has any-body ever fiberglassed a dash pad

[factory2wdblazer's]

what's up guy's i was wondering if any-body out there has fiberglassed there dash pad's and if so how did the come out.... i'am interested in doing mine....what product's do i need beside's the resin....

[72 CustomCamper]

I've thought about doing it to mine. I think the biggest PITA would be drilling out all the little holes for the frone speakers...


Chuck

[factory2wdblazer's]

that would be a sort of a hassle. the speaker hole's. i have speaker's in my dash know so i would like to keep them there. i never seen a square body style dash done...i'am hopefully going to start mine this weekend...... i have seen a 78 elcomino fiberglassed dash and it was so clean it's got me wanting to attempt mine... it was painted to match the car just the way it looked so smooth it dame near looked wet............

[justpball]

you will need some glass in there as well as resin or it will just crack, is your dash cracked up now?

[factory2wdblazer's]

what's the glass is that the colth type material... tha dash has 2 crack's on the center middle speaker section...

[68c10owner]

There is a guy on the 73-87 truck forum here that glassed his dash. Looks good. I think there are pics in the shortbed pics thread. It`s a 84 fleet and his name is dave, can`t remember his screen name.

[tvblazer78]

Originally Posted by 68c10owner

There is a guy on the 73-87 truck forum here that glassed his dash. Looks good. I think there are pics in the shortbed pics thread. It`s a 84 fleet and his name is dave, can`t remember his screen name.

Yes there is, I will see if I can find it..

[justpball]

yea the glass is the cloth material...have you ever messed with fiberglass?

[factory2wdblazer's]

i never worked with fiber glass before....i also will try to find that thread......... i just picked up a 91 dash pad today for 40 buck's not bad of a deal. only has on crack. i think the 91 look's better.. i think i will do this one.

[justpball]

do a internet search for building fiberglass speaker boxes or speaker pods and it will give you some helpful tips

[68c10owner]

Found the truck i was talking about. The pic of the dash is on page 3 post #54.

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ht=1984&page=3

[factory2wdblazer's]

good looking out 68C10owner.... that's what i would like to my dash to look like..... that's worth all the time and effert...............i also did a search on fiber glass speaker's box's and they use a flace type material. can i wrap my dash in flace. and then spread the resin. or do i wrap my dash in that clouth type material that they sell with the resin that come's all folded up......

[justpball]

the fleece will work, and you will need bondo too.