Redo or replace dashpad?

[steelblue75]

Hello to all, redoing interior on my 75 , seats,carpet,etc. The dashpad has
sone cracks in the vinel & the speaker holes are really bad. been thinking
about putting on a new skin. anybody do this sort of thing?
Thanks, George

 

[mrvette]

Hello to all, redoing interior on my 75 , seats,carpet,etc. The dashpad has
sone cracks in the vinel & the speaker holes are really bad. been thinking
about putting on a new skin. anybody do this sort of thing?
Thanks, George

everyone who has posted ever about doing just a skin has been disappointed with the results....

so good luck....

skins are ~100 bux, and new blem dash pads are ~200 bux.....

GENE

 

[Dave Z]

I went with a whole new dash pad and I'm very happy with the results. Especially if you redo the whole interior. I ended up with new door panels, new seat covers (leather), new pillar posts and new carpets. It all came together real nice. The only problem is the old console and parking brake housing really stand out as beat up!

 

[photovette]

The dash pad is what you'll be looking at most often while driving--your passengers too--A costly item hurts but once, an inferior item hurts everytime you look upon it.

 

[68Roadster]

Nicely said photovette...
Every time I see 299. for a dashpad I cringe but what you quoted makes me feel a bit better.

Scrap the skin, put a new one in!

 

[photovette]

A new dash pad was one of the first things I bought for my 'vette. They come wrapped in plastic and smell like a new car--the repro's are much better quality than the original too.

 

[68Roadster]

Short of pulling the windshield out, can you get 'em in withour breaking it?? Thats how I cracked mine....I would hate to do it again.....

 

[photovette]

Did you take off the pillar trim first? It just barely came out and went in after I did--I used some silcone spray too.

You ought to get a 70-77 dash--then you can have 4 4x6 speakers in the front...

 

[68Roadster]

Yup.....had the whole dash pretty much out along with the pillars. Must have been it's age along with the tweaking to get it back in.
Thanks for the help. This is gonna be next winters project.

 

[steelblue75]

thanks everyone for the input, new pad is the way i"ll go

 

[mike weyman]

if you repair the old vinyl smooth enough you can't feel the repair with your fingers you have a better than even chance of saving the old one , but for two hundred bucks , you may as well save your time for polishing it.
i recovered my doors and the skins cost 80 bucks each , you can still see the old cracks underneath if you look close.