96 C3500 RCLB aka Stumpy

[Stumpy]

Been a busy weekend for somebody that's on the last day, of a 10 day steroid treatment, after blowing their back out. Nobody else is going to do this stuff for me, so why not.

Swung the dash down, and laid the power window/door lock harness in, and got in run into the cavity, ready to go to the doors. While I had the dash down, I sprayed it with some satin clear. Finally getting rid of the high gloss. Looks so much better now.

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[95burban]

I just went through all 10 pages, awesome truck. I really like the black interior, well done and wise choice doing satin clear on the dash.

 

[Stumpy]

Thank you.
I had never painted interior pieces before, so it didn't occur to me in the beginning, to not use gloss. As soon as I put that shiny ass dash in, I knew I screwed up. All good now though.

 

[frito-bandito]

How much did you have to disconnect to swing the dash down? Installing a power window/lock harness is in my future plans as well

 

[Stumpy]

How much did you have to disconnect to swing the dash down? Installing a power window/lock harness is in my future plans as well

Just took the steering column out. Didn't have to undo any wires.

 

[fancyTBI]

That overhead console looks great! You’re going to have quite the fancy 1 ton!

 

[Erik the Awful]

I had never painted interior pieces before, so it didn't occur to me in the beginning, to not use gloss. As soon as I put that shiny ass dash in, I knew I screwed up. All good now though.

I painted WCJr's dash glossy, and quickly recognized the error. I have the dash for Roscoe painted, and I used a satin black on the top side.

 

[CATman]

Looks great Stumpy. Did you have any cracks in the plastic you had to fix? What did you use to fix them? I have tried some epoxy fiberglass to fix one big crack. Now I have a smaller one in the middle of the dash by the windshield. My interior is all blue. WT interior. Wanting to change the color and change flooring . My next thing after I finish my front suspension.

 

[Stumpy]

Looks great Stumpy. Did you have any cracks in the plastic you had to fix? What did you use to fix them? I have tried some epoxy fiberglass to fix one big crack. Now I have a smaller one in the middle of the dash by the windshield. My interior is all blue. WT interior. Wanting to change the color and change flooring . My next thing after I finish my front suspension.

The dash in there is one I got from a junkyard, and is in flawless condition. My original dash was used and abused.

 

[bluex]

Looks great Stumpy. Did you have any cracks in the plastic you had to fix? What did you use to fix them? I have tried some epoxy fiberglass to fix one big crack. Now I have a smaller one in the middle of the dash by the windshield. My interior is all blue. WT interior. Wanting to change the color and change flooring . My next thing after I finish my front suspension.

Ive used a plastic welder on one from the backside to secure the cracks an stop them from spreading where possible, epoxy where I couldn't get the welder in. Then the owner covered it back up with one of those carpet covers.

We had the dash out already to replace the air diverter assembly and evaporater though. It was about a 2 day job.