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Originally posted by jawnthen
Richie,
A router was used to cut the basic shape. To get the smooth curve, it took a lot of hand sanding, bondo, and primer. If I sanded off too much, I would build it back up with bondo or thick coats of primer. To try to speed up the process, we would baked them in an oven between primer coats. To get the look of plastic, we found a textured spray paint. Adding the buttons from the stock Nak headunit helped too. Originally, I had it centered, but after seeing the nav in the GS430, I decided to copy that layout.
Richie,
A router was used to cut the basic shape. To get the smooth curve, it took a lot of hand sanding, bondo, and primer. If I sanded off too much, I would build it back up with bondo or thick coats of primer. To try to speed up the process, we would baked them in an oven between primer coats. To get the look of plastic, we found a textured spray paint. Adding the buttons from the stock Nak headunit helped too. Originally, I had it centered, but after seeing the nav in the GS430, I decided to copy that layout.
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