Dash Pads... Is There Only One For Birds?
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Dash Pads... Is There Only One For Birds?
I ran into a dash pad that looks a little different- Instead of having a finish that had a grain pattern this one is smooth looking.
Any ideas if there were two versions for 82-92 firebirds?
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Any ideas if there were two versions for 82-92 firebirds?
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Car: 1984 Trans Am
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I believe there are three pad designs. 82-84, 85-90, 91/92 (looks identical to 85-90, but the mounting holes are different. Please correct me if I am wrong.
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Originally posted by TAdan
I believe there are three pad designs. 82-84, 85-90, 91/92 (looks identical to 85-90, but the mounting holes are different. Please correct me if I am wrong.
I believe there are three pad designs. 82-84, 85-90, 91/92 (looks identical to 85-90, but the mounting holes are different. Please correct me if I am wrong.
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Originally posted by TAdan
I believe there are three pad designs. 82-84, 85-90, 91/92 (looks identical to 85-90, but the mounting holes are different. Please correct me if I am wrong.
I believe there are three pad designs. 82-84, 85-90, 91/92 (looks identical to 85-90, but the mounting holes are different. Please correct me if I am wrong.
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Yes I believe the GTAs got the ones w/ the cloth speaker covers.
I also don't find any difference between 85-89 and 90-92, because we put a pad out of an 87 GTA and put it into my ex-girlfriend's 92. Looked just like my 89's
I also don't find any difference between 85-89 and 90-92, because we put a pad out of an 87 GTA and put it into my ex-girlfriend's 92. Looked just like my 89's
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Car: 1984 Trans Am
Engine: GMPP 350 V8
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.23
Ive heard that the locations of the screw holes on the 91/92 were different, thats why I mentioned it, appearance wise, it is identical to the 85+ dash pad.
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Maybe someone had sent their pad off to be recovered by that one company that charges an arm and leg? heheh..
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well 82 83 84 is unique
that goes for camaros and birds both,
85up are new dashpad design for both lines of cars
if you come across a factory nice 82 83 84 pad for either line of car then you just came across a real gem,
but dont tell everyone, we need a supply of them, my 82 t/a pad is trashed bad huge gaping valleys in it peeling horribly huge chunks
for now it has no pad at all, it will be liek that for quite a long time unles si miraculously comes across another mint 82 83 84 pad, i had one two years ago from an 84 s/e i parted and i freaking scrapped it just before coming upon this 82 t/a i have now
ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!1
havent seen another nice one ever since,
actually i had another one from an 85 trans am, but well isnt same anyways i wouldnt have used it anyways
scrapped it too,
sold the disc posi 3.08 axle for 30 bucks to a neighbor,
parts dont sell for much anymore
market and demand went down through the basement for car parts ever since everyone lost their jobs in 2002 mainly, its been crap ever since, no one has a dime tro their name anymore, im 10k in debt and jobless still after all the damn layoffs, i managed to get the trans am fired up and moveable under its own power for next to no money at all though, somehow,.,.! but it is really rigged up big time!
for now
tilt he lottery jackpot is in my favor
good luck with yours!
that goes for camaros and birds both,
85up are new dashpad design for both lines of cars
if you come across a factory nice 82 83 84 pad for either line of car then you just came across a real gem,
but dont tell everyone, we need a supply of them, my 82 t/a pad is trashed bad huge gaping valleys in it peeling horribly huge chunks
for now it has no pad at all, it will be liek that for quite a long time unles si miraculously comes across another mint 82 83 84 pad, i had one two years ago from an 84 s/e i parted and i freaking scrapped it just before coming upon this 82 t/a i have now
ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!1
havent seen another nice one ever since,
actually i had another one from an 85 trans am, but well isnt same anyways i wouldnt have used it anyways
scrapped it too,
sold the disc posi 3.08 axle for 30 bucks to a neighbor,
parts dont sell for much anymore
market and demand went down through the basement for car parts ever since everyone lost their jobs in 2002 mainly, its been crap ever since, no one has a dime tro their name anymore, im 10k in debt and jobless still after all the damn layoffs, i managed to get the trans am fired up and moveable under its own power for next to no money at all though, somehow,.,.! but it is really rigged up big time!
for now
tilt he lottery jackpot is in my favor
good luck with yours!
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Car: 89 Firebird 89 Formula one red one black
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Thanks guys,
I hope the mounting holes arent different! I pulled it off a 91/92 and am putting it in a 89. Ill let you know for sure.
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I hope the mounting holes arent different! I pulled it off a 91/92 and am putting it in a 89. Ill let you know for sure.
POZ
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I put my 89 dash pad on my 90 and yes the mounting holes underneath the dash are different nothing a drill cant fix though
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Car: '86 IROC, '87 Volvo 240, '09 Malibu
Engine: LB9 5.0L
Transmission: 700R4
Originally posted by Fast68
for now it has no pad at all, it will be liek that for quite a long time unles si miraculously comes across another mint 82 83 84 pad, i had one two years ago from an 84 s/e i parted and i freaking scrapped it just before coming upon this 82 t/a i have now
for now it has no pad at all, it will be liek that for quite a long time unles si miraculously comes across another mint 82 83 84 pad, i had one two years ago from an 84 s/e i parted and i freaking scrapped it just before coming upon this 82 t/a i have now
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Car: 87 20th anv lt sport coupe convertible
Engine: 305
Transmission: 700 r4
i know for a fact that a dash pad from an 84 firebird will not match up in an 87 camaro. i have a perfect dash pad , i mean just about mint in my 84 bird which i will be soon parting out,i tried putting it in my 87 camaro,and the fit was not even close,the bird dash was not wide enough,but if these dashes are as hard to find in mint condition,as stated in an above post ,someone is going to very happy when i get around to parting out the bird.
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