Topic: dash cap?

[Kevin]

I no what you were saying, a cap is just that. A CAP. but that all we got right now.  and the juges dont dock you for them. but if we ever get a repop dash I'm sure the cap will be taboo.

Yeah I totally understand man. It's definitely not money friendly  haha.

That's kinda crazy that they would dock it when the price of a new one would be like $500. They have to realize that some people just can't afford something like that you know?

its all about the show.  my steering wheel for my 68 is about 500.00 and a repop is 140.00 (nice but not correct) like the dash cap.
witch one will look better to a judge at a show.  thats just saying if the judge knows what he or she is looking at.

[gserdenk]

The cap does not look that bad and since my car will be garaged most of time, I'm to worried about warping.

Now the big question is should I spend the extra money and get it painted by them with a 50/50 chance of not matching.

I figure I'll need to redye the glove box and under steering wheel panels no matter what, but if I knew the exact dye for the tan dash I could just use that.

I'm also considering repairing my original. Done it before on a flat dash and it looked ok. Has anyone tried to repair their dash and not the bondo method shown in: http://www.78ta.com/smf/index.php?topic=6220.0


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[brian c]

Just a suggestion...

What you could do is go to an auto paint supply store and have them mix you up a quart or two of interior dye. Use it to redye your dash and any other interior parts that need a little sprucing and that way you know it will match dead on.

[4SPEED]

thats what I said.  and only used a pint. and have a little left over for touch up scratches.