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Will we ever see correctly reproduced E Body dash pads?
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06/16/10 09:34 AM
06/16/10 09:34 AM
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I really hate the repros out there. They are so off and they leave a lot to be desired. Worst of all they stick out like a sore thumb when you sit inside of the car...you are staring at them ALL THE TIME and it drives me nuts. Also its such a big and notorious part that I cant beleive nobody has attempted to meake a real good repro of these....specually the 70 Challenger dash pads with the stitching....the repros of those are just HIDEOUS. psssst.....hint hint....MIKE AT BEA----You should try and make these instead of wasting time AND RESOURCES with the 71 cuda grille project.  You would sell a TON TON TON TON of these....
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Re: Will we ever see correctly reproduced E Body dash pads?
[Re: domingo]
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06/16/10 05:00 PM
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I know I would even swap the current repros in my cars with new correct repros if they were as nice as the originals....I wouldnt mind to spend money again to get that BIG detail right!!! 
I've got 5 1970 Challenger R/Ts with one good dash pad between them.
I'd pay more money to get a correct pad. The current ones are terrible. Original pads are soft - so one should do it right. 
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Re: Will we ever see correctly reproduced E Body dash pads?
[Re: jbsperformance]
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06/17/10 02:48 PM
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The ones that Year One currently has is their own tooling. The repops that were out fit like junk so they started making their own. There a 70 Challenger with correct material and stitching. 70 Barracuda and 71-74 pad being made. All of them are the plastic back pads, but at least they fit nice! 
Anybody else tried those Year One dash pads?
I always heard the plastic core ones are junk and they are all warped and dont fit right. I wonder if there is another manufacturer of plastic core dash pads other than year one...because if year one is the only one making plastic core dash pads, then all Ive heard about those is that they are junk!
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Re: Will we ever see correctly reproduced E Body dash pads?
[Re: jbsperformance]
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06/17/10 04:49 PM
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The ones that Year One currently has is their own tooling. The repops that were out fit like junk so they started making their own. There a 70 Challenger with correct material and stitching. 70 Barracuda and 71-74 pad being made. All of them are the plastic back pads, but at least they fit nice!
Really ?? I always thought the Year One pads were from Ultimate Rides. I have seen some of the 71 B-Body pads from Year one and they fit like crap !! The Just Dashes (recoverd OEM ) are the best other than a mint orig pad. The UR pads fit well except on the ends. 
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Re: Will we ever see correctly reproduced E Body dash pads?
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06/17/10 11:00 PM
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The ones that Year One currently has is their own tooling. The repops that were out fit like junk so they started making their own. There a 70 Challenger with correct material and stitching. 70 Barracuda and 71-74 pad being made. All of them are the plastic back pads, but at least they fit nice!
Really ?? I always thought the Year One pads were from Ultimate Rides. I have seen some of the 71 B-Body pads from Year one and they fit like crap !! The Just Dashes (recoverd OEM ) are the best other than a mint orig pad. The UR pads fit well except on the ends.
Still, they are a far cry from an original dash pad. An original dash pad IS MILES AHEAD IN QUALITY AND APPEREANCE FROM ANY REPRO E BODY DASH PAD. REPRO E BODY DASH PADS ARE JUNK!!! But its all there is, so all E Body owners are kinda "forced" into buying whatever is available.
I really would like to see good repros come out.
Maybe metro could surprise us once they are finished with their interior panel repros, which look real good in pics...I cant wait to try a set...hope they are as good as they look on the pics.
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Re: Will we ever see correctly reproduced E Body dash pads?
[Re: Barnabas_Kriss]
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06/20/10 07:05 PM
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So far EVERY repro E-body dash pad I had seen is JUNK, regardless of who makes them! You can spot them from 20 feet away. Right now the only way is to look for a nice original, which I did for both my cars (70 cuda and 70 challenger). Paid about double the price of a new repro, I think it was money well spent.
Im with you here...
Whoever says that the Ultimate Rides and Just dashes pads are fine, they are really missing the boat.
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Re: Will we ever see correctly reproduced E Body dash pads?
[Re: domingo]
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06/20/10 09:08 PM
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psssst.....hint hint....MIKE AT BEA----You should try and make these instead of wasting time AND RESOURCES with the 71 cuda grille project. You would sell a TON TON TON TON of these....
With that guarantee, "You would sell a TON TON TON TON of these...." I am sure you would be willing to front Mike the cost it would take to make these....right?! You would also have the satisfaction of developing a correct part for the Chrysler market. If I know Mike, he will pay more attention to commitment and involvement rather than a personal request for a single part. What do you think?
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Re: Will we ever see correctly reproduced E Body dash pads?
#725767
06/20/10 09:37 PM
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After using an aftermarket on in a 70 I redid, mine will probally get a cap and be done with it... or else try to fix the 3 cracks. Either way it will fit alot better  I'm not building a show car, so I'm not one that's going to spend big bucks for an original thats mint or a high cost correct repop.
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Re: Will we ever see correctly reproduced E Body dash pads?
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06/20/10 09:54 PM
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I've used at least a dozen or so pads from ULTIMATE RIDES. Yes you can spot them a mile away from an original pad, yes there are certain fitment issues where they meet the plastic bezels, BUT In my opinion they are currently the best available on the market. I have a mint original 3 spk pad in my bastment waiting to go into the Barrelcuda if and when I want HOWEVER I'm very fearful that the 40 year old pad will just crack as soon as it sees daylight, so why bother? I will stick to the UR pad that's currently in the car and save the original pad for my next 71 Cuda. For what it's worth....Every ULTIMATE RIDES dash pad that I've bought and installed has been better then the last. Their quality has seemed to improve over the years. If another company such as the ones mentioned above step up and bring a better product to the market, I will certainly give them a try, but I'm not going to bash the only option(s) we currently have.
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Re: Will we ever see correctly reproduced E Body dash pads?
[Re: domingo]
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06/20/10 10:02 PM
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When I bought my Cuda, it was three years old and had three nasty cracks already in the pad. I have stared at them for 30 years. I bought a core that I had Ultimate Rides redo for me in B5 Blue. It looks so much better than the old one and it fit with just minor trimming. Yes there are some grain differences but they are minor compared to the ugly, discolored, cracked, brittle OEM pad that it replaced. I have been watching for five years looking for another blue one. Black pads seem to be around but I have never seen an intact OEM pad in any other color, at any price.
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Re: Will we ever see correctly reproduced E Body dash pads?
[Re: denfireguy]
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06/21/10 02:26 AM
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I had a company in Oregon re-do a dash pad for me on my AMX...they did a great job, its the same process as used by Just Dashes, just cheaper...I will probably send my 70 Cuda dash to them as well...Dash Specialists in Medford, Ore. 541-776-0040, they quoted me $650 to do the Cuda dash...I think it was $950 at Just Dashes....if I couldn't find a good original, getting the one I have redone seemed like the best way to avoid the imperfect cap..(my ) Phyllis
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Re: Will we ever see correctly reproduced E Body dash pads?
#725771
06/21/10 09:42 AM
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psssst.....hint hint....MIKE AT BEA----You should try and make these instead of wasting time AND RESOURCES with the 71 cuda grille project. You would sell a TON TON TON TON of these....
With that guarantee, "You would sell a TON TON TON TON of these...." I am sure you would be willing to front Mike the cost it would take to make these....right?! You would also have the satisfaction of developing a correct part for the Chrysler market. If I know Mike, he will pay more attention to commitment and involvement rather than a personal request for a single part. What do you think?
THIS IS NOT A BASHING CONTEST.
I agree that UR is the best option out there, I use those on my cars. However, they could be improved.
The grain is off, the fitment is not that great...it requires trimming exposing the underlying foam in order to install accessoriues like the light bar for instance, etc.
I dont see any need to trim or expose the foam on any original pad...
Sometimes I have had to lift the vynil a bit, scrape the excess foam and then reglue the vynil.
Because of all of that, and the issues, I think they are overpriced. But we still buy them because there are no other options.
If you have ever compared an original 70 Challenger pad against a UR repro 70 Challenger pad I bet you will agree with me in that they are OFF. The stitching looks real cheap on a UR dash pad.
The cuda ones are not that bad, but the 70 Challenger ones do leave a lot to be desired.
If somebody only made a good 70 Challenger pad they would sell like hotcakes. 70 Challengers are the E bodies with higher production numbers.
I would invest in such a project, but I dont have the right supplier or manufacturer to work with. I think they would sell real good.
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