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New dash is in

You'll have to excuse the mess in the rest of the car (dust from bodywork, insulation on floor from a squirrel nest in the blower motor, etc), but the new black dash is in place:
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

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Reply #1 –
the dash and console look great. question though....why do you still have red carpet in there?
gumby - beauty may fade, but stupid is forever!

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Reply #2 –
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Reply #3 –
Very good question.Lose the carpet.I bought new carpet from Ebay.Beautiful.It REALLY makes the interior look great.Get some  and install it.Already molded.Just needs a little tpuppies and a few holes cut for your whatevers.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #4 –
Looks good, what was wrong with the red dash

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Reply #5 –
By the way,the dash looks great,as does the console.But that carpet...................................................
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #6 –
The red carpet is in there because I was too lazy to pull it out and didn't have a black carpet to install in its place at the moment. For much the same reason there are blue TC seats in there as well (although I will be dying the seat covers black until I can get a set of new black covers for the fronts). I am aware of the eBay guy that sells carpets and will be buying one in black eventually.

Oh, and the head liner's still red, too (for now) :hick:

As for why I pulled the red dash, the fact that I've got blue TC seats aside, here's the main reason why:
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

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Reply #7 –
u did all that for 2 not-so-big cracks? if i had blue seats with a red carpet/headliner, i'd have bigger things on my mind then the dash.

and i gotta ask, how did the gas cap wind up inside the car?
1988 Thunderbird sport
2004 Ford F150 Lariat
2008  Chevrolet Cobalt Sport
2007 Suzuki DR-Z400S dual sport/Supermoto
1988 Thunderbird LX - sold
1988 Mercury Cougar XR-7 with GST kit - gone

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Reply #8 –
O.K.,I'll accept that answer.LOL.
'88 Sport--T-5,MGW shifter,Trick Flow R intake,Ed Curtis cam,Trick Flow heads,Scorpion rockers,75mm Accufab t-body,3G,mini starter,Taurus fan,BBK long tube headers,O/R H-Pipe, Flowamaster Super 44's, deep and deeper Cobra R wheels, Mass Air and 24's,8.8 with 3.73's,140 mph speedo,Mach 1 chin spoiler,SN-95 springs,CHE control arms,aluminum drive shaft and a lot more..

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Reply #9 –
Whoa. you da man. I don't know if I would have had the patience for that little project.

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Reply #10 –
Dash looks awesome
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1988 Mercury Cougar LS 5.0L AOD 2.73 :cougarsmily:
1993 F150 XLT 5.8L E4OD 3.55

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Reply #11 –
Quote from: grutinator;172561
u did all that for 2 not-so-big cracks? if i had blue seats with a red carpet/headliner, i'd have bigger things on my mind then the dash.

and i gotta ask, how did the gas cap wind up inside the car?

It's not just a matter of two not-so-big cracks - the entire dash top had become brittle as hell. The pics don't show it, but every time any amount of pressure was put on the dash it would leave a "star" fracture. So much as a slight bump and the surface would break. There are literally hundreds of cracks - the ones you see just happen to be the biggest because they're the oldest and have spread apart with age. I'll try to get a pic that shows the true condition.

I also removed the dash because I wanted to rewire the car. The remote start/keyless/alarm, fog lights, buttstuffogue cluster swap, stereo, tripminder, power lumbar seats, overhead console, and other stuff I'm sure I'm forgetting had created a veritable rat's nest of wiring that I wanted to clean up, and I also wanted to rearrange the factory ignition switch wiring so that the switch itself doesn't carry all of the current. Having the dash out allowed me to do so with ease.

As for the gas cap: The entire body of the car is stripped, awaiting paint. Fuel door, gas cap, door handles, side trim, window trim, all side glass, emblems, lights - all have been removed. The gas cap just happened to have landed in the console tray - most of the other stuff is in the trunk or back seat :hick:
2015 Mustang GT Premium - 5.0, 6-speed, Guard Green - too much awesome for one car

1988 5.0 Thunderbird :birdsmily: SOLD SEPT 11 2010: TC front clip/hood ♣ Body & paint completed Oct 2007 ♣ 3.55 TC rear end and front brakes ♣ TC interior ♣ CHE rear control arms (adjustable lowers) ♣ 2001 Bullitt springs ♣ Energy suspension poly busings ♣ Kenne Brown subframe connectors ♣ CWE engine mounts ♣ Thundercat sequential turn signals ♣ Explorer overhead console (temp/compass display) ♣ 2.25" off-road dual exhaust ♣ T-5 transmission swap completed Jan 2009 ♣

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Reply #12 –
I thought you were just making a new fill point for the tank! The dash looks awesome! I know all to much about those little spider web type cracks. That would explain the entire dash pad in my 84.
84 Turbo coupe 2.3T Modded with 88 upper and lower intake, 88 injectors, E6 manifold, T3-4 AR.60 turbo, 31X12X3 FMIC, Homemade MBC , Greddy knock off BPV.
4 eyes see better than 2! 
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Reply #13 –
Are you going to paint/dye the Charcoal trim around the dash/radio bezels black too? I think that would complete the "look". And I must say, it looks great!

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Reply #14 –
it looks great now, but how long until that one cracks as well?
i'd put one of those dash covers on it while it still looks good. not one of those carpet ones, but the fitted plastic or wth ever it is.
:cougarsmily:5.0 HO, E303 cam, Exploder/Cobra intake, smog pump delete, Ford Taurus electric fan, MAF conversion, BBK headers, MAC 2.5" off-road exhaust w/x-pipe, AOD w/shift kit, 8.8 Trac-Loc rear w/disc brakes, 5-lug conversion w/'98 Mustang GT 17" wheels, Mach 1 springs:cougarsmily: