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My '94 Hunter Green “No Compromises" Build
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<blockquote data-quote="machoheadgames" data-source="post: 434303" data-attributes="member: 18789"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Glove Box</span></strong></p><p></p><p>I'm kind of on a "back to stock" kick....not on things like suspension, bumpers, or lighting, but the dash and how things are operated. Many moons ago, in 2014, I spent $180 of the $500 I had at the time as broke ass college student, to buy the tuffy glove box. I thought the thing was so cool, I had to have it. I already had the console, and insisted that I needed the glove box too. Got it delivered with the matching key/lock and everything. Installed it, and it rattled like crazy. After years of rattling I found a way to add some preload to the door with rubber bumpers that fixed the rattling, but honestly, I never really liked the look. </p><p></p><p>Not my pic but you get the idea...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]119621[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The stock glove box has a nice open pocket above the glove box door where you can throw things. Good for a passenger to stick their phone or whatever so it doesn't fall out of their pocket. The tuffy only has a grab handle and the lockable part, and the lockable part is easily half the size of the OEM lockable portion. </p><p></p><p>So I wanted to go back to stock. I've got the dash apart and am about to put it back together, so now is the time. I bought a really nice 94-95 glove box off eBay that was in great shape. It came with a lock and key. The cylinder can not be rekeyed without destroying the cover plate on the cylinder, so I bought a non-locking latch to replace the one in the glove box. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]119618[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]119617[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The only thing wrong with the glove box is that 2-3 of the rivets holding the door to the hinge are missing. Honestly, that might even be stock. Either way it won't be a problem and if it turns into a problem, I will source out another door. I'm not worried about it and I'm just glad I'll get back to the stock look. I still have a Tuffy console for locking things up, so I really do not need glove box security.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="machoheadgames, post: 434303, member: 18789"] [B][SIZE=4]Glove Box[/SIZE][/B] I'm kind of on a "back to stock" kick....not on things like suspension, bumpers, or lighting, but the dash and how things are operated. Many moons ago, in 2014, I spent $180 of the $500 I had at the time as broke ass college student, to buy the tuffy glove box. I thought the thing was so cool, I had to have it. I already had the console, and insisted that I needed the glove box too. Got it delivered with the matching key/lock and everything. Installed it, and it rattled like crazy. After years of rattling I found a way to add some preload to the door with rubber bumpers that fixed the rattling, but honestly, I never really liked the look. Not my pic but you get the idea... [ATTACH type="full" width="350px"]119621[/ATTACH] The stock glove box has a nice open pocket above the glove box door where you can throw things. Good for a passenger to stick their phone or whatever so it doesn't fall out of their pocket. The tuffy only has a grab handle and the lockable part, and the lockable part is easily half the size of the OEM lockable portion. So I wanted to go back to stock. I've got the dash apart and am about to put it back together, so now is the time. I bought a really nice 94-95 glove box off eBay that was in great shape. It came with a lock and key. The cylinder can not be rekeyed without destroying the cover plate on the cylinder, so I bought a non-locking latch to replace the one in the glove box. [ATTACH]119618[/ATTACH] [ATTACH width="270px"]119617[/ATTACH] The only thing wrong with the glove box is that 2-3 of the rivets holding the door to the hinge are missing. Honestly, that might even be stock. Either way it won't be a problem and if it turns into a problem, I will source out another door. I'm not worried about it and I'm just glad I'll get back to the stock look. I still have a Tuffy console for locking things up, so I really do not need glove box security. [/QUOTE]
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