circuitguy
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My advice is to pull the entire dash from the truck. Does the new pad have a air bag "holder" welded to the back of the passenger side? Is the sunlight sensor already mounted? Those 2 things that usually go on a dash pad. The other is it will probably have a bunch of clips holding it all together.Got a new leather dash to replace the factory grey plastic one in my 17 Ram. Has anyone done this? Any helpful advise before I get started? I just want to do this once the right way.
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My advice is to pull the entire dash from the truck. Does the new pad have a air bag "holder" welded to the back of the passenger side? Is the sunlight sensor already mounted? Those 2 things that usually go on a dash pad. The other is it will probably have a bunch of clips holding it all together.
The new pad has no metal frame on the inside, will reuse the one that is in the truck now. Also there are no part on the new pad, no grills, no sensors.
I've pulled the dash for heater core on a ram, it's not that bad just plan on taking a full day and also lay a moving blanket down so when you pull the dash out it doesn't scratch your door jamb
This helped me to get the dash removed to do a heater core on a 2013.
I literally just swapped the plastic dash in my truck this past weekend for the leather one. You do not need to take the whole dash out like in the video. The plastic part of the dash can be separated from the metal framework with the dash still in the truck. There are about 50 7mm bolts holding the plastic portion of the dash to the metal framework.
I did it without dropping the steering column. Almost all of the bolts are easy to get to. The bolts near the windshield (7mm on drivers side and 10mm on passengers side) are a bit tough to get out. I removed the center console so I would have a little extra room.
You basically remove the gauge cluster, the center stack and headunit, centre console, upper and lower gloveboxes and the covers on each end of the dash. Then you remove a ton of 7mm bolts with a few 8mm and 10mm ones mixed in. There are also two bolts near the windshield and the dash speaker bolts which also need to be removed. You also can detach the dash air bag before you pull the dash. Then the whole plastic dash lifts out.
The easiest thing to do is to look at the new dash you bought and look for all of the predrilled bolt holes. Then you know where to look for bolts when removing your existing plastic dash.
Good luck! Just be patient when guiding the dash in an out of the truck. It takes a little bit of finesse and an extra set of hands helps. If you run into any snags let me know and I’ll see if I can help.You da man! Gona try this, will get back to you as to how it came out.
Where did you get it from? Was it expensive?Got a new leather dash to replace the factory grey plastic one in my 17 Ram. Has anyone done this? Any helpful advise before I get started? I just want to do this once the right way.
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Where did you get it from? Was it expensive?
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Good luck! Just be patient when guiding the dash in an out of the truck. It takes a little bit of finesse and an extra set of hands helps. If you run into any snags let me know and I’ll see if I can help.
Did you get the matching black bezel, vents and end caps?
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