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Hi all,
Im pretty sure I know the answer to this one but I just wanted to double check it by running it past you guys as I don't like giving out dodgy information.
I have been chatting to someone recently who has just bought a HQ GTS coupe that has been fitted with a HJ GTS dash and he want's to return it to original.
To fit a HJ dash to a HQ I believe you have to cut out the HQ dash frame and weld in the HJ sheet metal and vice versa to revert the dash to original.
Is this correct?
I told him what I believed to be true yet today he says that several other people have told him that it is just a simple bolt in job.
I've got photo's of both my HJ GTS and HQ GTS with the dashes stripped bare and it definitely looks like a cut and shut job will be required.
Am I correct? Qute - I'm pretty sure you've tackled this job haven't you?
regards
Darren
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hey dude its a bolt in job take the dash out
you need plenty of room so coloum out as well
behind the dash is an alloy frame that unbolts
its a bit of a pain but just change the HJ
frame with a HQ frame and every thing should
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hmm dont think that it totaly correct?
i thought the hq framework (spot welded to the dash) is diferent to the hj etc dash. you may have to cut out a pannel from a q and weld it in.
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i just put another hz dash in my q ute and the steering didnt have to come out but the only prob i had was the metal part behind the dash was bent down to fit the shap of the hz dash and whoever did it bent it to far so there is a gap at either end. if th
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also the bottom left hand lug on the glove box that bolts just in front of the door and behind the kick panel will need a hol
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Munromad2004. You were right it is a weld in job not a bolt in.
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Thanks Paul. I have photos of my HJ GTS and HQ GTS dashes stripped to the bare bones and the whole structure in completely different. I can see why this guy was given conflicting information now though. No one seems to know. :-) Heres the photo Edited by user Sunday, 2 September 2007 5:58:12 AM(UTC)
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Thanks Paul. I have photo's of my HJ GTS and HQ GTS dashes stripped to the bare bones and the whole structure in completely different. I can see why this guy was given conflicting information now though. No one seems to know. :-) Here's the pho Edited by user Sunday, 2 September 2007 5:58:12 AM(UTC)
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