interior looking good, just need dash pad

my70stang

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hey guys,

i need a new dash pad. my car lived in new mexico and arizona all its life (rust free baby haha ). since its life has been in the heat and sun, it looks like no one has ever replaced it (cracks and rubber coating turned to a hard solid). I can press down on it with a pinky and make it sound like i stepped on potato chips, its bad. so when i buy it, should i go to the local mustang shop to get it taken out/replaced? i can buy one for as low as $295-ish. if anyone has replaced these themselves, was it pretty easy? or do you have to glue it on and all that?

any help is much obliged,

taylor

 

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bnickel

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just a few bolts and a bunch of screws, nothing much to it, although you may have to do some trimming here and there to get the best fit.

 

chepsk8

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Easy to do. Screws around both gauge clusters up top, remove the four lower trip pieces to get access to the lower dash pad screws.

Jay up in Vegas should have the pad.

 

jerry S

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There are also plastic caps that just glue on to the top of the existing pad. Think of it like a Lee Press-On acrylic finger nail.

 

my70stang

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ok, sounds good guys, ill get some pictures when its all done

 

Max Power

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Those plastic caps are not very nice, and you need to have a solid foundation to glue them to, which sounds like a problem in your case. Get yourself a nice new dash.

 

my70stang

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yea, thats what i was going to do, i feel the cap might bring me some troubles

 

my70stang

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did you have trouble pitting it in? it seems like it doesnt want to fit as easily as the original. did anyone have to trim it up a little?

 

my70stang

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???

 

MustangMatt1966

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my70stang, love the avitar...one of the best movies ever..just thought i would let you know haha

 

my70stang

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haha thanks, thats 2, i guess that movies more popular than i thought