come on guys...ive been beating a dead horse here...

we all know that fourth gen dash pads are crap...is there any other aftermarket company that makes a decent dash pad???

Ive gone through 2 of them, and my current one is cracked. damn Miami weather!

 

get a new pad and then get a carpet dash pad cover that's black also. looks good and the pad will stay new underneith

 

I gave up. I bought a carpted dash mat/cover. I tried one from Year One but didn't like it (didn't cover the air bag) and on top of that it didn't fit! I then got one from Classic Industries and it is pretty nice and fits well. $40 I believe. If you want a black one, the part number is 02100B

 

I just looked it up. They dont have a picture of it, well they do but it's a 69 or so but list from 93-96. Do you have any pics brent?

 

Since I bought 2 I still have one in the box. I'll take a picture of it real quick for ya

 

Sweet

 

Here you go...

http://www.brentfranker.com/gallery/album224/IMG_0360
http://www.brentfranker.com/gallery/album224/IMG_0361
http://www.brentfranker.com/gallery/album224/IMG_0362

Those are like large thumbs. Click the picture again to see a full size image.

Also, just got to thinking... you probably want pics of this in the car, eh? LOL!

 

If you get a chance that'll be awesome. Thanks.

 

I really dont like teh look of teh carpet, and Im afraid that its my only choice.

has anyone heard of maybe a fiberglass option? or better, a vinyl option?

 

You can buy vinyl and fit it to the dashpad yourself- no need to buy a "kit"- won't be that expensive, either. Only problem will be fitting around the defroster vents. Might take a little custom work to get it to look good there. You can get it in pretty much any color you want.

 

That might not be a bad idea.....my dash pad has been broken for awhile, but a little super glue and some black vinyl might just be the answer.....

 

Is it not possible or a good idea to just wrap it with ebony leather?

 

or suede.

 

If you were to recover the dash with some black vinyl, what would you use to put it on? I was thinking some double sided tape, but I am not sure how it would hold once it got really hot inside the car.

And for anybody who is thinking about doing this, you will need more than a yard and a half of material.....thats how much I bought and it just doesn't cover the whole thing, theres about an inch on each corner.

 

It would be possible to put leather/suede on it as well. I imagine it would be a little bit more difficult to do since it won't stretch as easily as vinyl, but since it's a fairly flat piece should come out fairly good. Suede would be really nice though, it wouldn't reflect any sunlight into your eyes.

BTW I got all my ideas from http://www.leatherseats.com/. They sell most of their stuff by the foot/yard for custom projects. Someday I'd love to wrap my interior in leather. That graphite/black plastic looks like junk IMO.