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How difficult would it be to put in a pre 98 dash in a 99 contour? And about how much could i find a good used one for?
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1999 Silver Contour
SE Sport MTX (2.5)
Air Intake
Resonator Removed
Silver Rear Valence
Blue Turn Signals, Nozzles, Interior LED's
Custom Blue Trim
Single Silver Wiper (Bad A** and Unique)
15.9 1/4 mile @ 89 MPH
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First lets clarify
A: Complete Dash, gauge, hvac, center console, and actual dash piece.
B: Partial, Gauge, hvac, center console
C: center console, hvac and center console.
A: not worth the time
B: Did all but head light and gauge area, will be doing it soon. looks good (except the gauge area on 98 looks better
C: Good cheap thing to do.
Price
A: More then worth thinking about
B $50 or so, All my pieces were $35.
C: $25-50.
95 SES Sold
99 SE Sport Sold
99 SVT T-Red Tan Interior. K&N, Magnecors, 19' Theorys, And some audio stuff.
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Why do that when I have a nice post 98 dash for sale 
'99 Silver svt
For sale
19" Axis Neo wheels
3.0 parts, pre-98 trunk,
Check classifieds
bp.powell@comcast.net
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Reading between the lines I think he's trying to fix or prevent dash warp. Am I wrong?
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since I am home I can get pics of both if anyone wants
- 95 Mystique LS - Zetec/5spd
- 99 Contour SeVT Sport - Duratec/5spd
Official NE-CEG Contour/Mustang Family
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The piece under the windshield from a 95-8 could fit into a 99-00. Some have done that mod.
2005 Nissan Sentra 1.8 SE, Code Red. '00 Tropic Green Ford Escort SE [Contour's little cousin]
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Originally posted by 98 SE:
Reading between the lines I think he's trying to fix or prevent dash warp. Am I wrong?
Exactly... I want to install a pre 98 dash, Correct me if i am mistaken but, aside from the passenger side vent, everything will "fit" in both the pre 98 as well as a post 98 dash as shown in the 98 contours where they have the "updated" hvac, console, and guages.
Oh yeah and about how much am i looking to pay for one?
SeSportV
1999 Silver Contour
SE Sport MTX (2.5)
Air Intake
Resonator Removed
Silver Rear Valence
Blue Turn Signals, Nozzles, Interior LED's
Custom Blue Trim
Single Silver Wiper (Bad A** and Unique)
15.9 1/4 mile @ 89 MPH
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The problem did not exist until 99 so a 98 dash would also solve your problem.
Jim Johnson
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03 Escape Limited
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You can pick one up at the wreckers for $250. Before you do that be warned that the earlier dashes come unglued as well. It is not as noticable because of the extra trim piece that wraps the windshield but they do come unglued where the dash goes behind the instrument cluster, HVAC panel and glove box. I discovered this during my search for a replacement dash. You may also want to consider a Mystique dash IMHO they look better. What I did to resolve the problem was remove my dash any glued it back down with 2 part epoxy and it's been fine since. BTW the trim piece from the 95-98 cars that wraps the windshield is not removable so there is no way to mod it to a post 98.
99 CSVT Green/Tan
# 84 of 2760
Built on Wednesday, September 30, 1998
15.376 @ 92.00 MPH Stock
75,000Km
96 Contour GL
2.5L V6 ATX 170,000Km
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