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Old 07-04-2010, 07:27 PM
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man this was some work! took me about 5 hours! of course i had to run to the store for guerilla tape etc, but thanks for everyones help!!! and special thanks to "andrew6" he told me exactly how to install the hud and he's here locally also. Great fella. awesome forum!!!!!

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Nicely done and love our HUDs
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cool! i wanna do this sometime.
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I wish I could install a HUD in the rest of my cars.
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Originally Posted by peter pan
Nicely done and love our HUDs
Thanks!!!!

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cool! i wanna do this sometime.
If you do, I will be more than happy to assist in any way possible!!! its really easy when you got great people on this forum helping out

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I wish I could install a HUD in the rest of my cars.
I concur!
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Did you cut the duct?
Old 07-05-2010, 07:47 AM
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Originally Posted by RACN1320
Did you cut the duct?
Thats what I want to know! Regardless, congrats, it is an awesome mod
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Originally Posted by RACN1320
Did you cut the duct?
Originally Posted by Corpsvette
Thats what I want to know! Regardless, congrats, it is an awesome mod
Yes. I went cut the duct method. Trust me it sounds complicated and kind of scary but its real easy. I used a small hacksaw and did it. Once completed I assembled the air duct back with superglue and guerilla tape. Once you put the gauge cluster back on; you cant even see the cut. If you guys are wanting to do this mod and is hesitant, PM me and I will give you my number and I can walk you through it. That helped me a lot when someone told me what to do .
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I've heard horror stories from some folks that tear the entire dash apart and have "creaks and other noises" after completing. I think the cut the duct method may be the best way to cut down on all those hidden noises. When I did mine I wish I'd of done that. When I helped other people do theirs I highly recommended they do that but they never do.

Either way... Looks good. I hope you enjoy it. Now we have to figure out how to change the colours on these HUD's. Have red for track modes and green for street
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I've heard horror stories from some folks that tear the entire dash apart and have "creaks and other noises" after completing. I think the cut the duct method may be the best way to cut down on all those hidden noises. When I did mine I wish I'd of done that. When I helped other people do theirs I highly recommended they do that but they never do.

Either way... Looks good. I hope you enjoy it. Now we have to figure out how to change the colours on these HUD's. Have red for track modes and green for street
man!!! I thought about that today I was like man I wish I can change the colors.
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Very nice. Great job.
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Originally Posted by cmnguye8
man!!! I thought about that today I was like man I wish I can change the colors.
buddy has it on his C-5. He said he bought it that way so I gotta figure out how to do it on command.
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I wish I could find someone to install one for me!! (not mechanically inclined!)
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Originally Posted by cmnguye8
man this was some work! took me about 5 hours! of course i had to run to the store for guerilla tape etc, but thanks for everyones help!!! and special thanks to "andrew6" he told me exactly how to install the hud and he's here locally also. Great fella. awesome forum!!!!!

Are the Sabatistas making tape now to trade for guns? I think it's GORILLA, like the animal.
I don't have the HUD. Is the reflection really that small and hard to read?
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Originally Posted by jcmarathon
I wish I could find someone to install one for me!! (not mechanically inclined!)
im not either but its easy!!! are you in houston? I can help you.
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Welcome to the fold.

As an update, I'm at 43k miles now (just over 20k post HUD install). I completely removed the dash from my car. My car certainly has tons of rattles over rough roads but EVERY single rattle is coming from somewhere other than the dash. (Door panels, sails panels, and center console primarily and the center console is the only thing that has been touched). I figure when it gets too bad I will slowly start insulting everything one by and one and maybe even upgrading to some better leather/CF parts.
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Mine came from the factory installed - but it's ever so slightly crooked. Is there a way to adjust the horizontal tilt without pulling the dash apart?

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No..Memphis area...UGH! Wish I were in Houston! Thanks anyway
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Welcome to the fold.

As an update, I'm at 43k miles now (just over 20k post HUD install). I completely removed the dash from my car. My car certainly has tons of rattles over rough roads but EVERY single rattle is coming from somewhere other than the dash. (Door panels, sails panels, and center console primarily and the center console is the only thing that has been touched). I figure when it gets too bad I will slowly start insulting everything one by and one and maybe even upgrading to some better leather/CF parts.
sounds like a plan. Let me know where you're ready to insulate and I'll help out.
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Originally Posted by jcmarathon
No..Memphis area...UGH! Wish I were in Houston! Thanks anyway
contact FilmJay. He said he did his own and he's another ZHZ owner


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