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: Thanks! Anything is a LOT better than
: rust chips!
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: Lester
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: Hi Lester- If a used one is ok then I
: might have a good one around. I'll look
: tomorrow if I don't forget.
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: Ok, so over the weekend I started by
: removing the dash pad, undid the nuts
: only to find that rust has eaten away,
: as in nothing but crumbly bits, the
: right 1/4 of the metal. Any ideas of
: what to do? I called one supplier and
: was told that the pads that I can
: purchase DO NOT have the metal base to
: them.
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: Lester
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: I agree. What I did was use an old
: Nissan
: 280Z bra, cut it up and glued it to my
: old cracked dashboard. That was 15
: years ago and it still looks ok. I
: unscrewed the defroster docks and
: reinstalled them over the vinyl cover I
: made up.
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: In my opinion the overlays look cheap
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: poorly too, even with a good fitting. I
: tried one for a while, then switched to
: the replacement dash pads when VB
: started selling them. I like it far
: more, and think now it was really worth
: the cost. (the $270 did make me groan
: some though) Lots of work to install-
: the dash has to come all apart. But it
: is the way to go if you have the money
: and time. It will look perfect.
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: The hard plastic overlays look like
: crap
: in my opinion. Granted the near 300
: dollars for the replacment vynil is a
: hefty investment and the work to clean
: off the metal under that pad is
: estensive. There are six 10mm nuts
: that hold the dashpad on. They also
: incorporate the defrost vent metal trim
: hold down and pins for the tonneau
: cover on the spitfire dash. There is
: no substitute for a redone dash though.
: You combine that with a fresh face on
: the wood facia and the car comes alive
: again.
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: Ok, so I now have beautiful wood but
: the
: black dash pad is caca. How are the
: PVC ones compared to the
: "new" ones?
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