I have an 88 Cougar and the dash cover is cracked. I'm looking to replace it. Does anyone have a step by step procedure for doing this? I understand its time consuming and hard to do.
Does anyone know where I can get a replacement dash cover.
thanks in advance
First off let me tell you good luck finding a good used one or getting a dash cap and that about it unless you wanna try to recover it on your own. That is unless something has changed since the last time I looked into it for the 86-88 cars. Oh yeah and it never hurts to search first. But sometimes that doesn't make sense to any of us!
http://www.dashtops.com/dashboard/buydash.cfm/5385
(http://www.dashtops.com/images/ford433.jpg)
The finished product....
http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showpost.php?p=220620&postcount=71
(http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=18696&stc=1&d=1235316740)
As far as the install is concerned....
The speaker grilles went right in without issue. The center cover over the sensor for the autolamp had to be filed down about 1/8th of an inch. Other than that it was straight forward. Unbolt the dash retaining bolts and test fit it to see if tpuppies is necessary. I had to do a little -- nothing major. I also cut some spots out of my original dash that had lifted up along the crack lines.... It comes with adhesive. In the picture I posted you may notice the slightest divet above the dash bezel. It smoothed out. That was MY fault. I banged into it. The summer heat and closed windows made it all better ;)