIN tag and the defroster cover sticks up a little on one side. Yes, the defroster still works. Also, the door handles off the 93 had to have about 1" cut off them. You can only reach the door handles with 2 fingers, but they work. Overall it was the most aggravating part of the build, but it looks great in it, and sets up really well. I will say this to anyone that is interested in doing it, "Go for it, but get ready for some work." I would guess that is has about 8 hours worth of work by 2 people in it. If you have any questions feel free to ask. I would be glad to help whatever I can.

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Doc8224 · June 24th, 2008, 06:00 PM

golf clap man. Very nicely done.

futureMACH1racer · June 24th, 2008, 06:23 PM

Great job, bro

Heik · June 27th, 2008, 01:17 AM

Very interesting... Looks great! Nice job!

StangAddiction · June 29th, 2008, 08:43 PM

I've seen this done before... The Guy had made custom door panels and all to match...

It had a 4v mod motor under the hood as well...

Lefty · July 5th, 2008, 12:18 AM

holy crap well done

cobratt03 · August 19th, 2008, 06:39 PM

nice ...i am impressed....not easy at all...nice work.

97GT4.6 · August 19th, 2008, 06:43 PM

Thats damn impressive

ujslost · August 27th, 2008, 09:32 PM

ok question
did you have to modify the steering column?
seems that the sn95 column would be longer since the dash you say had 4 inches cut off it. I assume the column should belonger to match the fatter dash? What was done here if anything.

fox4.6 · August 30th, 2008, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by ujslost

ok question
did you have to modify the steering column?
seems that the sn95 column would be longer since the dash you say had 4 inches cut off it. I assume the column should belonger to match the fatter dash? What was done here if anything.

We did not have to modify the column. The only thing we had to do was cut the bearing that supports the steering shaft out of the 2000 model car and mount it on the 93 car.

Pingar · September 1st, 2008, 10:58 AM

looks awesome

baron · September 3rd, 2008, 08:48 AM

Originally Posted by Pingar

looks awesome

2x!!

Fast02Gt · September 5th, 2008, 06:45 PM

Would look nice. Dislike the interior of Fox's..

BORDEN · September 12th, 2008, 11:47 AM

very nice

fox4.6 · October 22nd, 2008, 10:18 PM

Got airbags on the way.

carnut59 · October 23rd, 2008, 04:29 PM

looks sweet. thought about putting one in my ranger.

fairlane_68 · October 23rd, 2008, 08:00 PM

Originally Posted by fox4.6

Got airbags on the way.

I was going to say...I'll give you mine if you want. Mine are about to come out for good.

Oh...btw...that dash looks sharp. Good job.

foursixblurrrr03 · October 24th, 2008, 01:38 PM

damn bro, that looks very good!

04mustang232 · October 24th, 2008, 05:12 PM

i love that look. It looks super clean.

fairlane_68 · October 24th, 2008, 08:14 PM

Originally Posted by 04mustang232

i love that look. It looks super clean.

heh...not to mention MUCH more comfortable!

June 24th, 2008, 03:44 PM	#1
fox4.6 Regular 1993/2000 Mustang GT Yet to be determined Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Celina TN Posts: 59 iTrader: 0 reviews	2000 Dash in Fox body The dash seems to interest everyone the most in my car, so i will give a good description of it and what it took to fit it in. We started by taking the old dash and making a pattern out of it on a piece of cardboard. Then we traced it onto the new dash and started cutting(We used a die grinder with a 3" inc grinding wheel on it). We had a routine going. Cut, put in for a mock fit, mark what needed to be cut, and take it back out. We did this at least 5-10 times. We finally got it to fit decent. We cut as much as possible off of it without cutting into the main structure. We cut about 4 inches off of it. Even with all this it still fit and looked good. We have 5 bolts holding it in. We have 2 in each side and made a bracket and got one right behind the instrument panel. It is very solid.The only problems were e VIN tag and the defroster cover sticks up a little on one side. Yes, the defroster still works. Also, the door handles off the 93 had to have about 1" cut off them. You can only reach the door handles with 2 fingers, but they work. Overall it was the most aggravating part of the build, but it looks great in it, and sets up really well. I will say this to anyone that is interested in doing it, "Go for it, but get ready for some work." I would guess that is has about 8 hours worth of work by 2 people in it. If you have any questions feel free to ask. I would be glad to help whatever I can.

June 24th, 2008, 06:00 PM	#2
Doc8224 N/A 4v Guru 2003 Mach 1 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Afghanistan Posts: 3,463 Blog Entries: 2 iTrader: 1 reviews	golf clap man. Very nicely done. __________________ Military Crew U.S. Army Aviation Apache's Lead The Way

June 24th, 2008, 06:23 PM	#3
futureMACH1racer I.D.G.A.F. 2009 John Deere 9670 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: United States of America Posts: 11,347 iTrader: 0 reviews	Great job, bro __________________ RIP Travis Bilings 5/6/1982-7/5/2011 Be polite. Be professional. But have a plan to kill everyone you meet.

August 19th, 2008, 06:43 PM	#8
97GT4.6 Hardcore Enthusiast 97 GT 14.2@99.8 @ 4800 ft Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Fort Collins and Pueblo, Colorado Posts: 2,348 iTrader: 1 reviews	Thats damn impressive __________________ Cammed 2v Built By MustangMatt More mods than times your daughter has slept around

August 27th, 2008, 09:32 PM	#9
ujslost MM Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Albertville, AL Posts: 3,920 Blog Entries: 1 iTrader: 1 reviews	ok question did you have to modify the steering column? seems that the sn95 column would be longer since the dash you say had 4 inches cut off it. I assume the column should belonger to match the fatter dash? What was done here if anything. __________________ 1986 Mustang GT t-top time piece!

June 27th, 2008, 01:17 AM	#4
Heik Regular 2002 True Blue GT Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Chicago IL Posts: 56 iTrader: 0 reviews	Very interesting... Looks great! Nice job!

June 29th, 2008, 08:43 PM	#5
StangAddiction Enthusiast 2000 Mustang GT Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Virginia Beach Posts: 986 iTrader: 0 reviews	I've seen this done before... The Guy had made custom door panels and all to match... It had a 4v mod motor under the hood as well...

July 5th, 2008, 12:18 AM	#6
Lefty Resident DJ '01 Cobra Vert. Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Mechanicsburg, PA Posts: 28,701 iTrader: 12 reviews	holy crap well done

August 19th, 2008, 06:39 PM	#7
cobratt03 Newbie Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 6 iTrader: 0 reviews	nice ...i am impressed....not easy at all...nice work.

September 1st, 2008, 10:58 AM	#11
Pingar Regular Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: chesapeake,va Posts: 272 iTrader: 1 reviews	looks awesome

September 5th, 2008, 06:45 PM	#13
Fast02Gt Newbie Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 6 iTrader: 0 reviews	Would look nice. Dislike the interior of Fox's..

September 12th, 2008, 11:47 AM	#14
BORDEN Regular 91 lx convt 14.02@100 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 161 iTrader: 0 reviews	very nice

October 22nd, 2008, 10:18 PM	#15
fox4.6 Regular 1993/2000 Mustang GT Yet to be determined Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Celina TN Posts: 59 iTrader: 0 reviews	Got airbags on the way.

October 23rd, 2008, 04:29 PM	#16
carnut59 Enthusiast 2001 gt Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: dallas, tx Posts: 774 iTrader: 0 reviews	looks sweet. thought about putting one in my ranger.

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