dash recovering
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dash recovering
Hi, does anyone have any experience with recovering 68/69 A body dashes.
Parts Place sells recovering material, was wondering has anyone used this product and has any testimony regarding it.
Thank you in advance Dean
Parts Place sells recovering material, was wondering has anyone used this product and has any testimony regarding it.
Thank you in advance Dean
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Is it recovering material or a dash cover? If it's the cover it just kinda overlays over the existing dash.
I've seen some ghetto cars where they have recovered the dash with leather, gators skin etc, looks bad just to thick for the gauge pods. I priced a recover by Just Dashes and it was just shy of a grand.
If you have a really bad cracked one it might be better finding a decent one on ebay and re-dye it, I ended up with that option and it came out pretty good.
I've seen some ghetto cars where they have recovered the dash with leather, gators skin etc, looks bad just to thick for the gauge pods. I priced a recover by Just Dashes and it was just shy of a grand.
If you have a really bad cracked one it might be better finding a decent one on ebay and re-dye it, I ended up with that option and it came out pretty good.
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(1968 - 1969 Cutlass/442) DASH OVERLAY WITHOUT A/C WITH NO VENTS (1808) - MOLDED TO FIT OVER YOUR ORIGINAL PAD AND MAKE IT LOOK NEW AGAIN. FEATURES VINYL GRAINING; MOLDED OUT OF PLASTIC AND IS BLACK PAINT TO MATCH. IF YOU HAVE OWNED ONE OF THESE CARS FOR LONG YOU KNOW THE DASH PAD IS PRONE TO CRACKING WITH ALL THE COMPLEX CURVES, AND HOW HARD IT IS TO FIND ONE THAT ISN’T CRACKED. THIS A GREAT INEXPENSIVE WAY TO MAKE SURE YOUR DASH WILL NEVER CRACK AGAIN. ONCE INSTALLED IT WILL BE VERY HARD TO TELL IT IS A COVER AND NOT THE REAL THING
This is what I was thinking about wondering if anyone has tried this ty for reply
parts place ad
(1968 - 1969 Cutlass/442) DASH OVERLAY WITHOUT A/C WITH NO VENTS (1808) - MOLDED TO FIT OVER YOUR ORIGINAL PAD AND MAKE IT LOOK NEW AGAIN. FEATURES VINYL GRAINING; MOLDED OUT OF PLASTIC AND IS BLACK PAINT TO MATCH. IF YOU HAVE OWNED ONE OF THESE CARS FOR LONG YOU KNOW THE DASH PAD IS PRONE TO CRACKING WITH ALL THE COMPLEX CURVES, AND HOW HARD IT IS TO FIND ONE THAT ISN’T CRACKED. THIS A GREAT INEXPENSIVE WAY TO MAKE SURE YOUR DASH WILL NEVER CRACK AGAIN. ONCE INSTALLED IT WILL BE VERY HARD TO TELL IT IS A COVER AND NOT THE REAL THING
This is what I was thinking about wondering if anyone has tried this ty for reply
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OK, NOW I understand. This is not "recovering material", this is the cheap molded plastic overlay. Installed, it looks like a cheap hard plastic overlay. Fine for a driver, but I wouldn't use it on a car that I cared about.
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After looking for years and years for a good condition dash pad, I went ahead and had Just Dashes do my '68 dash and A-pillar covers for my convertible. For all three parts it was just over $1000, but they look brand new. At first I wasn't sure it was worth the cost, but now everytime I look at my dash I'm glad I had it done.
Edit: Damn digital cameras, you can see all the dust on the top of the dash. Time to get the duster out!
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Edit: Damn digital cameras, you can see all the dust on the top of the dash. Time to get the duster out!
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Last edited by starfire; Jul 4, 2014 at 12:23 PM.
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After looking for years and years for a good condition dash pad, I went ahead and had Just Dashes do my '68 dash and A-pillar covers for my convertible. For all three parts it was just over $1000, but they look brand new. At first I wasn't sure it was worth the cost, but now everytime I look at my dash I'm glad I had it done.
Edit: Damn digital cameras, you can see all the dust on the top of the dash. Time to get the duster out!
Edit: Damn digital cameras, you can see all the dust on the top of the dash. Time to get the duster out!
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