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Restoration-related Equipment Tech Any questions or information about any period-correct resto equipment (ie. switchboxes, lights, radios). |
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Dash Cap Story n pictures
This is the best bang for the Buck (almost 100)
that i have gotten from anything i have done to my car. I had replaced the carpet and re did the headliner.....seats were ok.... usable...a few cigarette burns and coffee stains but usable... gives it (character) but the one thing that always annoyed me is the Dash Mat carpet overlay on the dash. you know it's just not right you know that a city/state/ vehicle never had a Dash Mat! also you know that under that carpet cover on the dash is a world that is like that of the lamisil monsters that live in toe nails look at the dash picture wo/the carpet. God only knows what was living in those holes in the dash but i covered them up! yep car now has a Dash Cap and it Looks like a NEW DASH fit and finish is perfect. after i installed the Dash Cap i drove the car around a bit I was amazed at new dash appearance. It was like driving a new car.although you look out the windshield the perfect dash is in your field of vision and after awhile you can't hear the lamisil monsters anymore. this is After |
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A world of difference. Looks so much better!
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Andy - That looks great! Could you post up a link to the company's website you used? Thank you.
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Mike 1992 Michigan State Police SSP Mustang #5114 1993 Wisconsin State Patrol SSP Mustang 1993 Missouri State Highway Patrol SSP Mustang P641 http://members.fotki.com/MOstang/ |
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Sweet ! nothing living in there now!
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I have seen the ads for the 'dash cap" and wondered how they would look compared to replacing the entire pad. I have to say that from the picture I cannot see any difference between the cap and a new pad. Very nice indeed.
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Jim for the first time since 1998 there is only two left: 1984 Oregon SP unmarked 1986 Idaho SP |
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and had only seen the advertisements for this product the only part of the process that was time consuming was removing the Left spot handle to slip that side over the pad. Also this is the color gray it comes in so all i did was install it! You will have to fit it over the pad a few times to look for high spots where the dash splits have raised up use a single edge razor blade to shave it off you know .....check twice (three times) install one time! it covers the old dash completely and rolls back into the outer edge so you see none of the old dash. the only way you would know it's hard plastic is by tapping on it. i have done this also just to annoy the lamisil monster that may be lurking underneath? Here is the link to who i bought this from. He is in Phoenix and does Internet only sales but i was able to buy one cash n carry. http://www.vehicle-interior-parts.com/ here is another shot |
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Andy,
That looks fantastic! Nice seeing your installed CHP equipment. Is that the smurf gun that you painted?
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Bill Jr. To everyone out there, wherever you are. Remember, the light at the end of the tunnel may be the police chasing you down in their own Mustang! |
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Thanks for posting up the before and after pics to show us all.
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Andy - Thanks for adding the link onto the thread too!
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Mike 1992 Michigan State Police SSP Mustang #5114 1993 Wisconsin State Patrol SSP Mustang 1993 Missouri State Highway Patrol SSP Mustang P641 http://members.fotki.com/MOstang/ |
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That looks fantastic! Nice seeing your installed CHP equipment. Is that the smurf gun that you painted?
Yes it is.The radio and CC1 was sent to me from the Boss...has been in the car awhile now. Andy - Thanks for adding the link onto the thread too! see sometimes i do post useful things here I have been also working on a F150 stepside truck and will be getting a Dash Cap for it also. Somehow I just can't stop looking at it! really makes a Difference. Some would say that you should have replaced the Dash. but from what i was told the Replacement dash does not fit correctly. I don't know? But at this time i Can say......If you can't tell the difference.Why pay the difference? here are a few more Pict. |
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