pre98 dash in a post98

[AliasJerk]

is this possible? I can find loads of pre98 contours with grey dashes in junkyards, but I dont know if they are a direct fit...

[95pgt-t]

yes..i did a svt dash into my 96se

[CSVT1214]

A Pre-98 dash is the same thing as a 98-98.5 dash. If those fit, why would a Pre-98 not fit?

[IRingTwyce]

Yes, the dash itself is the same. The difference is all in the bezels. The pre-98s had a slightly greyish finish with a hint of metal flake in it, while the 98+ was straight black. Also, you might run into a problem with the colors. If your 98+ has the greystone interior, the grey of the pre-98 is going to be much darker, and the greystone will appear brownish if compared side by side. I ran into this issue when I started to swap the leather interior out of my 95 parts car into my 98. The colors were so completely incompatible that I put it back to stock until I can afford to re-cover all the seats in new leather.

[Aussie Ford]

Any year of dash even Mystiques will fit into any year of Tour. The big issue as was stated is color matching. All the trims can be worked out one way or another. Some of the pre 98 trims were black too.

AF

[95pgt-t]

cougar dash as well...but now i'm getting off topic

[Rich2279]

Cougar dash. That would add a different look.

[IRingTwyce]

Yeah, but with the Cougar dash you'd have issues with the transition from the dash to the door panels. Might not fit at all, and even if the side-to-side clearances were acceptable the styling lines would not line up. It would take some crazy fabricating skills to cobble together something just out of the Cougar door panel or to graft together a Cougar and Contour panel successfully.

[ronssvt]

Cougar dash. That would add a different look.

do you have proof of this?

[Rich2279]

do you have proof of this?

??? Just making a statement. I do not have pics of a cougar dash in a contour and would not personally attempt to install one.