Dash Pad Cover

[COKE]

Hello,
I,m palnning to install one of these over my cracked dash:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160009784704&sspagename=ADME:B:AAQ:US:1

Has someone installed one of these?
Does it need to be glued over the original dash?
Is necessary to remove the dash to install it?

Thanks a lot for the help

[JimShine]

I used one on my '69. No need to remove anything. You just shave down the high spots, clean the surface so all oils or dye are removed. Dye up the new cap and silicone it in place. They give good instructions with the cap. Follow them and you will be fine.

[COKE]

Thanks Jim,
Did you get the one you have from AZBob ?

[JimShine]

I think it was him I bought it from.

[rt green]

ya, but are they worth a shit?

[JimShine]

If I had a choice between a perfect crack free original pad and a cap, ofcourse I would take the original pad. The thing i don't like about the cap is it is hard. It feels like the A pillar trim plastic clear across the dash. But the bonus is it is easy to install and wont end up looking like repops that get real wavy.

[694spdRT]

But the bonus is it is easy to install and wont end up looking like repops that get real wavy.

The repop dash pad I bought was a piece of floppy junk and I took it back out in disgust. Maybe they have improved in the last 2 years. IMO a cap looks to be a better alternative to the repop I bought unless you can find a nice OEM pad.(which is what I did) 

[Nacho-RT74]

or sendt to just dashes

here is another option about dash covers, I think cheaper than the rest and they paint if you need so:
http://www.coverlaymfg.com/index.php?crn=208&rn=380&action=show_detail

[COKE]

Nacho,i belive that this is the same part than the one on the pic i posted

[squeakfinder]

It's better than nothing I guess. I put mine on a year ago. But just recently I have been parking the car in the sun for a couple of months and guess what, I noticed a crack has started in the center of the cap.

[Nacho-RT74]

Nacho,i belive that this is the same part than the one on the pic i posted

Definitivamente no son los mismos. Los que estan ofreciendo el dash cover en ebay, venden tambien paneles de puerta porque yo ya los he contactado para ver si podian reproducir los paneles traseros del 74 que son distintos a los anteriores. La gente de Coverlay, no reproducen paneles de puerta de coches de pasajeros, solo de pick ups ( trucks ).

Los de ebay estan en Arizona, y los de Coverlay estan en Texas.

No se cual sea mejor o peor en calidad, solo estoy dando otra opcion. Coverlay era el mas economico de todos los que habia conseguido hasta ahora por precio lista, sin incluir ebay o descuentos.

[squeakfinder]

Sorry. But my universal translator appears to be malfunctioning.

[Silver R/T]

If I had a choice between a perfect crack free original pad and a cap, ofcourse I would take the original pad. The thing i don't like about the cap is it is hard. It feels like the A pillar trim plastic clear across the dash. But the bonus is it is easy to install and wont end up looking like repops that get real wavy.

and repop ones are like $300

[Nacho-RT74]

Sorry. But my universal translator appears to be malfunctioning.

Just saying they are not the same dealers . he is from Spain and will understand