Use a dash cover. A guy that collects vintage trucks, told me to use a use a cloth soaked with transmission fluid and put onto the entire dash plastic twice a year. it does not need to be dripping wet, but apply it so it has a sheen to the dash. He had cars from the 50's that the plastic dash looked new because he did this to them. I do this twice a year, but wash down the dash first with soap and water, when it dries, then do this application.
a factory new dash cost me about $100+ tried going to junk yards but all these Chevy's are either all salvaged or broken from crash or by sun weather aging also great video either way not much Chevy restoring vids out there.
Thanks man you are absolutely right about cracked dashes in used chevys. I pulled mine from an avalanche to be exact almost forgot ha! Send the link for the 100.00+ oem dash. Chevys owners need to know!!
@Zacpactv those are the pins I removed, thinking they were locking the handle in place. I found one and had to switch it back and forth while I worked the handle out, one side at a time.
You skipping the part about removing the bezel tells me you broke it. Or you spent too much time trying to remove it without breaking it. An important tip about removing the bezel would 5:27 be to put E brake on, turn key as far as you can without starting and put the vehicle in Overdrive 3(or as far down the shifter will go) makes it so much easier to remove. I have seen alot of broken bezels and seems to be the most common to brake when removing the dash
Use a dash cover. A guy that collects vintage trucks, told me to use a use a cloth soaked with transmission fluid and put onto the entire dash plastic twice a year. it does not need to be dripping wet, but apply it so it has a sheen to the dash. He had cars from the 50's that the plastic dash looked new because he did this to them. I do this twice a year, but wash down the dash first with soap and water, when it dries, then do this application.
I may try that! Transmission fluid is very absorbent.
Thanks man i did not want to do a cover,i will now replace mine from ajunkyard.
Glad I could help!
good luck on your search
Thanks for the video, this is a lot more straight forward than I thought it would be
glad to help!
Love it dude. Lot easier than I expected .
Thanks!
Agreed. I was dreading it, until I watched the video.
My vents up there are in perfect condition and I own a 02
you are very lucky. They crack were the air flows mostly.
a factory new dash cost me about $100+ tried going to junk yards but all these Chevy's are either all salvaged or broken from crash or by sun weather aging
also great video either way not much Chevy restoring vids out there.
Thanks man you are absolutely right about cracked dashes in used chevys. I pulled mine from an avalanche to be exact almost forgot ha! Send the link for the 100.00+ oem dash. Chevys owners need to know!!
Did you order the factory dash from a dealer?
@@oneeightyd0wn mine was a junk yard find bit in curious on where @koi8440 got theirs.
Where’d you find a new factory dash
Worked perfect you’re the man!
good to hear man! Thanks for the feedback.
Thank you man I appreciate it your help
glad it helped, thanks for feedback
I pulled those push releas pins out. I'm here trying to figure out how to take that off.
@@joshuamann2171 pull the vents out to access pins.
@Zacpactv those are the pins I removed, thinking they were locking the handle in place. I found one and had to switch it back and forth while I worked the handle out, one side at a time.
Thanks
Welcome!!!
Big thank bro i will work on it soon
You skipping the part about removing the bezel tells me you broke it. Or you spent too much time trying to remove it without breaking it. An important tip about removing the bezel would 5:27 be to put E brake on, turn key as far as you can without starting and put the vehicle in Overdrive 3(or as far down the shifter will go) makes it so much easier to remove. I have seen alot of broken bezels and seems to be the most common to brake when removing the dash
No breakage the camera wasn’t recording 😢. Good point on playing with the shifter!
Ac replacing actuator on a 02 Chevy 2500
Where did you find the OE dash cap replacement?
@@garebee7954 Local junkyard in indianapolis
25 bucks wow!
It was a steal!
Ty
welcome!
Why is mine stuck like above the air bag
did you get the grab bar off?
@@Zacpactvit had 3 clips holding it on thx
This helps a lot cuz I just got a crack in my dash cover next to the right pillar, It’s not an urgent replace imo but I do like to have this at hand
hopefully you have luck getting a crack free!!