Wood grain or metal dash covers?

[DocDetonancour]

Looking for something in wood in a light tone and possibly some chrome for the dash. Anyone know a good source? Thanks, Doc

 

[sarj]

I went through lots of research on this before I took delivery of my truck. There are a few aftermarket companies with metal finish overlays. I was interested in wood. Bad news there. I talked with a few guys that had experience with this. A couple guys that went with aftermarket kits were satisfied, but more said they were unhappy with the fit and quality. One guy in particular said he went with the best he could find, and ended up wanting to return it only to not get a response from the vendor.



The only 2 guys that really were happy, were the ones who got the mopar kit, and it seems to me it ran 250 for the dash, and bout 580 for the whole truck. It applies over the existing satin plastic. I check the fit and it did look good. The wood itself was rich looking. I opted out for two reasons. First- I thought it was too much. Second- I really wanted that satin plastic trim piece to go away, but even mopar's piece for the dash was 3 piece, and where the contour steps up, they have a little sliver piece to fit between the main top and bottom pieces. The fit is tight, but it meant 2 visable seams, seams that can collect dust and dirt. If it was a single moulded piece, I would have thought it was worth it, but I ended up not going for it & just getting used to the satin, which I never thought I would.



Bottom line- quality on this from aftermarket companies may be sketchy, so be cautious. JMHO



sarj

 

[Mark Craig]

Doc,



We have the woodgrain and brushed aluminum kits that are sold to the dealers, they are built by the OEM manufacturer. The brushed aluminum look kits have the licensed black RAM logo while the woodgrain have a silver Ram logo in them on the front door panels pieces. It's a 9 piece kit: center dash, front and rear doors, front door switch covers, and rear door window switch covers. The entire kit is less than $300. 00 and looks really great.



Mark @ DPPI

 

[DocDetonancour]

Doc,



We have the woodgrain and brushed aluminum kits that are sold to the dealers, they are built by the OEM manufacturer. The brushed aluminum look kits have the licensed black RAM logo while the woodgrain have a silver Ram logo in them on the front door panels pieces. It's a 9 piece kit: center dash, front and rear doors, front door switch covers, and rear door window switch covers. The entire kit is less than $300. 00 and looks really great.



Mark @ DPPI

Mark can the wood and metal kits be mixed and matched?

 

[BRuppel]

check ebay... ..... but listen to these other guys with experience with the kits.

 

[SLinse]

There is a molded kit on ebay, sounds like the same one Mark sells. It looks really nice.

 

[Mark Craig]

Doc,



No they are packaged as either wood or brushed aluminum as a complete kit only.



Mark @ DPPI

 

[krz4elk]

Dash Kit

Doc,



I have a full kit from NYC Dashes. I installed an Ebony Zebra Wood kit. It was reasonable, and everyone who's seen it comments about how good it looks, most think its factory. It was easy to install as long as you follow directions well. The fit was very nice, only problem being that they do not distinguish between auto/manual so I ended up with a couple of pieces I couldn't use. Check out the photos in my gallery, feel free to contact me if you want more info or advice on install.



Mike