Once I fine tuned the seating locations and mounts, I started mocking up the steering wheel and the dash. In theory, I wanted the dash to be multiple pieces, again for easy access to whatever and easy disassembly. So I mocked up a "face" for the dash and a rear panel that would connect to the chassis under the fiberglass cowl. Made a few sketches of what I wanted to achieve and was able to come up with an overall 3 piece dash design. A front panel that connects to the firewall of the chassis, a face of the dash for our gauges and switches, and a top with sides that bolts down directly onto the front and face panels. I used multiple nutserts and countersinks to achieve this, however the end result was exactly what I wanted. To make things even easier, I made (2) quick removable panels on top as well for quick access to our wiring.
After completing the dash, I used a sharpie to figure out where I would put everything. It quickly filled the dash face and I began to worry about where I would fit everything else. Luckily I never cut the face so my original design changed and I had to move a few things around. I fabricated the TMR passenger handle and got that installed while I worked on the ideal shifter placement. Once I got the transmission shifter where it felt comfortable, I basically boxed in an aluminum sheet for a center console that would incorporate the transmission shifter, transfer case shifters, as well as our kill switch. Since our batteries will be wired through the kill switch, I wanted this to be more permanent than the actual shifter console, so I hard mounted this to the chassis's dash bar.
The end result was honestly better than I expected it to turn out. The overall dash and console allows us to use (2) GPS head units, EFI Dash, switch panel, extra toggle switches if needed, communications, variable air pumper, kill switch, and a little 12v usb charger. Should be all we need to hit the track and trails.
