sportsguy
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After some initial delays in getting a dash in to ship to me, Catfish (hope he's approved so I can mention him) came through for me. From the time he got the dash until it reached me was only a few days, so kudos on the fast shipping.
As for the product?
Top quality, though I did notice a scratch on one face of the unit that, naturally is a spot you'll be staring at while driving. The silver scratch stands out obviously against the great black of the entire dash. Thankfully, I don't really give a flying fig, so I never bothered to ping Catfish about it ... Now, where's that black Sharpie anyway?
The install is pretty straight forward, too. I'll throw in the usualy cautions around either protecting your paint or going slow. Note that different sized hex/Allen keys are used between the factory fasteners and the supplied mounting hardware, so make sure you have both sizes on hand.
Now, the gear was all plastic wrapped and the fasteners individually sealed, so upon opening the box it might seem a bit much for modest wrenchers. Fear not. Read the directions once ... Then only pay attention to the pictures and hand written notes with each picture. These notes explain pretty much all you need to know to complete the install in under 30 minutes.
Be sure to leave the uprights loose but tighten down the dash itself. You can then move the entire unit sideways a bit to center it as you like. Note to those with larger windscreens - you might want a gel pad(one per side) on you screen as there's a small chance the screen will move enough in wind to contact the top corners of the dash.
I have a Cee Baileys +4" x +3" and will install said bumpers asap, just in case.
Let's see, what else? Hmmm....
Blue loctite, as usual, but not on the nyloc nut.
Oh, the nyloc nut for mounting the dash top to the upright supports is 8mm. At least that's the wrench I used and it worked fine.
I think that's it. Fine product, good distributor, easy install.
As for the product?
Top quality, though I did notice a scratch on one face of the unit that, naturally is a spot you'll be staring at while driving. The silver scratch stands out obviously against the great black of the entire dash. Thankfully, I don't really give a flying fig, so I never bothered to ping Catfish about it ... Now, where's that black Sharpie anyway?
The install is pretty straight forward, too. I'll throw in the usualy cautions around either protecting your paint or going slow. Note that different sized hex/Allen keys are used between the factory fasteners and the supplied mounting hardware, so make sure you have both sizes on hand.
Now, the gear was all plastic wrapped and the fasteners individually sealed, so upon opening the box it might seem a bit much for modest wrenchers. Fear not. Read the directions once ... Then only pay attention to the pictures and hand written notes with each picture. These notes explain pretty much all you need to know to complete the install in under 30 minutes.
Be sure to leave the uprights loose but tighten down the dash itself. You can then move the entire unit sideways a bit to center it as you like. Note to those with larger windscreens - you might want a gel pad(one per side) on you screen as there's a small chance the screen will move enough in wind to contact the top corners of the dash.
I have a Cee Baileys +4" x +3" and will install said bumpers asap, just in case.
Let's see, what else? Hmmm....
Blue loctite, as usual, but not on the nyloc nut.
Oh, the nyloc nut for mounting the dash top to the upright supports is 8mm. At least that's the wrench I used and it worked fine.
I think that's it. Fine product, good distributor, easy install.
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