How many of you without a dash pad? Now With Pics

LIME TWIST DART said
I have been meaning to pose the same question for some time. I keep forgetting to. A little concerned about the safety of not having one on a street car, but I really like the look of the dash without the pad. I have some deletions on my dash face and its all painted out. I think I'll be keeping it this way. My only real concern is how it will visually come together where it meets the bottom of the window and pillar trim. I think the rubber seal will cover the gap between the dash and window frame/firewall area. If anyone has some pics of a finished dash with no pad and the window/pillar trim installed, I'd like to see them. Particularly of a '67-'69 Dart.

I'm working on it, but I am also making some pretty major changes that I will post pics of when the time comes.
I was a bit concerened about the safety of it also, but it's not like they are very safe anyway.
The dash will still collapse if it get hit hard.

MobileCustoms said
I am welding the holes up on my '67 and going with all steel, satin black finish.

Mine had one but it was totally trashed (foam too) so I have been running without it for two years and got used to it and like it.
My dash is also satin black with some non stock additions. (white faced guages)
I think what I will end up doing is leave the cutouts for collapsability and cover it with carbon fiber with what is called J trim to attach it.

rbdart said
I have done 2 dash pad caps from hardens with excellent results,my dart[71] looks like brand new still after 6 yrs,done it myself,prepping it correctly is the key,dont know if hardens is still in business or not but their product was really a quality piece,at the time the caps were 55 bucs each and a repop pad was like 300+...I couldnt see not running some kind of pad or leaving it bare even tho I considered it but just didnt look right to me without it,but I did see a guy in Ks one time that removed the pad and built/overlaid a dash with alum[welded] which he polished that looked pretty cool but it wasnt just throwed together it was crafted..

I just don't see myself putting one back in it, but thanks for the info just in case.