Custom Drift Dashes Using Sheet Metal

Most auto trimmers have the knowledge and skills to wrap a dashboard in leather but not many can create an entire custom dash from scratch.

Custom drift dashes using sheet metal.

These kits come in aluminum or steel and can be cut to fit most any chassis or subframe. Also known as dimple dies. Chassisworks has tin kits that give you everything you need to go from the front firewall to the rear bumper. First of all let me say that this is a well written post.

I have started repair on the doors of my project. Dashes may also be customized in many of ways as part of a complete custom interior. Tin kits sheet metal. Chevrolet dash panel 51 52 chevy car billet aluminum polished 2 hole large 5 with shift hole cover billet aluminum polished for two 5 inch gauges.

The traditional method is to heat a small area of the stretched metal an area roughly between dime and nickel size with an oxyacetylene torch to red hot. Fortunately there are companies from which auto trimmers can order custom fiberglass dashboards. It is heated until a combination of its expansion and its being bounded by the unheated and unyielding metal that surrounds it causes it bulge up. Create a raised edge in sheet metal that locks into the rolled edge of another piece.

While auto upholstery is certainly a multi discipline trade few trimmers have the fiberglass and metal shaping expertise to tackle such a daunting task. I am using a patch panel for the outer skin and will be replacing the inner bottom as well. Sheet metal hole flaring dies create flares around already cut holes in sheet metal up to 3 16 thick to make the edges stronger and more rigid. After tracing the template onto the steel.