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Old 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.
Old 04-14-2002 | 10:14 PM
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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.
Old 04-14-2002 | 11:36 PM
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They suck I replaced mine with a perfect one from a junkyard and kept it cover and it has 30 craks on it in just one mounth.
Old 04-15-2002 | 01:04 AM
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Some1 must've used Armor All on them or not taken care of them.
Old 04-15-2002 | 06:42 AM
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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.
Old 04-15-2002 | 11:12 AM
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Old 04-15-2002 | 03:43 PM
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I had mine covered in leather to match the rest of the interior,puuurrrfect!!!!!
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Old 04-15-2002 | 08:01 PM
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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.
Old 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)
Old 04-15-2002 | 08:21 PM
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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?
Old 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?

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.
Old 05-11-2002 | 11:47 PM
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Originally posted by 2vmodular
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)
hey yeah. i helped a friend do that in his escort. everything had to come out.
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