As I said, I’m ready to get my new dash in place
And I’m going to show you real quick
How to put these clips in
Now I ordered 6 of these new dash clips
And they’re kind of tricky to install
It’s not very clear how they go in
So I’m going to show you real quick how to put these in
Now I’ve got this zoomed in pretty tight
So you can actually see what I’m doing
But just for reference, this edge right here
Butts up against the windshield
So, you can see here
This is the speaker opening
So that’s pretty much the center of the truck
Over here, this is the opening for the defrost duct
So, I’ll show you real fast
This little tang, right there
There’s 2 of them, as you can see
Not that one, but this little short one right there
Needs to drop into this slot
And this ramped area
That points towards the windshield
So what you do, like I said
That little tang there
Drops into that slot
So you get it in position
And what you’re going to have to do
Is push straight down on the tab
And when it’s down in place
You rotate it
Doesn’t matter which way you do it
You can start from the other side
You rotate it into place
And the back there
Drops into that long slit right there in the back
Then you just kind of straighten everything out
Some of this is peeling off
So I’ll deal with that
But that’s pretty much how you do it
So these little raised areas here on the dash
That’s where those clips slide into
They slide underneath, just like that
And of course there’s 6 of them to
Match the 6 clips on the dash
Now to get this to fit right
Over here on the passenger side
Right up against the weatherstripping
I did have to trim a little bit of material off of there
It kind of had a flange
Which you can still see a little bit of it up here
But, I’m not going to trim that
Because it fills in this area nicely
But down here
I had to take just a box knife razorblade
And trim off some of that
So that when I bolt this down
I’ve got a nice clean edge
In between the metal dash and the weatherstripping
Just makes it look a lot cleaner
And it fits a lot better
I’m probably going to have to do a little more trimming
In a few areas on the dash
Just like I had to do over here in the corner
But I’m ready to at least bolt it in
And see how, see how it fits
Once it’s all bolted in place
So I’ve got some hardware here
I got these little panhead screws
These are going to go underneath
Along the side between
The passenger side and the middle of the truck
And then I’ve got
Some flathead, recessed screws
These are going to go in the gauge bezel
And hold that portion
Hold the gauge bezel in place
And hold that portion of the dash in place
Now these, these are stainless
And they’re all #8 screws
The button head ones are 3/4”
And then the panhead ones
Or I’m sorry, the recessed ones are all 1”
And now, I just got these at Home Depot
I didn’t order them from a catalog or anything like that
They’re just stainless sheetmetal screws
So, let’s get these installed
So over here on the driver’s side of the truck
We’re right over here next to the door
And this edge of the new dash pad
There’s nothing to hold it in place
Now, it does kind of make a clamp fit
When you put the bezel on here
But I’m not convinced that that’s going
To be a stable, permanent solution
There is a hole there
That’s already pre-punched into the dash pad
But there’s no hole in the actual metal dash
To run a screw in there
So, I’m going to put the bezel back in place
Get this lined up where I need it
Drill a hole into the metal dash
So I can put a screw in there
To hold this in place
So that this stays tight and right where I want it
So the dash pad is screwed in place right here
I’m really happy with the fit
So it’s not interfering with the bezel
Or anything like that
So lets go ahead and put in the rest of these screws
And get this finished up
So right up here at the top left of the bezel
Going into the dash pad
There is a spot that we need to drill a hole there
Now it’s kind of a hole into the
Urethane material here but there is
Metal backing under this urethane material
So, we need to, again, drill another hole
Right up in this area
So the hole’s there
I might actually put a speed clip behind there
And let me reposition the camera
There’s one other hole that we need to drill
Into the dash pad
So you’re looking through the steering wheel
This is above the vent, right here
Sort of to the right of the steering wheel
And this hole right here
Just like we did on the left side of the steering wheel
We need to drill a hole through the dash pad
For this screw to fit in to this spot
So like I just said
I’m just getting this kind of roughed into place right now
I think what I’m going to do
Is go to the hardware
Or the auto parts store I should say
And get some speed clips
To put around the urethane and the little bit of metal
That’s inside this dash pad here
So I didn’t need to run the the auto parts store
To get speed clips
I forgot about these that I had
These actually came with the speakers
That we installed earlier
So they’re kind of
Put my hand back… There we go
They don’t pinch right
So I’ve got to put a little bit
Of a pinch on them myself
So, all I’m doing
Is just getting the hole
The free hole
Lined up with the hole that’s
In the dash pad
And then just pinching it
With these wire dykes
And that holds it in place
So there we have it
The dash is all mounted in place
Got all the screws in there
Up here around the bezel
We’ve got a good fit
Over here against the driver’s side door jam
So everything’s in place
So that’s about it
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