Thread: Keith's Whitey. HUD INSTALATION LOTS O PICS

White 97-03's are sooo purdy

Lookin' good Keith!

Originally Posted by danielle15

White 97-03's are sooo purdy

Lookin' good Keith!

Damn right they are ;p

I might go the opposite with My car... Black with white accents... Hell it's with a shot

BOOM! She's finally legal after 2 1/2 years.

Decided to hack up my dash to install a HUD that I pulled off a car in the junkyard. (I made sure everything worked before cutting up the dash) It went as smooth as butter. It is a pretty simple and straight forward process. Just trace the outline of the HUD dash bezel, then draw another line about 1 1/2" inside of that line. Then cut the shÃ*t up. Its pretty important to protect your windshield. It is really easy to scar your windshield. Mine was pre-wired for the HUD and control unit so it cut the time involved dramatically.

No HUD



Chalk lines drawn



Old license plate to protect from hitting my windshield with the dremmel.



Phase 1 complete: Dash pad removal





Phase 2: Cutting out the plastic.



Test fit







First test with it in position



The mess. Guess you cant see in the photo, but there was fine black plastic dust everywhere



Dash cover in. This was really the most involved part of this project. Had to keep cutting around the 3 clip holes (closest to the steering wheel) to get it to snap down completely.










Really pretty simple. Im gonna give it a few days to see if I want to keep the bezel black, or paint the color of my original bezel (tan). Right now I like it black/charcoal...my opinion may change once I get used to it.

Looking sweet! i had the idea of getting a HUD once, didn't wanna hack up dash, but that looked easy

And a video of it working. It is pretty cool. Not sure why my car didnt come with it (it came with everything else). Not sure what that ticking is. I cant normally hear it. Im thinking it was the cam bouncing on the dash.

Originally Posted by Mad Monkey

Looking sweet! i had the idea of getting a HUD once, didn't wanna hack up dash, but that looked easy

It really was, man. You're just flying blind sometimes while cutting. I'd recommend it to anyone that wants one. It cost me $25 for the display unit, dash bezel and control unit from a junk yard.

I've gotta look into if i have the pre-existing wiring.. maybe one day

Originally Posted by Mad Monkey

I've gotta look into if i have the pre-existing wiring.. maybe one day

Just remove your gauge cluster. And if this plug is there (the HUD plug), the control unit plug will be behind the cubbie on the right.

I'm 04+. LoL gotta figure that one out

Nice job.

For some reason 03's were weird like that, blue-nick didnt have HUD in his GTP either.

Nice work man. Looks good

I are sad... I have no plug

Nice. The HUD is one of my favorite mods in my GT.

is that brown and tan interior?

FWIW if I had a GP, I'd swap the dash because the local yard is cheap for them. Did that in a Bonne before.

Looks great Keith, also nice to see someone else say the same things I do about this kind of install.

Originally Posted by gtpeddie

is that brown and tan interior?

Yes. People call it "peanut butter". Im not the biggest fan, but people seem to really like it.

Originally Posted by BillBoost37

FWIW if I had a GP, I'd swap the dash because the local yard is cheap for them. Did that in a Bonne before.

Looks great Keith, also nice to see someone else say the same things I do about this kind of install.

Thanks Bill. Swapping the dash seems like it would be way more involved than just 45 minutes of cutting.

I wish someone with that harness would figure out all the wire colors and where they go and where to get the connector. That way I could try doing this to my car (Monte Carlo). That was the one thing that Monte Carlos never came with.

there's a couple of write ups on it around the net... I imagine the connector would be found on the donor car.