911 SC Dashboard Install Question

[Hlcass]

I have a ‘79 SC with the typical warping leather dashboard issues. While my car is in the body shop getting a restoration, now was the time to pull the old warped dash out and replace as the windshield is out.

I found an excellent used vinyl dash here on this site.

My issue is this, I could not get the 2 studs that are on top of the instrument cluster to meet the holes they are meant for on the dash.

The 7 clips were lined up perfectly at the front (toward the windshield) as were the 5 studs along the front of the dashboard. But the studs are not forward enough to align with their holes.

I ended up removing the two studs and installing the dash without them.

My questions are:
- Is there a trick to it that I am missing?
- Is it okay to install the dash without the those studs?


Thanks!! Mike

[walt]

I had a similar problem and just used a round file to elongate the hole slightly.

[Hlcass]

Thanks Walt! May do the same.

[r_towle]

I assume that because of this variation in cars, the new replacement dash top from Porsche just eliminated those two studs.
My new dash did not have them, ordered from a Porsche dealer, via Porsche classic.

[Hlcass]

Thanks, that’s interesting. Maybe I will leave them out.