Dash pads?? Ever have your dash pad repaired or do it yourself?
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Dash pads?? Ever have your dash pad repaired or do it yourself?
I know there was a company that refurbished old dash pads? Has anybody had this done before? I have a dash pad that is aftermarket and it looks very cheap. I think I would rather have the few cracks show.
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Re: Dash pads?? Ever have your dash pad repaired or do it yourself?
If you have $1,000+ to burn, go here http://www.justdashes.com/index.html
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I have seen a few they did. Nice job.
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Dash replacements is cheaper, but their work in not top-notch, and they keep your pad for way too long. Try Just Dashes. They will be a few hundred more, but you might just get your money's worth.
Check out the other thread on dash restore. You'll see the bad luck I had with Dash Replacements.
Those are the only 2 in the US. There is 1 more in Australia, but that would cost a whole bunch to ship it! And if you do send the dash in, I have a ready-made crate that I can sell you!!! It costed $65 to make the crate, but it was well worth it. Now we are storing car parts in it for the winter.
Check out the other thread on dash restore. You'll see the bad luck I had with Dash Replacements.
Those are the only 2 in the US. There is 1 more in Australia, but that would cost a whole bunch to ship it! And if you do send the dash in, I have a ready-made crate that I can sell you!!! It costed $65 to make the crate, but it was well worth it. Now we are storing car parts in it for the winter.
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I did mine myself. Although this pad I fixed wasnt in terrible shape. The top of the pad was in nice condition. I fixed a spot on the defroster vent area, and some holes on the passenger side. I made a long post in an old thread a month or more ago with what I used. It was a 3M flexible filler.
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a can of resin, a couple dozen razor blades, some fibreglass matt, a can of polyester filler, a long sanding board, high solid primer, vinvl texture coating, sem paint, and about 50 hours will do it........
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Has anyone talked to a upholstery shop on doing these? You can have vinyle put over you dash there is a great example on here some where..
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Laguna Budman's car got the leather treatment on the dash.
Looks good too.
Looks good too.
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If I had an extra dash to play with, I would try upholstering one. As it is, I'm going with the cap, like I did on my Malibu.
NPD has vinyl in bulk rolls for matching interior colors, for projects like that.
NPD has vinyl in bulk rolls for matching interior colors, for projects like that.
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What cap maker are you using? I bought one from Coverlay, it sucked. The vinyl pattern was the wrong texture & the openings were way off. Stay away from coverlay...they may make good pads for other cars but not for the 73-77 Malibu/Monte/El Camino. Just sayin'.
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