69 Camaro Dash Panel Fit and Finish ?
 

I am looking at the DSE and the Covan dash panels.

How are the fit and finish on them ?

Can you get the DSE one with out the wiper and headlight holes ?

How much finishing does the DSE one need ?

These are two very different products...as reflected in their respective selling prices.

The DSE panel is a very well executed, fabricated sheetmetal piece and comes "blank" without any holes cut into it. You would need to prime and paint it to suit your taste. It may require minor scratch filling and fine sanding, etc, just minor finishing work in order to make it perfect for paint (this of course depends on how far you want to take it, in terms of the finished paint job, like anything else..)

The Covan panel is a vacuum molded plastic piece. It is considerably less rigid but this might not be a concern for you. The Covan panels would require no finishing, unless of course you are not satisfied with the colors of the several material options that Covan's offers (black, silver, faux carbon fiber, etc).

IMO, Each piece represents a good value at it's price point.

You can get it blank or with holes, i got mine with no holes at all.Like mentioned needs filling to get rid of scratches etc.I Spent about 25 hours on this from cutting holes to prepping and wiring gauages.
http://www.photopile.com/photos/sixt...roa/294784.jpg

I had them
 

cut holes for mine and for the stereo as well. I would buy another if I did another car.

That's cool Payton...I didn't know that DSE now offers fabbing the holes.

Did you give them a custom layout of your own, or, did you have to choose from "standard" layouts offered by DSE? -Rob

You specify your own layout.

Hey Payton, looks good. Is a ghost driving your car at 80mph :lol:

My car looks like it is doing 80 sitting still...and the
 

car believes it too! LOL

That was before I had a chance to calibrate my speedo. Funny story, I took the car out to set the speedo on I-485. I have an Arkansas tag on it that expired in 7/2001 and I live in NC. Anyway the car is not taggeg in NC and as I am pulling over at a mile marker to start the calibration a state trooper is coming up behind me. As I stop on the side of the road I think I am caught. He drives pass. Great, I hit the button and take off counting mile markers because I need to stop at exactly 2 miles. As I am slowing down at the 2 mile mark, I look to my left and the same trooper is sitting in the median shooting radar in the opposite direction. I stop right across from him. Hit the button and start digging for my license knowing he is going to blue light me. All of the sudden he pulls out in the opposite direction chasing a speeder...lucky me.

On the layout. I told them what I wanted, they drew it out, I approved it and they did the rest. I cannot remember the charge for it but it beats the crap out of me cutting it out...money well spent.

That looks very sweet...:yes: