Quote Originally Posted by facultyofmusic View Post
Since they were discontinuous and flimsy anyway I decided to order a full length pre-cut dashboard support panel from Mike Everson. It's a quality piece for $35, which is honestly about what I'd spend on the raw aluminum and cutting blades if I were to make a new one. Looks and works great!
+1 on the Mike Everson under-dash support. I think it really helps "solidify" the dash setup. Also, I mounted a lot of things on that under-dash support (4 heater louvers, USB charger port, 2 seat heater switches, high-beam switch, emergency flasher switch, emergency engine cut-off switch, and 3 under-dash lights), which helped keep the visible portion of the dashboard clean and simple:



Although not shown in this picture, I used rivnuts to secure the bottom the dash to the under-dash support, and I used velcro to secure the upper dash to the curved hoop. You can't see any of the "under-dash" controls from a normal vantage point, but they are easy to reach while driving. I am happy with the way it turned out.