Reinforce dashboard?

[kennythewelder]

@kennythewelder how do you like that dash mat? Do you think it is worth the money? Thought about getting one for my truck sometime in the future.

I like it a lot. There inexpensive too. Like $35 maybe. I ordered mine @ Autozine few years ago. I have a few small cracks in the dash, and the mat hids that, but also keeps the sun off my dash. IMO thats got to help.

 

[VenomousSVT]

This guy is good, he just used some brackets to hold his dash up:

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I hope I understood your question right.

LMC sells these premade and powdercoated so they look a little better.. something like $12-$15. I bought mine probably 5-6 years ago and they really helped. I still have the center crack that is slowly creeping. Have considered taking out the dash again, reinforcing it and refinishing it again. Then hoping for the best. I just really dont feel like yanking the dash again (even though its not that hard to so) I swapped a 99 burb dash into my 91. The stock dash came out in 15+ pieces, it was gone. I had attempted to repair it once and my fiberglass failed with a sudden temperature change in the dead of winter a week after installing it. I decided then to source a newer dash that was in better shape... ultimately I would LOVE to do a nbs dash as they have the inner skeleton and none of the stress cracking issues we have on the tops of our dashes

 

[Kran]

haha i actually just did the same the other day!

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[twt63]

@kennythewelder how do you like that dash mat? Do you think it is worth the money? Thought about getting one for my truck sometime in the future.

 

[twt63]

I have one as well definitely worth the money and look good too and will help protect the dash too!

 

[twt63]

LMC sells these premade and powdercoated so they look a little better.. something like $12-$15. I bought mine probably 5-6 years ago and they really helped. I still have the center crack that is slowly creeping. Have considered taking out the dash again, reinforcing it and refinishing it again. Then hoping for the best. I just really dont feel like yanking the dash again (even though its not that hard to so) I swapped a 99 burb dash into my 91. The stock dash came out in 15+ pieces, it was gone. I had attempted to repair it once and my fiberglass failed with a sudden temperature change in the dead of winter a week after installing it. I decided then to source a newer dash that was in better shape... ultimately I would LOVE to do a nbs dash as they have the inner skeleton and none of the stress cracking issues we have on the tops of our dashes

 

[twt63]

What is a nbs dash?

 

[kennythewelder]

New body style,,,,,dash

 

[east302]

Here is the one from LMC.

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[98chevy2500SS]

Oh wow, that is a lot cleaner looking than just the average bracket.

And yes NBS means New Body Style as said by @kennythewelder, which was from 99-06 or 07 if you count the classic model.