85Tbird, are you sure you got a NEW dash? I dont believe the new dash's come with a black strip across the front edge. Sounds like you got a repair kit installed instead. I dont know I could be wrong. I'm confused and I'm trying to make sense out of this whole mess. I really dont want some cheesy assed repair job done,but then again I'm not sure I want the damn dash ripped out of the car either! I'm MAD AS HELL right now and dont know what I'm going to do. mad mad mad mad mad mad mad