my dash is cracked in a couple of places
i see a vinyl repair kit at autozone anyone try one?
can i order a new dash somewhere?
84 F250

 

You cannot buy OEM or aftermarket dashs.

What color do you have? I have a few used OEM dash pads and might be able to hook you up.

 

my dash is blue with center speaker

 

Last time I checked in 2005, you could still get Charcoal Grey (blackish) ones from Ford.

This is because our trucks share interior parts with the 1980-1999 F-600-F-900s.

Door Panels were still avaliable in Grey also.

But things can change in Four years.

And they were pricey. I remember $599 being mentioned.

 

There were two shades of blue available in 80/86. Light and dark.

I have a dark blue that is nearly mint, and a couple gray, black and saddle tan.

You can also SEM paint to match.

 

You could also get a dash topper, it's kind of like a second skin for your dash. I cant use on as my dash pad is warped from too many years in the southern sun...

 

Last time I checked from ford they had only black, and it was somewhere on the order of $300. The junk yards are usually a bust too, because they are ALL broken...

If its not that big of a deal, cover it up with some carpeting (available many places)

 

They are not all broken and cracked. You just have to look very hard and often to occasionally find a good one.

It all about persistence and patience.

 

I covered mine with tweed gave it a nice look

 

I got a really good one from the junk yard 10 yrs ago, put an epoxy coating over it and it still looks like it did when i found it.

 

Dont LMC have the dashes

 

I just looked in my cataloug for LMC. A new dash is $900. A cover is $100.

 

whats a dash topper? where can i get one?
STOSH - what do you want for that dark blue dash? can you post a pic

 

Joestrattion1 are you looking for the actual dash or the dash pad?

 

New dash pads are NOT available anywhere except for the dark gray like someone already mentioned from the dealer.

Nobody else is making reproduction dash pads for these trucks yet. Your only choice is a plastic "coverlay" or a carpeted "topper". Neither is a good choice IMO, but they are better than nothing.

Good unmolested dash pads are very hard to find in the junk yards. They usually have cracks, splits, or holes in them. Especially in the center speaker area and around the defroster screws.

Every time I visit the yards, I immediately go to the newest trucks that just came in and check the dash pad. I carry a 6 way screw driver with me at all times. There are only about 10 phillips screws that hold them on and sometimes you don't see the imperfections until you pull them off. I've also paid for a few and after getting them home and cleaning them real good, I've noticed hairline cracks in them that are barely visible but they are there none the less. I have a couple of those in my storage shed.

So far, I've only found about 5-6 that were mint or very nice in over 2+ years worth of searching and going through hundreds of F-Series trucks and Broncos.

I have one of them in my truck, I'm keeping another as a spare and I've sold most of the rest to other members on another board that I subscribe to. I have a couple left, and I know where there are a couple more dark gray, blue, green and saddle tan.

This isn't the classifieds, so I'm not going to discuss selling them here. I will tell you that a real nice one usually goes for around $150 on ebay.