93-96 to 97+ Dash Conversion Project Thread

[MP81]

Pictures!

[meissen]

Got my a-pillars yesterday. I put the driver's side in and the color matches almost perfectly! I just wish the dash pad was the right one

[BP_Z28]

itching closer to the final product

[meissen]

Thanks guys! It's a really, really a good feeling to have it getting closer to being finished. I really love how the black looks too, and it was so easy. I painted the radio bezel over the weekend. Sprayed adhesion promoter on it until it was evenly covered and still a little wet, then I sprayed really light coats of black over it. Stuck really good, I didn't even wipe the radio bezel down with anything to make sure there wasn't any armorall on it and it stuck really well.

[b.a.camaro]

Awesome job bud, you the man i bet ang is happy to have her kitchen back lol

[badinfluence]

That dash looks great. I kind of want to spray paint mine black now

[meissen]

Something that's worth mentioning:
The 93-96 HVAC is NOT 100% the same as the 97+ HVAC. The blower controls for where the air is directed (IE: Defrost, Upper vents, Lower vents, AC, MAX AC, off) has a different plug on the back between the two versions.

BUT: This piece is interchangable. I was able to remove my 94 HVAC blower control from the HVAC piece, remove the 97+ HVAC blower control from it's HVAC piece, and then bolted the 94 HVAC blower control onto the 97+'s HVAC piece. Thus, I was able to keep the same 93-96 style plug and use it in the 97+ HVAC bezel.

[meissen]

Cleaned up some stuff on the interior, got the lower panels installed. Getting closer!!!! Just waiting for the a-pillars to come in and then I gotta buy the dash pad still just haven't taken the plunge since it's a $165 part to purchase.

I also still have the whole car PC that I have to redo too.





My little helper, Bailey, climbed in the car and slept in the car while I worked on some interior things.



Last, but not least, all of the junk that I removed from the interior... including the headunit.



*EDIT* By the way... that's my ZAZZLE.COM MIFBODY TSHIRT that I have on! Go to the pit and purchase YOUR Zazzle.com MiFbody shirt and wear it proudly at the M&G!

[meissen]

Nope, no poll. I'll be making the decision myself based on how much room I have to work with and the best way to accomplish it.

[MP81]

...poll?

[FireBirdGirl02]

I would go for the 8" screen if u go bigger then that its not going to look like it flows well with the car. But that is my two cents.

[meissen]

I'm partial to option #3 myself. We'll see -- what I go with depends entirely on what will be the best way to fit a screen into the holes.

10.4" Screen - $199.99:
http://www.gooddeals18.com/product/SHK1040

8" Screen - $169.99:
http://www.gooddeals18.com/c=1VSZNMn...reen__VGA.html

For the prices, the 10.4" seems to be the best "bang for the buck."

[JoeliusZ28]

I like the first option the best... big enough screen and it looks the most "fitting"

[meissen]

Yessir, if it ain't going to come out... I'm going to force it out. Especially since I knew no one would want to buy my blistered, painted, primered, sanded dash off of me.

[MP81]

Ahh, you turned to the "**** this shit" way of doing things.