Covans Thunder Road Dash Experience

[Novette_71]

Guys,

from my last thread I noticed many people are interested in these kind of dashes, some had disappointments as well, so I wanted to share my experience with covansthunderroad and the products I ordered. Please dont mix it up with covansclassic.com, as this will lead you to a different company. I am talking about covansthunderroad.com

I ordered a carbon fiber look dash for my 1971 Nova incl. harness, Ultra-Lite series gauges with Oil Pressure instead of Volts and no heater cut-outs, as my car is not having heating / cooling.

Order process :

- excellent communication with Kyle Covan the whole time
- prices were US$ 920, much cheaper than US$ 1139 at competitor
- shipping was fast with tracking no#


The dash received here and after getting it out of customs and unpacking it at home I was surprised positively.

The dash is a nice carbon look with a shiny finish, it is exactly as promised (e.g. no-cut-outs) and is not flimsy at all. If you place your hands left and right and "twist it", it makes a stable impressions, not weak.

When I put it into place the first time I thought it is a pretty good fit, even for german standards. I dont have a picture (but it will follow) as 2 mounting holes in my sheetmetal are missing after paintshop.

All holes are drilled in the dash, except for the LEDs. Which leads me to another surprise.

The electric kit is more than I thought, convenient, professionell plugs for the gauges, LEDs with frames included as well, and so on.

The instructions for the electric hook-up come fully color (!) pictured with real (!) pictures ... that surprised me, as I thought it will be some black-and-white barely readable drawing .....

The gauges fit into the holes firmly, so for tryout it is enough just to press them into position without fitting the rear brackets .... that is good as it will give you freedom to play around with the gauge locations. I consider this another pro.

If you consider what the gauges, the harness and speed sensor cost if you buy just them at Summit , I think the whole assembly like this is more than price worthy.

It is 8:22 a.m. on Saturday here , so by for now ...... my day will be spent in the garage for installation

But no worries I will sent more pictures and info how assembly went ... but with a picky german like me , it will take some time ..