ok I was at the boneyard and I picked up a dash pad in pretty good shape, there are only two problems with it that I'm hoping are repairable so I won't feel like an idiot for buying it. the first is the speaker covers are missing, is that a big deal? the second is the one I'm concerned about, the back left corner is all chewed up, is that fixable if so, how? I would like to get it into decent enough shape to sell (or trade for a left taillight with no cracks)
anyway thanx for any input

 

Im not sure that you can fix the speaker cover on the dash I highly doubt it. Look on ebay for the left tail light they sell them there pretty cheap.

 

Are you looking for a grid style tail light? or the other ones? i think i have a left side one in pretty good shape(non grid)... email me joshua89z@hotmail.com, throw me an offer.

 

I just tried to attach some pics but apparently they are too big. confused: can anyone help me out so I can post them?:

 

pic one of three

 

sorry about all the white space, I don't know how to get rid of it.

 

ok forget the third pic. anyway you can see what I'm talking about. I'd like to repair it then either sell it or trade it.

 

The speaker grills look like they are meant to come out, You'd have to find a set to put back in there. However, that corner looks like repairable. I hope you paid $5 at most for that.

 

actually I paid $10 for it. the question is still...how to fix it? what would it be worth after being repaired and cleaned up?

 

I meant to say that the corner looks unrepairable.

 

the speaker grills for a firebird pad are easy enough to replace. As for the damage, it'll be very hard to sell and no repair that's feasible would make it more sellable. If you were going to use it, i'd suggest fitting a piece of black vinyl in and using some adhesive since it isn't in a terribly visible area of the pad. From far away it wouldn't stand out much but upclose it'll be obvious so matter what you do short of spending tons of money having it professionally recovered.