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Hello everyone. I have a 1967 cutlass, thinking about buying the plastic dash insert. Can someone tell me if I have to remove the dash pad to take the insert out? Has anyone bought an after market insert? I was just wondering about the quality of the silver finish it has. And the fitment. does anyone have experience with the after market dash pad? I heard the dash pad itself has a fitment issue. I havent heard anything about the dash insert fitment. Im thinking of buying one from The Parts Place inc
I have one from the parts place, tried it in a spare dash pad and fit was good with no issue. I did not install it yet but swapped the speedo, and fuel gage into it along with the circuit board. No real issues but I did open up same holes as the self threading screws seemed a bit tight and did not want to risk splitting the new dash. The instrument panel itself seems to be able to install without removing the dash pad but yes this job will be time consuming.
Last edited by Oldsmaniac; Sep 15, 2022 at 06:37 PM.
I have one from the parts place, tried it in a spare dash pad and fit was good with no issue. I did not install it yet but swapped the speedo, and fuel gage into it along with the circuit board. No real issues but I did open up same holes as the self threading screws seemed a bit tight and did not want to risk splitting the new dash. The instrument panel itself seems to be able to install without removing the dash pad but yes this job will be time consuming.
OK thanks for your input. I figured it would be time consuming but it doesnt look to hard to do. Plus the new dash insert looks awesome
The easiest way to pull these is with the wire harness intact. Disconnect the HVAC control cables, remove the fuse block from the firewall and remove it all at one time.
Also remember that the '66 and '67 IP inserts are different.
I have one from the parts place, tried it in a spare dash pad and fit was good with no issue. I did not install it yet but swapped the speedo, and fuel gage into it along with the circuit board. No real issues but I did open up same holes as the self threading screws seemed a bit tight and did not want to risk splitting the new dash. The instrument panel itself seems to be able to install without removing the dash pad but yes this job will be time consuming.
All of that work repo'ing the dash bezel and they didn't get it right. TPP is notorious for that. Not knocking you oldsmaniac,not your fault.
The lettering around the switches and gas gauge opening are supposed to be chrome, not painted
Hard to see in the picture but the letters are not painted silver like the rest of the dash. They are chrome or possibly chrome painted. The only possible deviation could possibly be that the vertical speaker bars ARE just silver paint, not sure if they should be chrome. For my car this dash is very acceptable and a GREAT improvement over what is there and a thousand dollar saving over what a restored on would cost.
I'd be willing to bet the speaker grill area is chrome under the paint. The whole piece was probably chromed then painted/detailed .Maybe a cue tip with lacquer thinner ????
On that subject does anyone know for sure how much of the grill is chrome ? The few i have are so worn it is tough to tell.
Hard to see in the picture but the letters are not painted silver like the rest of the dash. They are chrome or possibly chrome painted. The only possible deviation could possibly be that the vertical speaker bars ARE just silver paint, not sure if they should be chrome. For my car this dash is very acceptable and a GREAT improvement over what is there and a thousand dollar saving over what a restored on would cost.
That's better,looked painted in the original picture.
