Dash Swap question

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I have a 90 GT donor car. It has the black and red dash that is mint. I want to put it into my 93 4cyl conversion car. I plan on running the 93 V8 computer harness etc. Both cars are auto, but I plan on putting in a 5spd. My question is will the 90 dash work fine, and can I still just use the 93 wiring in it? I would think that the dash swap is mostly just cosmetic, and the wiring would stay in the frame of the dash? Also both cars have the fuse panel under the dash on the drivers side.

 

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anybody do this?

 

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you can remove the wiring from the dash.... reattach the wiring to the new dash....

 

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Should be a direct swap. I think the only difference is the panel under the steering wheel is different on 90 and up cars, rather than the two seperate panels on the 87-89 cars. But I could be wrong

 

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90-93 dashes are direct swaps. Shouldn't be any issues at all.

 

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sounds good, I guess my next question is how hard is the swap?

 

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Not hard at all. Just make sure you have the proper screwdiver with either a nut-driver head or a torx bit.

You'll also need either a stubby phillips head screwdriver or flexible head screwdriver for the two screws on top of the gauge cluster.

Remove the armrest and then remove the entire center console and then the dash will come out after you unscrew the 50 or so screws holding it on

Can be done in a couple hours.

Might want to do the heater core while you are there

 

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