How difficult is it to remove dash??

[frankoman87]

I'm looking to replace my dash in my 87 LX. There is a Mustang shop that has a completely refurbished one for $450.00 in black which is what I want.

Of course $450 is just for the part and if I wanted them to put it in, he said it would be another $550 in labor.

Is it a real pain in the ass to remove the dash myself with a couple of friends?? I've never done it before but I can't justify spending $1,000 for them to do it.

 

[mricci]

For $550 in labor just do it yourself. Give yourself a nice weekend day and you'll be all set. Check what year the dash is though, becuase if its a newer one it might not work in your car.

 

[slackattk]

it is time consuming. set aside enough time and tape the screws close to the wholes as u take them out, cause there's a bunch.

 

[Michael Yount]

A picture is worth a thousand words; details are different because of the make; but the effort is the same.

Here's a link to what it looks like with the dash in: http://www.stangcity.com/showphoto.php/photo/2190/cat/500/page/1

Here's a link to what it looks like with the dash out: http://www.stangcity.com/showphoto.php/photo/2283/cat/500/page/2

I didn't think I could ever make it all work again. It did go back together with no missing screws, and I actually had one center console light that wasn't working before that I fixed while I was in there. So more lights worked after than before. Miracles do happen.

 

[90mustangGT]

It's not difficult in a technical way, but it is tedious and time consuming.

 

[trents99]

Since there were never any 87-89 black dashes this one will be dyed which they probably told you. I've seen a guy on Ebay that does this and sells them for like $100. Can't comment on the quality though.

 

[Michael Yount]

90GT - how do you make out against the book on those jobs requiring dash removal?