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73-87 Chevy _ GMC Trucks => Body, Glass & Paint => Topic started by: clean83 on May 14, 2003, 05:02:00 pm

Title: my dash needs serous help
Post by: clean83 on May 14, 2003, 05:02:00 pm

how well do those dash cover replacement peicesw work ?????? has anyone ever used them and how do they turn out ???????
thanks kevin

Title: look here!
Post by: chrisr on May 16, 2003, 02:09:00 pm

lohrtbt, moniter for the 73-87chevytruckschat has a great looking tweed covered dash on his truck. he told me that he even covered the emblem on the pass side too.
check out his B@d @$$ truck here:

www.geocities.com/yudlooz...hrtbt.html

I was going to do the same, but came across a perfect dash in the u-pull-it yard.. a lucky day for me....

my original dash had some cracks, but you can trim them back and use some body filler to smooth them and then cover the top with the dense 1/4" foam that uph shops use.  the spray can glue from 3m works great, too.

Title: Bondo
Post by: Blazin on May 17, 2003, 08:26:00 am

I have uased body filler for alot of things but never on a dash pad! I'll have to give that a try, maybey instead of foam some spray bomb chip gaurd and some paint? Or the spray bomb bed liner? It's just a plow truck. Sounds kinda cave manish, but what the heck I'll try anything one time.

Title: re:bondo
Post by: clean83 on May 19, 2003, 12:16:00 am

you got it all wrong i dont want to cover my dash with tweed i want to put one of those plactic vacum formed  dash covrs on  the ones that look like its a stock dash .. so how do they turn out nice or bad?????

P.S. what does every one do about mirrors , i dont like my stock chrome ones and i dont want to just have no mirrors so what do i do to get smaller cleaner looking mirrors ???????? thanks

Title: Dash
Post by: Blazin on May 19, 2003, 05:27:00 am

I have a parts truck with one of the plastic covers, it dosn't look to bad. As far as moirrors try looking around junk yars for camaro or something mirrors.

Title: re:dash
Post by: clean83 on May 19, 2003, 08:38:00 pm

soo the aftermarket dash dont look too bad hey well thanks for the advice and i will try looking around at a junkyard for some camaro mirrors or something

thanks