finally got my dash back in.

maztang made this crap look easy, my untalented ass will never touch it again,LOL

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this is what i started with

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this is as of today

how hard was it to pull the dash, were the bolts located I would like to do this soon. Any input would be appreciated bro.

there 3 screws holding down the trim panel between the dash and the windsheild then theres three in the top of the dash theres two behind a little cover you have to pop off on each end and underneath the dash on each end there is a nut to take loose. thats the ones i know of but you may have more because mine was hacked up by the previous owner i do remember getting it out was very easy but my problem was that it was so long between the times i took it out and put it back in that i forgot how it came out. and every time i would almost get it right i would scratch it and have to pull it back out and sand and paint. if you need any more info just hit me up i'll be glad to help.

haha, looks good bro. mine was pulled out before so there wasn't all the stock crap to get it out. so that part of was pretty easy. just a tond of sanding and glassing, sanding and glassing, then filler then bulldog plastic promoter, then filler primer, then base coat clear coat. nice job. i love your project.

<thinkin of using a pre 86 mazda dash in my 92

good luck. i wonder how many differences there are.

and glassing and sanding to deep and glassing and sanding and leaving a wave and sanding and punching myself in the head.LOL naw really in hind sight it wasn't really that bad but it was like 9 degrees when i did all this and that made it a lot worse that it really was.

ouch, 9 degrees, too damn cold for my blood. haha. something that works great for the waves is metalglaze. it is a little pricey but some awesome stuff. it is used for all the little imperfections.

does it work on the body to?

yep. i was told that you don't even have to take it down to bare metal like bondo. but i do anyways. the guy said you just have to scuff up the paint. every bodyshop i check out uses it. works on fiberglass, plastic, and metal.