3rd gen dash pads suck!
04-14-2002, 08:25 PM
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3rd gen dash pads suck!
where is a good palce to find a dash pad for a 92 z-28? i checked with year one and they don't carry them they only have the dash covers. they chevy dealers have them but they want over $300 for them which is silly.
04-14-2002, 10:14 PM
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Car: 1988 Firebird, 2000 GTP
Engine: 327
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 9" posi, 4.11
I was looking through a JCWhitney that jsut came or something, and they had the dash pads for about $100 I think. I don't know what kind of quality they are, but it might be worth checking out.
04-15-2002, 06:42 AM
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Car: 1986 IROC-Z
Engine: 5.0 TPI
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I bought a used one, and when I took it home I soaked it with Armor All. Then it sat in the basement wrapped in plastic for over a year. Put it in the car, Armor alled it again. So far no troubles.
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sunlight and heat do not mix well with flexible plastic dash pads. that greyish/blue oily haze that accumulates on the inside of the windsheild is the plasticizers that once made your dash pad nice & flexible. once the plasticizers are gone, the plastic cracks and becomes brittle.
if going the used salvage yard route, try to find a car that looks like it was garaged for most of its life.
if going the used salvage yard route, try to find a car that looks like it was garaged for most of its life.
04-15-2002, 08:04 PM
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thirdgen owners are lucky in the sense that dashpad is easily detachable from the rest of the dash.
in many cars, the top of the dash is not seperable from the rest of the dashboard. dashpad replacement in such vehicles requires pulling the entire dashboard out of the car and bolting in a new one. (time consuming job, and not a particulary enjoyable expierence)
in many cars, the top of the dash is not seperable from the rest of the dashboard. dashpad replacement in such vehicles requires pulling the entire dashboard out of the car and bolting in a new one. (time consuming job, and not a particulary enjoyable expierence)
04-15-2002, 08:21 PM
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Car: '10 Subaru Forester
Engine: 2.5 Boxer
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Axle/Gears: 4.44
My dash is in perfect condition after 18 years... I suspect 12 of those years were in a nice garage... how should I go about to protect my dash pad?
04-15-2002, 11:22 PM
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Originally posted by ChillPhatCat
My dash is in perfect condition after 18 years... I suspect 12 of those years were in a nice garage... how should I go about to protect my dash pad?
My dash is in perfect condition after 18 years... I suspect 12 of those years were in a nice garage... how should I go about to protect my dash pad?
I took mine off, put back in the garagee.
Then I put one from a junkyard in my car and threw a cover over it
.Probably not the best way to go, but I'll have a perfect dash pad if my car ever get to be show quality. I'm working on it slowly but surely.
05-11-2002, 11:47 PM
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thirdgen owners are lucky in the sense that dashpad is easily detachable from the rest of the dash.
in many cars, the top of the dash is not seperable from the rest of the dashboard. dashpad replacement in such vehicles requires pulling the entire dashboard out of the car and bolting in a new one. (time consuming job, and not a particulary enjoyable expierence)
thirdgen owners are lucky in the sense that dashpad is easily detachable from the rest of the dash.
in many cars, the top of the dash is not seperable from the rest of the dashboard. dashpad replacement in such vehicles requires pulling the entire dashboard out of the car and bolting in a new one. (time consuming job, and not a particulary enjoyable expierence)
everything had to come out. 
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