LB0442
Well-Known Member
I have been waiting on buying a dash pad for my 66 Charger because of the past issues discussed here. I figured I would get it now because who knows a few years from now if one would be available.
New dash pad doesn't fit...
Decided to buy about 10 days ago, just got here yesterday (pretty damn fast). I have the citron interior so the pad is green. To best check it I pulled the old one of the car.
Set them up side by side and the color is a really good match, very happy with that. The pictures do show the original a little darker but it didn't appear that way looking at them. The grain is very close too.
Here is where the big issue was from before. It is slightly shorter at the 2 lower studs. I will have to elongate the holes slightly but I think it will work. Both sides are about the same, about 1/4" short. I did try to push it out and it moved a little so possibly it will go in as is, I am not going to get that far now just wanted to see if I needed to return it. The original one was pretty snug in there itself. The top studs all lined up, I think I will enlarge those 2 outer holes no matter what, it is just too tight because you have to set the top ones in then pull down to get the bottom ones in.
I did check with just dashes and with shipping it was going to be close to $1500. I paid $480 to my door. For a daily driver this will work just fine, if I was going to restore a hemi show car probably would look at a different route.
New dash pad doesn't fit...
Decided to buy about 10 days ago, just got here yesterday (pretty damn fast). I have the citron interior so the pad is green. To best check it I pulled the old one of the car.
Set them up side by side and the color is a really good match, very happy with that. The pictures do show the original a little darker but it didn't appear that way looking at them. The grain is very close too.
Here is where the big issue was from before. It is slightly shorter at the 2 lower studs. I will have to elongate the holes slightly but I think it will work. Both sides are about the same, about 1/4" short. I did try to push it out and it moved a little so possibly it will go in as is, I am not going to get that far now just wanted to see if I needed to return it. The original one was pretty snug in there itself. The top studs all lined up, I think I will enlarge those 2 outer holes no matter what, it is just too tight because you have to set the top ones in then pull down to get the bottom ones in.
I did check with just dashes and with shipping it was going to be close to $1500. I paid $480 to my door. For a daily driver this will work just fine, if I was going to restore a hemi show car probably would look at a different route.
