dash

[wonderboy24]

i am replacing my interior.i have tan now i am going to keep it all original and remove it .i bought a complete dark blue interior out of a 1987. i am painting all the plastic black.i have a dash that is mint, and dont really want to paint it. has anyone used the dash covers they sell on gbody.com. i was thinking of selling the dash,i have an old one from a 1985 cutlass that has a small crack in it,also faded. any thoughts.or pics of one that was installed over a dash.

 

[wonderboy24]

nobody

 

[-83MONTESS-]

Why dont you want to paint it? I got a very mint gray dash from a GP and I painted it black. 2 years later and you still cant tell it was painted. I have heard some bad stories about the cheaper dash caps not fitting right or being very obvious that its there. I wouldnt waste my time personally. Its not like these dashes are super rare anyway.

 

[565bbchevy]

I also say paint it, my dash was original and in mint condition but was gray and I painted mine with SEM black and SEM low luster clear 4 years ago. Still looks like new. And actually every plastic piece in my car I have prepped, and either painted SEM black or camel then coated with SEM low luster clear. I had light gray door panels and medium gray dash and the center console was blue.

 

[-83MONTESS-]

x2 on the SEM. Iused the Landau black and also got the correct SEM spray cleaner for the prep.

 

[Longroof79]

X3. I agree with these guys. Don't be afraid to paint it! I'm planning to paint my GP dash prior to installation.
SEM products are very good. I have had nothing but good results so far.

 

[Randy_W]

Even Dupli Color works fine if you prep it and clear it correctly, I've used both products with zero bad results. I did the hard plastic resin steering wheel in my '67 SS and it has been 13 years and still looks fine.

 

[wonderboy24]

yeah i am using cleaner and promoter with the paint,got it from tpc. expensive but it is supposed to be the best way.thanks guys looks like i will be painting the dash. don't care much for the 87 but its in mint.

 

[Josh Hanna]

X3. I agree with these guys. Don't be afraid to paint it! I'm planning to paint my GP dash prior to installation.
SEM products are very good. I have had nothing but good results so far.

agreed i used sem black on my dash and it holds up awesome!

 

[Gbody]

painted mines as well its only been two weeks but looks nices, i cleaned it up with some acetone, sprayed it with some adhesion promoter, after that sprayed it with a couple coats of the dupli-color vinyl paint, on top of that a few clear coats and shes looking pretty nice.. posting pics soon