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Offline Cedens

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Re: Anyone use a Reproduciton Dash pad
« Reply #15 on: June 07, 2013, 02:13:53 am »
What about the sites that show you cutting sanding then using an epoxy style product to fill in the bad spots, sanding texturing then repainting?

I notice Summit has OER repro's for under $200 but limited colors, Black Red or Blue, shame i need the dark brown.
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Offline hatzie

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Re: Anyone use a Reproduciton Dash pad
« Reply #16 on: December 17, 2016, 05:24:21 pm »
Quote from: Captkaos on October 17, 2010, 10:52:47 pm
It has a metal infrastructure, just not the full amount.  I see no problem with them.

Resurrecting this thread. 
Do they have metal under the entire dash pad now, just like the originals, or are they still missing metal when compared to the original parts??
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Re: Anyone use a Reproduciton Dash pad
« Reply #17 on: December 17, 2016, 05:47:18 pm »
It is my understanding that these ones are replicas not like the rubber ones you know who sells.
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Re: Anyone use a Reproduciton Dash pad
« Reply #18 on: December 17, 2016, 06:07:46 pm »
Quote from: VileZambonie on December 17, 2016, 05:47:18 pm
It is my understanding that these ones are replicas not like the rubber ones you know who sells.

Chris was saying they didn't have the same amount of metal as the originals.  I was just wondering if that had changed in the last four years.  If it's a 100% replica now that's great.  GM isn't making the originals anymore.
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Re: Anyone use a Reproduciton Dash pad
« Reply #19 on: December 17, 2016, 06:11:48 pm »
I know. I remember getting these for about $225-$400 bucks and thinking man that's a lot for a dash lol Now look at the NOS prices
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Re: Anyone use a Reproduciton Dash pad
« Reply #20 on: December 18, 2016, 04:08:07 pm »
They have added more metal to them in the last update (this year) to fix issues.  But they do not have the full extensive metal frame like the originals.  I had my last 81-87 dash here and one of these here before I sold it (to a guy overseas) and let them look at them both, he couldn't tell me which one was GM or Dashes Direct.  When I told him the GM one was $1500, he bought the Dashes Direct one for $400.

I can get the rubbery ones in the standard colors for under $300, but I don't not keep them here.  I think I have some left over ones that I would love to get $175 for....
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Re: Anyone use a Reproduciton Dash pad
« Reply #21 on: December 18, 2016, 04:19:31 pm »
have any that will fit a 1980 K10 leftover?
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Re: Anyone use a Reproduciton Dash pad
« Reply #22 on: December 18, 2016, 04:21:50 pm »
I can look tomorrow, but they are NOT returnable since you are knowing what you are getting ahead of time.  What color you want? 
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Re: Anyone use a Reproduciton Dash pad
« Reply #23 on: December 18, 2016, 04:31:57 pm »
I can live without the wet noodle look urethane dash.

The Dashes Direct part sounds more like what I'm looking for.  Just Dashes is the other option but they're probably well out of my price bracket.
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Re: Anyone use a Reproduciton Dash pad
« Reply #24 on: December 18, 2016, 04:35:43 pm »
Just Dashes will restore yours, but last I checked they wanted ridiculous money when you could still get a factory one for $600.  They wanted $1500 about 5-6 years ago...
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Re: Anyone use a Reproduciton Dash pad
« Reply #25 on: December 18, 2016, 05:19:27 pm »
Quote from: Captkaos on December 18, 2016, 04:35:43 pm
Just Dashes will restore yours, but last I checked they wanted ridiculous money when you could still get a factory one for $600.  They wanted $1500 about 5-6 years ago...

Yup.  That takes care of that.

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Re: Anyone use a Reproduciton Dash pad
« Reply #26 on: December 18, 2016, 09:07:25 pm »
Quote from: Captkaos on December 18, 2016, 04:21:50 pm
I can look tomorrow, but they are NOT returnable since you are knowing what you are getting ahead of time.  What color you want?

well i would like black but they can always be colored black...i know how to dye  :)
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Re: Anyone use a Reproduciton Dash pad
« Reply #27 on: December 18, 2016, 09:20:38 pm »
You cannot dye the urethane dashes. 

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Re: Anyone use a Reproduciton Dash pad
« Reply #28 on: December 18, 2016, 09:24:22 pm »
I replaced my dash pad with a urethane one and it was identical to the original one. The color was perfect, it fit perfectly and it looked great. I had zero issues with it. It seemed like it was better than the original.
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Re: Anyone use a Reproduciton Dash pad
« Reply #29 on: December 18, 2016, 09:26:05 pm »
There is nothing wrong with them visually.  They are perfect for driver cars.  90% of owners want the vinyl skinned version so the color can be matched, and they are lighter.

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