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So its one of those $100 covers? Mine has a crack and was debating if going that route was worth it. Im NOT paying 500 for a new one....Looks good in the pic. Fit ok? Is it plastic? Thanks
yes it is the $100 cover type, Like you I couldn’t find my way to pay the $500 for the repop unit because I had other needs and I was building a daily driver so it didn't have to be perfect.
So here is my take, it’s plastic molded to fit over the top like a cap. The fit and shape is not bad and it looks decent as you can see in the picture. The big thing with this product is preparing the old dash. Removing the loose crap and creating a good bonding surface.
I’m a bit of a creative problem solver so after I brushed off the loose stuff I got a can of spray foam to fill the big cracks then cut and shaped the foam to smooth the surface. Then I used marine grade silicone adhesive to bond the cap to the dash.
Initially my result was good but these cars are like terrariums and the dash takes a beating from the sun so I developed a small distortion where it didn’t bond well. It doesn’t bother me but it could have been prevented. In retrospect I would use a combination of 3m tape and ice the thing like a cake with the adhesive. LOL use clamps and boards to sandwich the thing to evenly distribute the pressure.
all that said... I would opt for a new dash if I was restoring it or if I wanted something perfect.
good idea to go with maco for the paint. Looks like a good job, now lets hope it stays on the car. You saved a bunch of money, I turned my 86 over to a friend for paint in his shop. $4,500 bucks later I drove it home. Good job your doing.,.
good idea to go with maco for the paint. Looks like a good job, now lets hope it stays on the car. You saved a bunch of money, I turned my 86 over to a friend for paint in his shop. $4,500 bucks later I drove it home. Good job your doing.,.
thanks. It helped that I did a lot of the sanding which reduced a lot of the prep work they needed to do. Its far from perfect and the fact is I was hoping to get 5 years out of it figuring if I end up liking the car I’ll treat it to something better. So far it’s been 2 years and the paint held up okay. It’s stays outside no cover. The damage on the nose was the result of someone backing in to me. I have some chips from parking in lots But all that said it looks way better than when I got it.
Had to take a break because of a planned eye surgery but I’m back and better than before. Time to pick where I left off and pull that AC setup. Pitter patter let’s get at er.
Intermediate steering shaft, tensioner and bracket on deck.
Chugging along on this lil 88.
next up I pulled the remaining AIR lines, Tensioner, AC/tensioner bracket, lower radiator and heater hoses. Lastly the intermediate steering shaft.
Everything is so tight! They engineered a hole in the bracket to route a heater house. LOL
had to pull the tensioner off first then disconnect the heater hose. But you can’t pull that out because it’s T’es an connect to a line that runs under the engine. With the hose disconnect I loosened the nuts and bolts holding the bracket then I disconnected the fuel lines and shimmied it out around the hose and fuel lines. Dang! I would hate to have to replace a lower rad hose in this thing if it was all together. LOL
next up disconnect remaining electrical and vacuum.
Pretty sure I’ve got it all ready for lift off.
later today I’ll drop it on stands pull the 8 engine cradle bolts then the bolts for the bat wing and trailing arms.
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