BB6 Dash swap

[Joshy]

Murdered out door handle and lock switch.

beautiful. i'm also de-chroming my interior. same process you're using, with bleach. i also replaced the ebrake button with a DA teg button. took the hassle out of bleaching and painting such a small part.

your interior work is very inspiring.

[trueCB7]

damn....you got some serious talent. crazy ass project bro...looks awesome.

[wherm]

how how it would look on a 5th gen

how would what look?

[wherm]

beautiful. i'm also de-chroming my interior. same process you're using, with bleach. i also replaced the ebrake button with a DA teg button. took the hassle out of bleaching and painting such a small part.

your interior work is very inspiring.

is the teg button black? I installed the bb6 console and e-brake so i'm not sure if that would work or not. At any rate, I'm not too worried about painting a small part like that. Not really sure how to remove the button offhand, never had to do it before. Do you just slide the handgrip and boot off of the lever?

[wherm]

damn....you got some serious talent. crazy ass project bro...looks awesome.

thanks man, I really want it to be done!

[Joshy]

is the teg button black? I installed the bb6 console and e-brake so i'm not sure if that would work or not. At any rate, I'm not too worried about painting a small part like that. Not really sure how to remove the button offhand, never had to do it before. Do you just slide the handgrip and boot off of the lever?

yeah, you slide the grip off the lever and then the button is actually loosened and unscrewed off the assembly. i'm pretty sure the BB6 button is a little wider than the CB/DA/etc size button. maybe a little wider, like the CD button?

at any rate. yeah.

props for all your hard work, though!

[wherm]

thanks!

[90-JDMCB7]

NICE!

You tha man

[Night Wolf]

how would what look?

lol I meant I wonder how the dash would look on a 5th gen

[wherm]

lol I meant I wonder how the dash would look on a 5th gen

Decent I'm sure. I can't think offhand what that dash looks like, I'll have to find a pic.

[wherm]

found a pic...That dash is pretty close to what the 5th gen dash looks like, I'm sure it would look good in there, but not sure that it would be worth all the effort due to the similarity.

[wherm]

Update...

Here's the deal...BB6 Preludes use multiplex control units. From what I understand they operate on a lower voltage, around 5v, and aren't easily manipulated. The best way I could find to describe the electrical differences between the BB6 and Cb7 would be like converting analog to digital. Anyway, because everything runs through the three multiplex units that's why I've had so much difficulty making the BB6 hazard switch, defrost switch, and dimmer knob work in my car.

Here's what hit me on the way to work...Why don't I just integrate my cb hazard button into the bb6 button? When I got to work I studied the two and here's what I did. I partially gutted the bb6 button assembly and epoxied my cb switch assembly directly behind it. The bb6 button is epoxied directly to the cb button so that when you push the button it moves the cb assembly and it works great! There's plenty of room inside the dash for the additional length as a result of doing this. Here's what it looks like:










Next, I had to come up with an idea for the defroster switch. I couldn't use the same method as the hazard button because the defrost button for the bb6 is in with the heater controls. Imagine the a/c button on an accord being a defrost button, that's how the bb6 is. Anyway, the defrost button on my bb6 panel will be a dead button, but here is what I did to solve the defrost issue. I molded my cb7 button into the radio trim bezel:






All that is left now is the dimmer knob. I'm going to mold that into the panel where the change tray, moonroof, cruise button, and bb6 dimmer knob are. It'll work out nicely because I don't have moonroof, or cruise, and those button will be eliminated now.

Thanks for looking! Unfortunately my dash is coming along very slowly, my friend is pretty busy at his shop and my stuff is on the backburner I guess...

[kouzie]

Wow man, I love what you done.
I should check it out since you're not that far away, I think..

[semitas]

you are making your cb7 stand out man, your car is becoming more and more unique, you a man on a quest and i see you wont stop until you get there,


much respect for doing everything yourself, and making things work right, i can only imagine your headache

[sugar]

Dude you got talent and a lot of pacience.very nice post more pic when you can.