removing my dash...

aight peeps, i need to know how to remove my dash so that i can paint it... not the dash trim, i mean the whole dash.... i have a 2001 Civic EX Coupe...

i understand the initial steps: remove everything at all possible - the center radio console, the vents, AC controls, the gauge cluster lense, glove box... but then what? is the dash bolted in or is it just being miraculously held in by those wonderful little honda clips that i keep breaking and send flying all over the interior of my car?! (i hate those damn things!!)

Hopefully someone can help... thanks!

It's held in by bolts, I suggest you atleast buy a Haynes manual or something to help you find them caus eit can describe it alot better than we can and I doubt many ppl have taken thier dashes out of thier 7th gens as of yet.

Originally posted by Rice-Rocketeer
It's held in by bolts, I suggest you atleast buy a Haynes manual or something to help you find them caus eit can describe it alot better than we can and I doubt many ppl have taken thier dashes out of thier 7th gens as of yet.

aight, thanks man... maybe i'll be one of the first! i've already tried www.2k1civic.com and so far no one has tried it.

It's a big project, make sure you keep track of *all* the wires cause there's alot of crap back there and if you lose track of what's what, it'll be a nightmare.

Originally posted by EliteImports


aight, thanks man... maybe i'll be one of the first! i've already tried www.2k1civic.com and so far no one has tried it. have you tried asking at www.7thgencivic.com ?

Emmm, wouldnt it be easier to simply mask off your interior and then paint the dash? Then you dont loose any bolts :flipa:

i wouldnt jump to anything that big beings that the car is so new...

Originally posted by Rice-Rocketeer
It's a big project, make sure you keep track of *all* the wires cause there's alot of crap back there and if you lose track of what's what, it'll be a nightmare.
aight, thanks... probably doin it friday night... a little worried, totally excited!


have you tried asking at www.7thgencivic.com ?
that's the same site as 2k1civic.com... "7thgencivic" is the new name because of all the 2K2s and 2K3s...


wouldnt it be easier to simply mask off your interior and then paint the dash?
i want to make sure it looks clean and that i'm not overspraying anywhere inside the car... with such a big piece i'd much rather pull it out if possible... hopefully i won't get my wires crossed and phuck some sheitt up!

good luck and post some pics so we can see

Originally posted by JayFidizzy
good luck and post some pics so we can see

thanks man... i'll do what i can...

maybe i'll end up with a DIY for www.7thgencivic.com!!

if i were you i would not remove the dash becuase i tried and there are at least 60 bolts holding it in place and some of the screws you cannot even reach.do what i did that it to a professional body shop and have it painted.they took out my front windshiled and painted it that way.but you have to remeber there is not gurantee that they wnt break you glass while trying to take it out and a new one cost about 300 so go to some one you trust

Originally posted by hondacivic4drlx
there is not gurantee that they wnt break you glass while trying to take it out If you goto a good shop everything is guarenteed...

Originally posted by sparq
If you goto a good shop everything is guarenteed...

totally true

Originally posted by 1995HondaCivic
totally true As if I would lie :rolleyes:

Any place that doesnt guarentee their work, walk out immediately. We have a shop like that here -- and stupid idiots still go there. My buddy dave used o have a 4th gen hatch -- he got a $1000 suspension put on and they totally fucked it up -- so he went BACK to them when it was time to replace it and he paid them AGAIN... people never learn :finger:

Why not just get a bacl dash board cover? It will save the life of your dash and is also black.

Originally posted by TheDarkInfluence
Why not just get a bacl dash board cover? It will save the life of your dash and is also black. How do you know he wants it black? Maybe he wants it yellow :eek:

and giving someone a suggestion after 8 months when they said they're going to do it in a couple days isn't very smart :rolleyes:

My god man where is your sence of humor? You must be as serious as a straight line.

Originally posted by TheDarkInfluence
My god man where is your sence of humor? You must be as serious as a straight line. I have a sense of humor, you might find it in off-topic, I just get annoyed when dumbshits bring back threads from last year :finger:

Im glad somthing as simple as bringing back an old thread ontopic annoys you.

You need help.

tell me, what's the point of bringing back a very old topic and offering a suggestion when the guy was going to do his thing that week. Maybe you're s little slow and it took you months to figure out something that would help, who the hell knows. :finger:

Actually i knew that maybee there was 1 child in this forum that would get agrivated just because of the fact that an old forum has been resrected from the basement. HAHAHA :D

Originally posted by TheDarkInfluence
Actually i knew that maybee there was 1 child in this forum that would get agrivated just because of the fact that an old forum has been resrected from the basement. HAHAHA :D You found me :D

oh, and this is a thread, not a forum. :finger:

I found you as easy as it was. I think to make your day even brighter I'll just revive older thread and get a group session going on and I'm sure your going to say WHY. Why you ask well because you can't simply skip the sight of the thread itself. bahahahahahaha :frog: