I have used Just Dashes for my Judge dashes. Anyone ever have a 70-72 442 dash done by them?

Any other companies anyone has used?
Thanks
Mike

 

bump, as i was thinking of sending my dash in.

 

my buddy just did one on hisi SX..i saw it..and i have to say i wasnt impressed..at all...not one bit...it ws fat and puffy and a lot of detail was lost...id never do one with them...this was just 2 months ago...

 

I agree with Marx...take a close look at the top of your dashpad. There's a "sharp" or well defined line running across the top of the pad/vinyl about an inch or more back from the front/top edge. When you see the process they use I can see how details such as this are "lost". They peel off the old vinyl and "refoam" the thing. This is where the problems originate.

The original method had the foam layer injected while the hard plastic skeleton was inside a mold. This mold must have had the well defined lines in it.

Just Dashes, etc puts the "refoamed" pad (I think they just lay/glue a sheet of new foam on top of the plastic dash "skeleton") on a vacuum table of sorts and lays the heated vinyl sheet over the refoamed pad and the vacuum sucks down the pliable heated vinyl. No molds, etc to provide sharp lines. And...I think they do some hand sanding/forming on the foam layer they install in an attempt to recreate the curves, etc on the dash.

Net result is "inexact" at best.

It's been awhile but '70-2 Olds pads I saw from them also had the wrong grain/texture pattern in the vinyl surface.....much too heavy or coarse.

For the $900 or so (+shipping both ways) you might want more. I've seen their work on Mopar dashes and those looked excellent but we aren't doing Mopars here.

Spend your $ on a nice used pad and prep/paint it to get it looking new.

 

Thanks for the feedback. I had two done for my 70 GTO Judges. They were super nice and spot on. I was concerned about the 442 pad as it really isn't the exact same construction that the goat pads. I kick myself for not looking at my dash closer when I disassemble it and stored it away. I thought it was perfect and have passed by many nice original pads since. I think I will look for a nice original. Thanks Patton.

 

Put a want ad in the parts wanted section. There are alot of members with good parts for sale.