'67-'72 Dash Pads

[C10 - C90 Bill]

Looking to replace the Dash Pad on my '72 C-10.

Wondering if they are all the same quality or are some brands better than others?

Thanks

[Greg58]

I bought an Oer brand thru Classic Industries. it fit well and seems to be thick and strong.
It came with a molding line that I removed with a razor blade.

Greg

[SoCoC10]

Buy a Dashes Direct from Summit Racing or another vendor. DO NOT BUY A COUNTERPARTS dash pad. Ive installed 10 or more Dashes Direct dash pads and never had any installation issues. Bought my 1st and last Counterpart made dash pad and had horrible fitment issues. Had to redrill the holes in the dash to make it fit!

[Stocker]

^^ x2 on Dashes Direct, got mine from board member & supporting vendor Wes at Classic Heartbeat. Just installed it, no problems, perfect fit.

[C10 - C90 Bill]

Appreciate the replies.

Why I'm asking is because I am going to a Swap Meet on Saturday and the vendor there is supposed to have some for $60.

I'm not sure if they will be good enough and I do not know what brand they are, but I'll make sure to stay away from Counterpart.

Are there any other brands I should stay away from?

[HO455]

I got mine from Truck Parts at the Portland swap meet in April and it fit just fine. I don't know who the manufacturer was.

[C10 - C90 Bill]

Looks good.

Mine will be the same way.

Green dash with a Black Pad.

[Already Gone]

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[HO455]

Originally Posted by C10 - C90 Bill

Looks good.

Mine will be the same way.

Green dash with a Black Pad.

Thanks Bill. Mine is actually a gray pad.

[C10 - C90 Bill]

Originally Posted by HO455

Thanks Bill. Mine is actually a gray pad.

I see the difference now.

Never knew they made a Gray.

[cericd]

People on here used to talk about a certain brand having internal reinforcement which helped it hold up better/longer while several other companies made pads without the internal reinforcement. I think I remember reading that the more cheaply made pads looked worse even upon just being installed. I'm sure someone will recall or could do an in depth search to find the manufacturer/dealer of the good pads.

[GR8-68]

I also bought a counterparts dash pad and had to modify the mounting holes to get it to lay flat. Other than that it was fine.

[70STOVEBOLT]

Originally Posted by cericd

People on here used to talk about a certain brand having internal reinforcement which helped it hold up better/longer while several other companies made pads without the internal reinforcement. I think I remember reading that the more cheaply made pads looked worse even upon just being installed. I'm sure someone will recall or could do an in depth search to find the manufacturer/dealer of the good pads.

The brand was mentioned above, Dashes Direct. I bought one 15 years ago from GMCPauls. It has a metal core just like the original.

[cericd]

Awesome! Good to know.

[saxart]

Ack! This would have been great info to have before just receiving my COUNTERPARTS dash pad from Classic Parts.

Are there other issues with the COUNTERPARTS dash pads besides the mounting holes not lining up? (I'm trying to figure out if it's worth paying to send it back, or if I should just deal with the mounting hole situation) Are the CP pads OK other than that?

[DT1]

I need one too. Went to Summit but the only ones they had were Goodmark and OER.

[C10 - C90 Bill]

Originally Posted by DT1

Went to Summit but the only ones they had were Goodmark and OER.

Is there anything wrong with the Goodmark and OER brand?

[SoCoC10]

Originally Posted by DT1

I need one too. Went to Summit but the only ones they had were Goodmark and OER.

If you order the OER dash pad from Summit Racing, it will be a Dashes Direct product.

[t300]

Originally Posted by SoCoC10

If you order the OER dash pad from Summit Racing, it will be a Dashes Direct product.

I ordered one from summit weeks ago,OER-3968209, backordered for another couple weeks still. However the description is 'urethane'. I thought the Dashes Direct (with metal reinforcement) were vinyl?

[leddzepp]

I've used counterpart with no issues. Like most parts there are probably good runs and bad runs amongst the various manufacturers

[C10 - C90 Bill]

Originally Posted by leddzepp

I've used counterpart with no issues. Like most parts there are probably good runs and bad runs amongst the various manufacturers

Well between leddzepp's reply above and the deal I got, I went and brought home a Counterpart from the Swap Meet this week-end, lol.

The vendor brought some Dash Pads like he said he would and I looked it over and saw "Counterpart" on it. Oh no, lol. I told the guy that there are some complaints out there on how they fit. Besides being a real nice guy, he told me that he uses them on his projects and have sold many with no complaints. But that is not what sold me on it.

I asked him and he told me that if I was not happy with it, just re-box it up and bring it back to the next meet in August. He also gave me his business card with phone number and it turns out that he is from my neighborhood.

There is a steel plate in it and have to say that so far it looks real good. I'll let you all know how it fits within the next few weeks.

[GASoline71]

Originally Posted by C10 - C90 Bill

I asked him and he told me that if I was not happy with it, just re-box it up and bring it back to the next meet in August. He also gave me his business card with phone number and it turns out that he is from my neighborhood.

That's good customer service right there. I would have bought one too.

Gary

[sdailey]

I can't make this stuff up. UPS delivered my replacement dash pad today and guess what, same condition as the previous one, broken box and all.


Curved box. Never a good sign.




Box broken very similar to previous one.




The pad itself is distorted and the reinforcement/mounting strips are bent/pulled away from the pad. One thing that I want mention that I didn't know in my original post is that there is another metal reinforcement strip made into the pad. I didn't see it in the first pad because it was imbedded in the urethane. In this pic you can see the strip sticking out thru the urethane.





I called Dashes Direct and informed them of another damaged shipment and they were going to send me a 3rd dash, but I stopped them mid-sentence and just requested a refund.


Counterparts, here I come.

[BrianG]

Maybe I just got a bad one, but I bought one of the Dashes Direct pads and I didn't like it. Mine didn't have the metal backer so it was as limp as a wet noodle. This made it not lay as flat as it should and from the outside looking in, it didn't look very good. It didn't look terrible from the inside. Also the pattern was not as nice as the original ones. Everytime I looked at it, it just couldn't let it stay on there. I think I'm in the minority here, but I'd never buy another one from Dashed Direct. I took it off and had an old one recovered in the same pattern as my seat and sun visors.

[davepl]

All I know for sure is that the LMC "Blue" dash is completely the wrong color for the 1970 DK BLU interior, so I woundup removing it, repainting it, and reinstalling it, and now it looks good.

Here you can see the color they give you to start with. It actually matches the seats, but should match the dash/wheel/console I believe.