ditch the dash?

[sigmatero]

I’m starting to lay out the roll cage on my 87 4Runner. This will be a street legal (in Idaho which is pretty loose) prerunner which I might race a little. I’ll need to keep defrost, heater control, and vents.

I would like to run my cage as far forward as possible to tuck the tubes in the corners (unlike the cheesy aftermarket roll bar kits out there). Should I try to cut the dash and then make the tubes fit or should I just ditch the dash and use aluminum sort of like this Toyota…


http://www.off-road.com/4x4web/features/1999/01/

Pros and cons of each? Time, expense, etc.

[hitman]

i vote make a custom one.

[sigmatero]

Ok, thanks for the vote. Any specific reason(s) why?

[85yota]

Ditch the stock dash seeing as it looks crappy and doesn't have much room under it to hid your cage. Here's some pics of th edash I built for my 85 toyota. You could easily incorporate the stock vents and heater controls into it, but this is a race truck so that's not needed. here are the pics.
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b199/85yota/dash024.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b199/85yota/dash025.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b199/85yota/dash022.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b199/85yota/dash021.jpg
http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b199/85yota/dash023.jpg

[sigmatero]

Looks great, I'll probably do something similar. How did the wiring go for you- any gotchas I need to keep in mind before I tear into things?

[baja&boats]

look around for a mojave air system its a small heater