I’ve had the car for 6 months now and have pretty much been taking it all apart, and not so much getting anything else done. I decided to redo the dash panel once I had it out just so I can finally say I got something done!

After some body-filler and lots of hand-sanding, it’s finally primered. Wish I would’ve taken some pics of all the filler it took to fix the bad spots, but oh well – I was just glad to get to this point.

I forgot to get a shot of how messed up the glove box door was before ‘blasting, filler, sanding, and primer… suffice it to say, it was just as bad as the rest of the dash.

Here’s a full-on shot of the dashboard after some Krylon Rust-Stop Satin Black. Took almost 1 1/2 cans, and even then I missed some spots on the bottom side – which I took care of the next afternoon. The ‘faded’ areas are where trim panels will live, so I didn’t worry too much about perfect coverage.

Driver side – the filler came out OK. Not perfect, but a TON better than it was. Plus, this part of the dash is pretty much hidden – unless you’re under it diggin’ for money for the car wash.

Passenger side – again, wasn’t going for perfection in the places you won’t be able to see anyway. But it’s still WAY better than it was – can’t even see where the hole was thanks to my pal Jim helping me with the filler (I still suck at that game).

Glove box door – the only part you’ll be able to see is the 2″ strip on the bottom. The rest is covered by a cool ‘camera case’ textured trim panel.