Eddioso

Anyone tried this product?

http://www.mamotorworks.com/corvette?frame=4.1631

AdamMeh

Not sure about that product, but I used a cap on our '77 (came with the car). Warped after 2 or 3 hours in the AZ sun. Glad I didn't buy it.

Easy Mike

"...installs in under one hour..." is extremely optimistic.

AdamMeh

If your dash is cracked up, you will need to smooth out the surface - read as trim down, cut, sand, remove vinyl etc. Our pad was shot and I ended up removing virtually all of the factory vinyl covering to make the cap fit. Wasn't a big loss as it was junk to begin with. Maybe Wilcox can offer some feedback on this part and the fit / finish of it.

Again, our car is a '77 so they are obviously different - just throwing out what experience I have had with caps. With what I learned, instead of buying a cap, I would use that money towards new dash pads.

Good luck with it!
Adam

540 vette

My dash was cracked on my 80. I thought about the cap but after a few searches found out it dosen't fit well in certain areas and looks like a cap. I went with a new dash pad. In my opinion that is your best bet. It costs more and is harder to to install but in the end looks better.

texasbaehr

Don't do it!
I don't know anyone that has sucessfully installed one of these on any vehicle and was satisfied with the result. I have seen a few and all looked like crap. Once its on there is no going back because its glued on with silicone adhesive so the dash is trashed if you remove it.
I just bought a carpet dash cover for mine to hide the cracks until I get around to redo of the interior.

CTVETTE78

Well, I’m going to disagree with the naysayers on this one. I used that cap on my 78 and I’m very happy with the results. I will say however that the installation can be a bit difficult to do right.

First off, I recommend that you remove the dash pad from the car and do this job on the bench. You will need a LOT of clamps and more RTV than is provided with the cover. I chose to do a section at a time on three consecutive days to allow the glue to completely set before removing the clamps. I did the top section first followed by the driver’s side then the passenger side.

The gauge panels fit fine when I was done, probably because I clamped the cover very well in those areas as the glue set. The headlight switch was a pain to reinstall. The speaker area on the dash top is perforated. I chose to cut out that area to re-install the original speaker grills and if I were going to do it again I might not bother with that. The speaker grills did not snap back into place with the cap installed, I had to modify the grills adding some countersunk screws to retain them.

The finished dash is harder to the touch than a new pad for sure, but I’m fine with that considering the difference in cost. I have had a number of positive comments on how nice my dash looks.