Dash cover question..

[88Classic]

OK, so my dash is in decent shape, but its pretty brittle. I cracked it in small spots when I removed the speaker covers to replace the speakers. I purchased one of these molded ABS plastic dash covers in dark blue from this place:

http://raybuck.com/i-68211-1978-88-cutl ... cover.html

They called me today to ask if my Cutlass was a Supreme, and I told them yes it was. They then stated that this cover wouldn't fit. The manufacturer says that Supreme dashes are a tiny bit bigger and the cover won't fit on them, he's been thru this before, etcetcetc...

I think this is BS....every 78-88 Cutlass I've seen whether 2 or 4 door has the exact same dash. Am I correct in assuming this? I told them to go ahead and ship it anyways, as I am pretty damn sure it will fit.

All Cutlasses 78-88 regardless of trim i.e Calais, Salon, Supreme etc have the same size dashboard right?

 

[88hurstolds]

Tell him he's frikin retarded and that your not gonna give him any buisness until he gets his facts straight since he's suposed to be an expert at this... :lol:
78-88, wagon, 4 door, 2 door etc are all the same.
Now people do get confused when you start throwin the word Calais around since 85-90 is FWD.

 

[88Classic]

Sweet, thanks. I figured they were the same. I noticed after they called and told me it wouldnt fit they updated the page...it now states *will not fit supreme!*

lol, when it comes and i install it ill send a pic of it to them..."told ya so!!"

 

[81X11]

Will you please post pics once you've installed this? My car also has the blue interior, and is also cracked, but near the defrost vents. I have a carpet cover from a 442 on my car and don't like it much....better than cracks, but it's not real attractive. I saw these covers for sale on Ebay and in JC Whitney. If it works I want one for mine.

Thanks for being the guinea pig on this one!

-Mike

 

[88Classic]

Well the cover came yesterday when I was at work. I'm off today for a wedding but I'm gonna test fit the cover and see how it goes. It sure looks like it'll fit just fine though. Pics later.

 

[88Classic]

Ok, on with the pics. The cover fits fine, with the exception of the driver side...it just needs to be trimmed a little bit to fit perfectly. The instructions even say that it may need to be trimmed as some older dashes may expand a bit.

Pics:

Here's where you can see it needs to be trimmed slightly:

And a closeup:

Color is close, but slightly darker. Maybe its because the dash is faded from the years of sun. It can be painted easily though.

Whatcha guys think?

 

[tc1959]

Looks like a good fix You can respray your dash with SEM color coat. I used it on all my interior pieces.

 

[85ss808]

Looks good, man! Makes me wonder why they even sell the replacement dash pads which are a lot of $$$$ and probably way more work. Anyone ever go that far?

 

[bill]

Wow...nice! Just wish shipping/handling didnt turn a 72.00 part into 100.00? Must be packaged in a box made of titanium by a swiss watch maker coming from cuba....

 

[washingtonb2]

Looks nice bro. I was thinking about doing the same but I took the cheap route for now and bought a carpet cover for my dash.