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I read all I could here on this topic and decided to attempt to make a more permanent type Dash "Cap" for my 1998 Z28. This might not be for everyone but I though I'd share my results with you that have helped me enormously over the years. So I have attached some pictures. This is the old broken dash and the replacement. You can see that the New is actually a Cap, meaning that it was made to fit over the broken dash. So I had to take my Dremel tool and trim the lip that sits under the windshield and then do a little scraping the a knife so that it would fit good.
Here you can see that I cut the ends off of the old dash where the A Pillars attach and glued them on to the new one. You can also see a round black plastic foot off of something that was laying around to cut and use in the manufacture as attachment pieces.
Here are some of the materials that I used that were laying around my garage. You can see the Red Carbon fiber/Kevlar material that I used to add strength to the cap.
Here you can see where I had to reinforce where the A-Pillars attached, and added pins to hold the cap permanently in place. I also re-used the old foam insulation material from the old cap.
Here it is installed and looks pretty good, for me that is. It is not perfect but I will never have to mess with it again, and I can get rid of that old ratty looking dash carpet I have been using for many years.
03-16-2019, 09:51 AM
My Dashskin Install 
