Dash Specialists in OR Any one have recent experience?

[net30]

They want $1200 to recover 2-piece including glove box. Any knowledge of their quality over the long-term?

[tashakes]

I dunno, but this one looks darn good for the price. My dash only has a couple of cracks that I can live with..... till I finish it, but once I am ready, I am giving this cover a try, not much to loose.

http://www.jcwhitney.com/dashtop-cover/p2023832.jcwx?filterid=c47d2905y1976j1#

[Otis]

I used Just Dashes http://www.justdashes.com and thus made Otis very happy. But that was before I knew about Blunt leather and thereby further developed a severe case of Blunt envy.

http://www.bmw2002faq.com/component/option,com_forum/Itemid,50/page,viewtopic/t,331174/

[Dicks]

I bought my car with one of these covers. It looked great from 10 feet. However, the BIG problem was that there isn't a corresponding "cover" for the glove box which makes it stand out as a cover. There were also issues up around the windshield with it staying glued down.

I pulled it off, and found my dash to be pretty bad. But in all, I think that the cracked dash looked better. I was able to hang around here and picked up a crack free used dash for $400 which is in the car now.

[Darryl]

POST WTB here and see who has what... I got one off this site for 400 bucks in near mint condition... Mine was for a 76...

And yes the front glass needs to come out...

[net30]

Posted in WTB this afternoon...hoping for a Hail Mary!

[roadhog0]

Doug I think has a good crack free one piece if you end up looking for a one piece.

[VintageAutobahn]

I have a nice, but not perfect 1 piece euro dash (no seatbelt light).

email me if your interested

[FunkyLaneO]

a brand new 1 piece dash is less than a thousand dollars now (price went down recently)

http://www.bmwmobiletradition-online.com/bmw/showparts.do?model=2213&mospid=47140&btnr=51_3376&hg=51&fg=30

[net30]

The 1 piece dash is an option but from what I've read on the forum it has issues fitting exactly the same as a 2-piece? Not to mention not being period correct. I have a 2-piece in the car but it has a few issues and I just did the entire body over plus a new interior. Kinda hate to cut corners at this phase and regret it later.

Does anyone know or can explain (pics?) the difference of a 1-piece vs 2-piece?

[ray_]

Look at the link Otis posted. Two piece and one piece pics are there.

GL,

Ray

The 1 piece dash is an option but from what I've read on the forum it has issues fitting exactly the same as a 2-piece? Not to mention not being period correct. I have a 2-piece in the car but it has a few issues and I just did the entire body over plus a new interior. Kinda hate to cut corners at this phase and regret it later.

Does anyone know or can explain (pics?) the difference of a 1-piece vs 2-piece?

[Pierre]

The 1 piece dash is an option but from what I've read on the forum it has issues fitting exactly the same as a 2-piece? Not to mention not being period correct. I have a 2-piece in the car but it has a few issues and I just did the entire body over plus a new interior. Kinda hate to cut corners at this phase and regret it later.

Does anyone know or can explain (pics?) the difference of a 1-piece vs 2-piece?

I have a 1-piece dash in my 69. No fitment issues. It's been in the car for 7 years. They have the same outside dimensions. BMW went from the 3-piece to the 2-piece to the 1-piece as a cost saving measure as the molding technology improved.

[Dicks]

My replacement for my '72 was a one piece. It went in with no real issues. The ones that crop up are ez to work around. IIRC, they mainly deal with how the dash connects up by the windshield.

Yes, you do have to remove the windshield to do it right. I had a shop do mine while they were doing other work. Their biggest deal was finding someone who knew how to handle the gasket and locking strip arrangement. They guy they found brought out several of his newbies from his shop to teach them how the "old ones" went in.

BTW...I do still have the cover that came off of mine in pretty good shape. I'd be willing to part with it cheap for someone who really needed it, or thought they wanted it.

[net30]

Good to hear that there are no big fitment issues...the glass is still out of the car so that helps. The 1-piece from BMW does not include the glove box....are all glove boxes the same size or would I need to buy a box from a 1-piece?

[Pierre]

The 1-piece dash has 2 holes right by the windshield designed for two screws that attach the dash to the sheet metal. The 2 and 3-piece dashes don't, and there fore, there are no holes in the sheet metal for the two screws. I drilled two holes in the metal and used sheet metal screws on mine. It makes for a sturdier install with few shakes and rattles.

Glove boxes? According to REAL OEM, all glove boxes from 3-71 are the same.