Aftermarket FJ40 Dash Pad (1 Viewer)

[EWheeler]

Still don't like the look of the logo. lol Great photos and thanks for posting advices. Price has gone up this year? I might have to pull the trigger, figure a way to fill the logo with 3M Black 5200 and buy stainless steel screws of the correct lengths.

Just buy the OEM one. If the logo bothers you, its not worth the price difference to try and fuss with filling the logo. I actually had the OEM retainer clip screws from Toyota on hand and cursed myself for not using them right off the bat. The sharper screws provided with the clip were nice for getting the screws poked through and started into the dash pad backing plate, but waaaay too long.

 

[Engineer8000]

When I looked, city racer had the best deal with shipping for the oem dash pad. I have a new one in the truck and a new one in the box in the closet for the future. If you have tried to restore old stuff, the dash pad is a hard part to find. This is an easy solution. You will think the price is crazy low in the future when they are gone.

 

[EWheeler]

Screws I was given with the retainer clip vs. the ones I had on hand from Toyota for the retainer clip. You do have to penetrate through some of the rubber pad material to get to the backing plate for screw securement, so the OEM screws wouldn't have been ideal to start with. A sharp pointed screw is desired, but proper length is key.

 

[TLCJC]

City Racer is a great company. $488 including shipping.

 

[Mightymes]

I installed my second FJ40dash.com upper pad yesterday in my '69 (first one went into the '71). I need to address/correct some installation issues I had brought up in a previous post. When I installed my first dash pad, I did so with the top on and windshield in place. I also had the aftermarket roll bar to contend with. I thought I had the pad seated into place and still had some issues with the 3 center holes being about 3/4" to 1" too high. Well, I installed the '69 dash pad with top off and windshield down and can say that it is very likely I did NOT get the pad in my '71 seated correctly. All 5 holes were within an 1/8" of factory holes in the dash panel on my '69 and I can see where you really need the windshield out of the way to install these correctly. Maybe you can get it right with windshield in the way, but I don't think the hole mis-alignment issue I brought up previously was a manufacturing issue, 99.99% likely hood it was a user error on my part.

That said, DO NOT USE THE SUPPLIED SCREWS FROM FJ40DASH.COM!!!! They are too long and will poke a hole through the top of the pad Fortunately I had bought the OEM screws and had on hand, unfortunate I didn't just use them from the get-go.

Long Screws, you can see the bumps in the material along down the line:

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Fully seated and all 5 holes are within 1/8":



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Are the tabs on the retainer clip supposed to "snap" into place onto the dash mount? I'm having a hell of a time getting this thing to go on properly and I do have the windshield down same as you.

 

[EWheeler]

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Are the tabs on the retainer clip supposed to "snap" into place onto the dash mount? I'm having a hell of a time getting this thing to go on properly and I do have the windshield down same as you.

Its been a while, but yes, i believe they are supposed to snap into place.