93-96 to 97+ Dash Conversion Project Thread

[BP_Z28]

nice..you just painted? no sanding or nothing?

Those are plastic pieces right? I used Autopaint in my interior..stuck to the plastic perfectly fine..but I still have crap load of work to be done..thinking about just buying another dash set

but looks good B!

[meissen]

I wiped it down with a rag, then used adhesion promoter on it. It seems to have worked quite well, but I don't know if it really did anything. I painted the rest of the pieces with just the paint, no promoter. But yeah, no sanding or anything. I wanted it to look semi-stock.

[BP_Z28]

oh ok gotcha

what did you do with your old dash

[meissen]

I'm thinking about offering it for sale (for cheap) but we'll see. Part of the dash was ... cut off so only parts will be for sale, not the whole thing. The main problem with it is that it's painted, so it won't be that much.

[JAdair]

Hmm very nice man

[TSTONE]

coming along nicely - gotta be done in time for the M&G!!!

[FireBirdGirl02]

I would love to see how get this project all done and see brian driving the camaro. I am proud of him for doing all this work.

[meissen]

coming along nicely - gotta be done in time for the M&G!!!

I'm really hoping for next weekend to be done with the dash install. Not the carPC, but the dash install. Once I have the dash all in, then I can figure out how to mount the PC and what not when I see how much room I have.

All that is left to finish the dash install now is to lengthen the gauge harness 6 inches (24 wires), and then install the dash. Now that I finally figured how to drop the steering column, I'm really hoping it won't be much work. OH... but I do have to paint the a-pillars and the dash pad still, too, but again that's only a day project. A few coats and I'll be done.

[TSTONE]

kewl - keep us posted

[meissen]

You know I will.

[BP_Z28]

well if your main dash is good..and you have the same glove department ill gladly take those off your hands so I can start mine ..

Would the paint be easy to come off?

[meissen]

What do you mean "main dash"? I can tell you right now what's good:
A-pillars
Gauge Cluster
Knee bolster
Glove box door

What's not any good... dash pad (I stomped on it purposefully because I hated that easily-cracked mofo), passenger side of the dash (I literally cut it out of the car), radio bezel (carPC).

[BP_Z28]

knee bolster, glove box

whats the dash pad?

[meissen]

Dash pad is the infamous piece that everyone is always looking for. It's the big plastic piece with the defrost vent that butts up against the windshield.

[BP_Z28]

oh ok I dont need that lol