How To Replace Your 4th Gen F Body Dash

[@geoffnelson64]

Beautiful, beautiful Camaro! I've got a ridiculously clean 98 z28 ls6 t56 lots of head work super aggressive cam suspension etc. probably hit it with 100 shot this season. I'm making it a street/strip car 100% nhra legal. I feel kinda bad hot rodding it. But I'm also doing it the right way. Partial restoration where it's needed. Anyway very clean car. Thanks for sharing

[@jokergordon8446]

Absolutely beautiful car! I have a 95 Z28, and The padding under my dash looks a lot cheaper than the padding you had under yours. Mine looks like cheap foam furniture stuffing. Wonder why that is, other than Chevy being cheap.

[@TheCowboyinmej87]

Thank you, yes they did a lot to cheap in these cars up as they went lol.

[@Sevalecan]

It's impressive how there is not a single coupe owner anywhere with instructions on how to remove the A-pillar trim.

[@codyyyoutube]

i was just looking for the same thing because im about to go to a junkyard to steal this dash from a firebird that was suprisingly not cracked at all and i forgot if there were t tops or not i never looked so im just gonna hope its a t top bird and that i dont have to go back another day because it closes in 30 minutes

[@JohnSmith-jt3xk]

Purchased my new 1994 Z28 dash on Cyber Monday with free shipping for $147!!!!

[@christopherlynch9449]

Where did you purchase it and was it OEM?

[@gabakusa]

where?

[@VH_ballys]

Are you sure it wasn't just an overlay dash cover? Replacement dash pads are way more expensive

[@JesseSeg84]

@@VH_ballys at that price it was defenitly a pad overlay that requires you to glue to your old broken cracked dash

[@stevez9392]

@@JesseSeg84 no..its may 2024...got mine on eBay 85.00....not an overlay, just have to use old padding

[@Epro95]

You were able to put your new dash on without removing the old insulation? I had to remove mine else it wasn't going to go in

[@TheCowboyinmej87]

Yeah, I pretty much smashed the old insulation down just for more sound detonating material and then I put that on top carefully

[@Epro95]

I just did this! My old dash cracked into a million pieces when I took it out.

[@JonuhOfficial]

Me too😭

[@bbaz6729]

I just bought a new GM dash. Cost about $650 with shipping. Is it worth reinforcing the underside with fiberglass and fiberglass tape when you install a new one?

[@TheCowboyinmej87]

Honestly I didn't do any of that and I probably wouldn't because it'll still allow it to flex as need be. I did leave the previous - foam underneath of it though and just stuck this one on top for a tighter fit

[@PrimeProductionsULTD]

3rd generations were really bad for cracking too. I have a 1991 Trans Am and I've probably been through about 4 or 5 different dash pads because they always crack.

[@mohammedahmed5558]

from where you buy new one ?

[@AnubisOO7]

Where can I buy a replacement dash at

[@TheCowboyinmej87]

Dbay

[@abdrielsoto2020]

Where can I get a new dash in the first place

[@JohnSmith-jt3xk]

eBay....

[@barryscarlett462]

Where do I get a dash pad.

[@customcarsmallorca7018]

Donde lo compraste?

[@toddbergamaschi73]

Buying a dash cover will prevent you from having a cracked dash. My dashboard still looks brand new after 27 years outside in the sun.

[@bbaz6729]

Depends on where you live. I've had a Dashmat since day 1 with my 2000 Z28. Except for the last 5 years (during which I used a car cover) it was always in the garage. My dash cover is now cracked. I live in Arizona where outside Summer temps of 120 are not rare.

[@SalemMillion]

the old vaseline trick ?

[@zaknefain100]

Keep a good, reflective sun shade in the window and treatment on the dash.. one that has good UV inhibitors. Bought by '97 new and dash was perfect when I sold it in '22.

[@gabakusa]

can you just 3d print it instead? it should be way more economical

[@zaknefain100]

3D printing something that size would be far from low cost.

[@nickzx10r]

Sweet car!

[@tracedangelo5115]

Cracked my dash😔

[@heavychevy4616]

...as we call it, the "potato chip" panel... hope u have better luck than some folks... last look they sell for around $700 bucks! ...and they Will CRACK Again! ...& all to soon... i hate to say it, but u might a well light a stack of hundred dollar bills on fire... it does look fantastic though... even if only for a short time... i went with the lethal interiors cover myself, only covers the potato chip, not the whole dash, & had i realized just how much aweful "glare" it cut out, from sunlight as well as night lights, i would have bought it years ago even if my "potato chip" wasnt cracked... good luck with it man, but i aint droppin big money on another cheaply made piece of general motors plastics ...maybe we need to find a foreign car company to make us f-body lovers a replacement?!? ...lord knows american car companies plastics are absolute garbage!! ...alright, have a good one dude

[@Soldier_Beyond]

I'm not spending $400-$700 for a new dash that's plastic.

[@JohnSmith-jt3xk]

eBay from $147 to $190.