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Offline zieg85

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Dash pad???
« on: December 24, 2011, 01:28:19 pm »
Has anyone stripped a dash pad down to bare metal?  I am under the assumption that the basic shell is just a fairly thin gauge molded and then the pad goes over the top after various bonding processes when new. 

Reason I ask is the previous owner of my extended cab installed one of those dog turd blobs of rubberized plastic sold by the unmentionable competition which is all distorted and I thought of trying to meld a (stripped down to metal factory dash pad) to it.   

 
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Re: Dash pad???
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2011, 01:33:33 pm »
Dashes Direct makes a non-rubbery version... that I sell...

There is a metal structure in a factory one though, and the "cushion" is molded all around pretty much on both sides.