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  • aero3113aero3113 Member Posts: 9,540 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great mod @TonyG13
    I’m surprised that your head didn’t already have an a/c vent installed.
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  • TonyG13TonyG13 Member Posts: 1,387 ✭✭✭✭
    aero3113 said:
    Great mod @TonyG13
    I’m surprised that your head didn’t already have an a/c vent installed.
    Thanks. I was surprised also!
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  • rasburyrasbury Member Posts: 8,694 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice @TonyG13, making good use of time.
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  • LaReaLaRea Member, Moderator Posts: 7,920 mod
    Well done.   ... wait, you didn't run that duct into the engine room?!?   :D 
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  • Lake_BumLake_Bum Member Posts: 1,076 ✭✭✭✭
    @TonyG13 how much would you say the sound deadener quiet your engine noise that you installed a couple years ago?   My Jeep that I sold this year, had the ENTIRE interior, from Firewall to tailgate plastered with deadener!  It definitely worked quite well. I had a 450hp SRT Hemi in it, and it was pretty dang quiet even under throttle. 
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  • TonyG13TonyG13 Member Posts: 1,387 ✭✭✭✭
    @Lake_Bum - It's one of those things I wish I had monitored the sound objectively by taking decibel readings before and after. I didn't, so subjectively I feel like it did quiet down the sound at the time, but of course now that I'm used to the new level I feel it could still be even quieter. (Sorry that's not really an answer!)
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  • TonyG13TonyG13 Member Posts: 1,387 ✭✭✭✭
    Another day, another project. Installed a grab bar on my acrylic map tray cover. Lots of time when someone is standing next to me at the helm they're looking for something to hold on to. Had a grab bar laying around so I decided to put it to good use.

    Hardest - and most nervous - part was drilling through the acrylic without cracking it. Took about 15 minutes per hole going light pressure and slow speed to work through the 1/2" acrylic. I think it came out pretty well.






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  • captkevincaptkevin Member Posts: 409 ✭✭✭
    I'd be nervous if any one really pulls on that & breaks the acrylic or pulls out the hinges
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  • TonyG13TonyG13 Member Posts: 1,387 ✭✭✭✭
    captkevin said:
    I'd be nervous if any one really pulls on that & breaks the acrylic or pulls out the hinges
    I thought about that. It's a pretty hefty piece of acrylic. It's 1/2" thick and the way they designed it to sit in the recess, it's in there pretty solidly when closed. Absolutely no side-to-side movement, so the hinges shouldn't loosen over time. As for the drill holes, it's recommended that you drill at least twice the thickness from the edge to avoid cracking. I did 1-1/4" from the edge. After I installed it I pulled and put as much weight on it as I could and it seems pretty solid. We will see how it holds up over time.
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