Has anyone completely replaced their Dash? Not just the cover, the entire dash? Just got my'89 Roc and the dash looks OK but its cracked in a few places and it quite brittle...

 

It's a bit of work, but I've done it twice

 

Thanks Scooter,

Thats awesome, I knew I couldn't be the only person thinking about this... Where did you get a complete dash from? Was it worth the effort?

 

I got them from other cars

 

I just pulled mine. Its a bit of a chore, definitely took a extra beer or two, i doubt you can buy a new one. Mine has one crack and the plan is to repair it and if it looks decent, put it back in, trying not to break it... i will say this tho once you clean up that fire wall. Putting it back in will be way easier.

Dave

 

I bet its a huge Chore - Scooter we're the ones you got from the the same year cars? Are they all still the same? Mine is an '89 but I've found a possible line on one from an '84... Are they the same?

 

YUP ! 82-89 is the correct range.

 

I came across this the other day.
http://glasstek.com/products/chevrolet/camaro/db040/





$340 USD

 

Wow thats pretty cool, I guess you would have to cut everything out though, that would really be a chore...

 

I'm thinking it's for more of a gutted race car. But cool nonetheless. GlassTek has quite a bit for the 3rd gen Camaro.

 

I have seen those at the dragstrip. They are really light weight. If you want to keep all your options and equipment, it would be a huge chore, as you would have to fabricate brackets for everything. I think they only make the '90-'92 dash (As shown in the above pictures), but I haven't checked their website in years. I would try to find the newest dash you could, and not from a southwestern state, where the heat and 🌞 make the plastic brittle.
DR.K.

 

For sure... I live in Southwestern New Mexico and my car was original in SoCal and it was in Las Vegas for the last 13 years (I'm 3rd owner). Prolly why it's all brittle. But the one that I'm waiting on a price for is in Washington state. So it should be better. It just so happens that the dash pad/cover I just bought and put in came off the same car and its in awesome shape, one excellently repaired crack off the driver speaker cover going to the windshield. other wise dang near perfect.

 

That does look to be in great shape. Been a while since I have seen a nice factory- original dashpad. For what they want for reproduction pads, I can buy a pretty decent parts car.
Lmk when you take out that stereo stuff. I'll probably buy some of it off you.
DR.K.

 

Ok I will but I want to sell it all at the same time, not here and part there. Thats how stuff ends up in my garage for ever.... Yeah you can see where the one crack comes off the speaker so I thought I was buying it with one crack, but when I unboxed it it was repaired, very nicely in-fact!

 

Just an FYI once you get the lower dash out be suuuuper careful with it. I've broken mine and fixed it twice since I took it out, and have yet to put it back in...

 

I think I might be able to swing that. Just let me know when you are ready to sell the stuff.
That was nice of the seller to fix that for you! Very cool!
DR.K.

 

Here's a tip that might help you...

I ordered my 83 from the factory w/o AC. Several years ago I installed a factory system including an AC dash from a salvage yard car. I removed the dash the hard way by trying remove all the parts that were attached to the dash and removed basically just the plastic shell.

When it was time to install the AC dash I assembled it like the factory would have done. Just a few bolts and a couple main harness connections and it was done.