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Wood Grain Dash

I hate it, I'm tired of it. It ruins the interior for me, does anyone know of oh I don't know a brushed aluminum piece that goes over the trim surrounding the radio, and the gauges?

'88 Mercury Cougar LS, 302, Project Car - "The Coug"
'83 Ford Thunderbird Heritage, 302, Summer Ride, - "The Bambi Killer"
'86 Chevrolet S10, Daily Driver -  "The Black Beater"

Wood Grain Dash

Reply #1
Hit up a junkyard and look for a T-bird or Cougar XR-7.  The 85-88 XR7's had a butcher-block look to 'em (bunch of sqares) and some T-birds came with the brushed aluminum look.  I have an extra set of the butcher-block style trim pieces, but the center stack piece is for a floor console car.

Wood Grain Dash

Reply #2
Or you can do what I did and just paint it:

Wood Grain Dash

Reply #3
What do you mean by "butcher block".

Oh and theres a T-Bird at the junkyard with the silver style but the radio bezel is gone. I thought of applying some kind of covering like what Eric did with the carbon fiber material but carbon isn't really the look I'm going for. I guess I could paint it but I'm kind of lazy and would rather just find the T-Bird style.

'88 Mercury Cougar LS, 302, Project Car - "The Coug"
'83 Ford Thunderbird Heritage, 302, Summer Ride, - "The Bambi Killer"
'86 Chevrolet S10, Daily Driver -  "The Black Beater"

 

Wood Grain Dash

Reply #4
It's a dark background with a small, lighter-colored square grid on it.