Dash Pad or Cover?
Lower steering column. No need to remove it. Radio removal was a pain for me (not putting it back in).. glovebox liner removal required, but pretty easy. I’m not putting that back in either.
Professional recovering is $500 to $1000..
I just tried recovering my dash on my own with quality filler, sanding, quality adhesive, etc... The filler plus sanding was looking really good. The cover stage was another story. I may have used the wrong vinyl fabric, but once I started to glue it down (over original, with strategic glue points.. not glueing all over every surface), it was beginning to look horrible. So I bit the bullet and bought one from MoparPlus (happy with that).
I tried just spraying my old, filled and sanded pad, and it is actually looking pretty decent. I’m gonna do some more work on that and try to sell it for a little over the standard price for a used, cracked pad.
Long story short.. if you are considering a plastic cover.. you can fill, sand, and paint your original for much cheaper. It would probably look much better, and you’d still have your original pad in place if you ever wanted to refurb it in the future.
Attached are some pics from my dash recover attempt (no pics yet of the old painted dash).
My removal, install, and finished dash pics can be seen here.
Lower steering column. No need to remove it. Radio removal was a pain for me (not putting it back in).. glovebox liner removal required, but pretty easy. I’m not putting that back in either.
Professional recovering is $500 to $1000..
I just tried recovering my dash on my own with quality filler, sanding, quality adhesive, etc... The filler plus sanding was looking really good. The cover stage was another story. I may have used the wrong vinyl fabric, but once I started to glue it down (over original, with strategic glue points.. not glueing all over every surface), it was beginning to look horrible. So I bit the bullet and bought one from MoparPlus (happy with that).
I tried just spraying my old, filled and sanded pad, and it is actually looking pretty decent. I’m gonna do some more work on that and try to sell it for a little over the standard price for a used, cracked pad.
Long story short.. if you are considering a plastic cover.. you can fill, sand, and paint your original for much cheaper. It would probably look much better, and you’d still have your original pad in place if you ever wanted to refurb it in the future.
Attached are some pics from my dash recover attempt (no pics yet of the old painted dash).
My removal, install, and finished dash pics can be seen here.