Top of Dash Paint

The Front speaker quit working, so I removed the part of the dash cover (with defrost vents) that covers the speaker and replaced the speaker.

The speaker turned out to be a 4” x 10”. The replacement from Ebay had extra tabs and a bulge that had to be cut off. I used a cutoff wheel (about 1” dia) on a dremmel clone.

The grill’s paint was mostly degraded and was no longer a very flat finish. The back side had some non-degraded paint that was very non-reflective. Two automotive paint stores had no idea what this paint was.

Then I found Rust-Oleum Camouflage 279175 deep forest green. The spray can is labeled “non-Reflective Finish” and “Ultra Flat Colors”. It turned out a bit too grey, but a very good texture match and VERY non-reflective. (The reason for low reflective paint is that sun hitting the dash reflects in the windshield and makes it difficult to see. Especially driving from direct sun to shadows.)

I used Rust-Oleum “Rusty Metal Primer” 7769 to avoid having to do a really good job removing rust.