Dash clips- how do you get them in?

[Dano500]

I find lots of threads about pads, but not how to get the clips in. I have this pad from summit and it is of poor quality over speaker areas. Another problem is metal where you are supposed to install clips seems buried and inaccessible. I tried to bend a tab on one clip and it broke. Do I need to cut most of that out?

Thanks,
-Dan

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[Dano500]

I’m assuming this is correct? The short tab goes into slot right under it?

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[Grit dog]

Very carefully and then try to keep them from popping out when installing the dash. Iirc I bent a couple so they clipped into the dash pad tighter.

 

[Dano500]

Very carefully and then try to keep them from popping out when installing the dash. Iirc I bent a couple so they clipped into the dash pad tighter.

Thanks, I ended up having to dig in at an angle and rotate them in. Oh, and lots of trimming urethane.

 

[Randy and Easton]

@Dano500 , we see you figured it out and yes you are correct they push in the small tab in the middle hole and turn it to lock the lower tab. Wear gloves, they have a few sharp edges, don’t ask how I know.

Randy

 

[Grit dog]

Thanks, I ended up having to dig in at an angle and rotate them in. Oh, and lots of trimming urethane.

Yes some required some digging.

 

[hoagster]

Brothers truck parts has a video on how to do it. This is not a recommendation for Brothers however!!

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[Bloodhound1981]

Brothers truck parts has a video on how to do it. This is not a recommendation for Brothers however!!

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I feel like things somehow got worse after Holley bought them.

 

[Jeff Lewis]

Do not expect an aftermarket pad to fit perfectly. Close is as good as you can get it. Expectations reduce joy.