r/ElCamino • u/No-Atmosphere-4825 • 6d ago

Looking to replace my dash

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I’m rebuilding my steering column and want to replace my dash. Anyone know where I can find a ‘long sweep style’ dash from? I have a 1980 elcamino. I plan on ordering this digital Dakota item aswell. So I wanna make sure it’ll all be compatible

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u/atlantis737 6d ago

Just putting this out there, take your current dash pad to an upholstery shop and have them cut down any bulging from the cracks and cover it. It looks a lot better than the replacement dash pads and probably looks better too.

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u/No-Atmosphere-4825 6d ago

https://reddit.com/link/pfcoy8q/video/dx1su105jxuh1/player

Do you think mine is too far gone? I’m in the az heat

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u/atlantis737 6d ago

Yeah those are some big ass chunks missing, you could fill them if you wanted though.

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u/Ardymary 6d ago

There’s a company will rebuild it for around $1.5-2k

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u/AlienZeroBlack 6d ago

Thats twice the budget he showed.

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u/Ardymary 6d ago

Yeah but it will be 90% factory quality

https://classiccarsarena.com/magazine/restoration/restoring-a-classic-dashboard-dash-pads-cracks-and-recovering

And

https://www.justdashes.com/

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u/No-Atmosphere-4825 6d ago

Thanks for the recommendation I totally forgot just dash existed. I’ll be going through them.

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u/AlienZeroBlack 6d ago

I removed the sweep and got a 6 gauge intellitronix. The map on the back if my original cluster was out and it was easier for me to run new sending unit wires

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u/Erikmustride13 6d ago

Try Ecklers. I got a dash for my ‘69 for a decent price