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Offline hotrod24

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« on: February 06, 2008, 04:00:08 pm »
hey has anyone ever replace there metel dash before
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Re: dash
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2008, 04:52:21 pm »
Are you talking about the metal under the dash pad?
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Re: dash
« Reply #2 on: February 06, 2008, 11:13:24 pm »
yes it is terrible

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Re: dash
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2008, 01:21:55 am »
My opinion, I think its easier to section in a piece than cut the whole dash out and weld in a new one.
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Re: dash
« Reply #4 on: February 07, 2008, 07:14:40 am »
MUCH easier, there is probably 50 spotwelds at the windshield opening you would have to remove to get the dash out....
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Re: dash
« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2008, 07:49:28 am »
Hotrod, Third vote for doing a section. Yes I have changed the whole thing. A truck I bought had a radio hole like yours & the ashtray, glovebox & surrounding dash were smashed from knee dents from 4 wheeling. The windshield area was a little rusty so I changed the whole thing, but for what you have no way! Good luck, Lorne
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Re: dash
« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2008, 03:42:17 pm »
Quote from: hotrod24 on February 06, 2008, 11:13:24 pm
yes it is terrible


Wow and People wunder why I don't mind stock radios so much! The sad thing is, I have seen way too many "Professional jobs that was just as much of a Hack Job!!! :-X

Since you would have to weld in the new dash anyways, I too vote for you to save what you have by welding in a Filler piece....
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Re: dash
« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2008, 03:54:50 pm »

sorry to slightly hijack but if you take all the foam/padding etc off the frame, would it look good painted tha same colour as the outside or are there too many holes to weld/grind/fill etc?

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Re: dash
« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2008, 04:21:55 pm »
Ok...Red is the cuts...Blue is metal....White is the Dash bored...
If u took dash bored off and Cut the bottom part of the dash ...Why couldn't u just spot weld a new piece in? The spot welds will be hidden by the dash pad...U would have to take measurements and Make sure u cutting in spots that wont be seen ...If this wont work please let me no...cause if i keep my truck i have to do the same thing
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Re: dash
« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2008, 04:28:12 pm »
I have the whole section available if someone is interested you would just have to take it out and actually both A pillars have been cut no dash the radio has been cut but nothing like that basically just the whole firewall still there
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Re: dash
« Reply #10 on: February 07, 2008, 06:33:06 pm »
 
 

well i bent back some of the metel and it looks a little better
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Re: dash
« Reply #11 on: February 07, 2008, 06:34:54 pm »
I can only imagine the butcher that was hacking that thing up! Unreal  ::)
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Re: dash
« Reply #12 on: February 07, 2008, 06:44:24 pm »
yea i know you think that thay would have been a little more professional about it
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Re: dash
« Reply #13 on: February 07, 2008, 07:11:35 pm »
2 cases of beer....And free use of a chop saw using a mail box as a templet???
Or was it the jaws of life he used
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Re: dash
« Reply #14 on: February 07, 2008, 07:23:23 pm »
lol :D
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