SolidState
No Mo SHO
damn you....DAMN YOU!
I want a black interior sooooo bad....
I want a black interior sooooo bad....
Black Interior Swap
- Thread starter SHO Continental
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Russsho
The SHO goes on
Yeah, this sucks. I've been sitting here all morning thinking about how good a black interior would look with my red car.
SHO Continental
Moderator
jelloslug said:Nice wiring mess. You do know that on 2nd gens the dash wiring just unplugs from the car. That would make reattaching the harness to the dash a bit easier.
On the '92 we pulled the dash from it didn't unplug. Trust me I checked.
jelloslug
Digital
SHO Continental said:On the '92 we pulled the dash from it didn't unplug. Trust me I checked.
Yea but that was an MTX. When I pulled the dash from my '93 ATX parts car I just unplugged the main harness under the hood and it popped right through the fire wall.
SHO Continental
Moderator
jelloslug said:
Too bad I didn't swap the interior from a '93... would have saved a little work.
but it's doooone. Had to reuse the mocha passenger airbag because the plugs were different; and I still have a mocha drivers bag too because '92s have older style wheels but I'd already changed to a newer black leather wheel
. Also the clocks had different wiring but since they don't interchange between the dash bezels I just left it unplugged. here go the pics.
all wired up
mostly bolted in.
teh matt workin'
all finished... for
sho_bc
Dragonboater
i assume the tan parts stayed cause of air bags?? 
SHO Continental
Moderator
sho_bc said:i assume the tan parts stayed cause of air bags??
it was in that last post..
SHO Continental said:
sho_bc
Dragonboater
ah yes, well... i did stop wearing my glasses a few years ago.SHO Continental said:
Dan Werling
Guest
Interior
Hey that thing looks killer. I have lots of black parts lined up to do my black interior swap, but not everything yet. What is this buisness about unplugging the whole harness at once for the dash? Like a main harness connector. If I could avoid having to remove the harness when I swap my dash, that would be freaking amaizing! Could someone provide some information about that please?
on your interior my friend
Hey that thing looks killer. I have lots of black parts lined up to do my black interior swap, but not everything yet. What is this buisness about unplugging the whole harness at once for the dash? Like a main harness connector. If I could avoid having to remove the harness when I swap my dash, that would be freaking amaizing! Could someone provide some information about that please?
on your interior my friend
jelloslug
Digital
Dan Werling said:Hey that thing looks killer. I have lots of black parts lined up to do my black interior swap, but not everything yet. What is this buisness about unplugging the whole harness at once for the dash? Like a main harness connector. If I could avoid having to remove the harness when I swap my dash, that would be freaking amaizing! Could someone provide some information about that please?
Here is what I know about the dash harnesses: On the 1st gen cars (and possibly 92-93 MTX cars) the main harness (the part that goes through the firewall) has a 6 foot or so pigtail that goes along the cowl with a number of connectors, there is also another pigtail that goes under the master cylinder and it has several connectors. On the ATX cars and 94-95 MTX cars (and possibly 92-93 MTX cars) the main harness only goes under the master cylinder and just has 1 big connector on it making it much easier to remove. There are also some connectors in the kick panels on the drivers and passengers sides and if it's an ATX a few wires go to the shifter.
From doing exactly one dash swap, I will never willingly do it again. I would rather drop a tranny, replace a clutch, or pull an engine before doing a dash again.
That being said, it's not a "hard" job per se, just very time consuming. Also VERY helpful to have a second person. The dash can be difficult to hold up and try to bolt down at the same time
That being said, it's not a "hard" job per se, just very time consuming. Also VERY helpful to have a second person. The dash can be difficult to hold up and try to bolt down at the same time
SHO Continental
Moderator
93redATX said:From doing exactly one dash swap, I will never willingly do it again. I would rather drop a tranny, replace a clutch, or pull an engine before doing a dash again.
That being said, it's not a "hard" job per se, just very time consuming. Also VERY helpful to have a second person. The dash can be difficult to hold up and try to bolt down at the same time
This wasn't my first time doing dash.. although I did have a second person.. but I also pulled an engine and trans today
SHO Continental said:This wasn't my first time doing dash.. although I did have a second person.. but I also pulled an engine and trans today
After doing it once, I'm sure doing a dash would be about 100 times easier again, but I'd still just prefer to stay away. The heater core or BDA replacement probably wouldn't be too bad, though
rescuepimp
New Member
yea... ok.. I was thinkin about a black leather int swap for the past few days, and after i seen those wires. I will def put it off and suck it up with the mocha or just save some money...
thecrew2999
3.2 MTX SHO
im just left worndering what your doing about your console ? since you dont show any pics of this.
