custom car interior

[ljrcustom]

Are you planning on just using the car for the track or will it be a daily driver?

-LR

 

[MrGoodBytes]

I do track it from time to time for the purpose of making sure the car is properly dialed in and that it is a capable car.

daily driver, no! It served that role dutifully 8 years and has been retired from active service. The suspension setup is on the outer limits of being able to be safely streetable and requires a lot of maintenance. The car does have a race clutch in it that is not exactly easy to manage in chicago gridlock traffic and probably wouldn't last long. Eventually I will tone down the setup and make it more user friendly (right now its kinda like a roller coaster ride, fun as hell but after a few minutes, you really just want to get off)

 

[ljrcustom]

Sounds like fun, I assumed it was a track car, but I was a little confused as to why you were adding all the wood detailing to interior in a track car. What is your daily driver?

-LR

 

[MrGoodBytes]

its not so much a track car as upgrading the car so its current with today's standards. 170hp in a light car a decade ago was pretty sweet, today its starting to push 300. But working the track car image while I spend likely the next decade getting the rest up to snuff I think is the best route.

my dd? oh its pretty ballin! lol, no I drive a 2010 honda fit. A year ago I had 4 cars (and the woman had one), too many projects and WAYYY too much baggage. I don't know where I'm going to be in a year and I obviously already have one car that requires a rather high level of accommodations. You pick your battles.

 

[MrGoodBytes]

stumbled across some build photos of the HVAC knobs... thought I would share. (on a really crappy camera phone circa 2004)

 

[MrGoodBytes]

heres how I made the butcher block dash insert for those curious. cut out your cubes

make a frame and glue up the rows, clamp them down, and come back in a few hours

now glue the rows together

remove

and sand to shape, going with the grain.