Modifying Interior Cabinet Panels
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Modifying Interior Cabinet Panels
Anyone know what the interior cabinets of the Fastech is made of? I'm referring to the white plexiglass like stuff that is around the TV and teh stereo as well as the bottom opening cabinets and doors. It looks like white plexiglass to me, but I'm not sure.
Has anyone tried cutting or modifying this stuff? I need to make the opening for my stereo bigger and want to know what I need to do before breaking out the jig saw.
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Garrett
Has anyone tried cutting or modifying this stuff? I need to make the opening for my stereo bigger and want to know what I need to do before breaking out the jig saw.
Thanks!
Garrett
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Re: Modifying Interior Cabinet Panels
The doors are a acrylic plastic. I have made a couple of doors out of this stuff and used a router to cut it. Worked very well.
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Re: Modifying Interior Cabinet Panels
The stuff Formula uses is called Celcor, but it's basically Plexiglas (acrylic). 1/2" thick white is hard to come by, so I had Formula cut me a piece to the size I needed. (I'm installing a flat screen TV in a 382, and need to replace the entire panel.) Your local plastics supplier should be able to help you - let your fingers to the walking.
Sometime you can find pieces on eBay - it depends on how big a piece you need. If you need thinner panels, McMaster-Carr can supply it.
Sometime you can find pieces on eBay - it depends on how big a piece you need. If you need thinner panels, McMaster-Carr can supply it.
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Re: Modifying Interior Cabinet Panels
Originally Posted by C_Spray
The stuff Formula uses is called Celcor, but it's basically Plexiglas (acrylic). 1/2" thick white is hard to come by, so I had Formula cut me a piece to the size I needed. (I'm installing a flat screen TV in a 382, and need to replace the entire panel.) Your local plastics supplier should be able to help you - let your fingers to the walking.
Sometime you can find pieces on eBay - it depends on how big a piece you need. If you need thinner panels, McMaster-Carr can supply it.
Sometime you can find pieces on eBay - it depends on how big a piece you need. If you need thinner panels, McMaster-Carr can supply it.
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Re: Modifying Interior Cabinet Panels
thanks for the info on the cabinet panels. I'm almost done with the functional stuff, then I'll start on the cosmetic. First I need to fix the panel around the stereo. Further down the list is an LCD TV and DVD player. I took some pics of an 06 382 at the boat show a couple of weeks ago with the LCD TV. I can post if anyone is interested.
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Re: Modifying Interior Cabinet Panels
C Spray,
I would be interested in knowing how you went about this also. Want to change mine over to flat panel, just havn't had the time or $$ to do it yet.
I would be interested in knowing how you went about this also. Want to change mine over to flat panel, just havn't had the time or $$ to do it yet.