As I mentioned previously, the new dash pad appears to be very high quality, but at a glance, you can see it’s not an exact match to the old one.
When I got started installing it today, it became very apparent this was not going to be plug and play. First, I had to cut off a big section to fit around the ignition switch in the steering column.
Next, the glove box door was bound up and would need a heavy trim.
The kick panel speaker looks pretty good hanging out all casual over there.
In preparing to re-mount the decorative grill plates around the speedometer, I decided to use some of that black vinyl as a backing. The benefit is two-fold. It looks pretty nice, but will also block some air coming in from the poorly sealed front end.
The new dash pad has a speaker hole cut in it and there won’t be a speaker in there anymore.
Time to bring the Matte Vintage Blue out of retirement!
Apparently, I didn’t get them clean enough before spraying the first coat. There are lots of bubbles.
That’s nothing more coats won’t fix.
