Difference between Urethane and Vinyl Wrapped Dash Pads?

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Getting ready to place an order for new dash pad.
Most of the “quality” ones are molded urethane , textured, OE “look.”
The most expensive ones are vinyl wrapped. presumably just like OE?
Anyone compare the differences?
Not building a show truck here, but I’ll spring for the vinyl wrapped if the urethane ones are noticeably fake or plastic looking.
 
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The urethane ones I've seen (only 2 or 3) have been all warped and wavey looking. They were kinda floppy too. I have no idea if they all come from the same manufacturer either.
 
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Good to know.
Presuming the vinyl wrapped ones have to be rigid so for not much more $ sounds like the way to go.
 
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The vinyl wrapped ones are made the same way as the original dash pads. I have a new vinyl wrapped dash pad for my c20 and it looks the same as the old one. Except for the cracks, faded color and rusty clips :D
I never saw a urethane one live so I can't tell the difference.
 
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Urethane is thin and some fit ok... others... crap.
Like sheet meta; fro Asia or Mexico, the quality ia all over the map. The decent urethane ones are totally fine imo, but they are also kinda unicorns..
 
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Well I found a hard backed vinyl wrapped one in the right color for about the same as the middle of the road priced urethane ones so I’m convinced that’s the right one.
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Grit dog said:
Well I found a hard backed vinyl wrapped one in the right color for about the same as the middle of the road priced urethane ones so I’m convinced that’s the right one.
Thanks
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So who'd you end up using for the pad? I'm looking to do my dash on my '84 GMC.
 
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So who'd you end up using for the pad? I'm looking to do my dash on my '84 GMC.
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I ordered it from The Truck Shop. They have 10% off right now as well. It was $309.
They don’t have the vinyl wrapped ones in their catalog. I asked about it.
I’ll let y’all know how good of quality it is when it arrives. Idk exactly when that is, as they’re not exactly Amazon, lol.
 
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Grit dog said:
I ordered it from The Truck Shop. They have 10% off right now as well. It was $309.
They don’t have the vinyl wrapped ones in their catalog. I asked about it.
I’ll let y’all know how good of quality it is when it arrives. Idk exactly when that is, as they’re not exactly Amazon, lol.
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I tried searching for them with little luck. Is that the name of the website?
 
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I just went through this on my k5. Urethane is a POS. It has the metal support like the original but wavy and floppy.
For an extra ~100 I went with the vinyl wrap which is the closest to original in the aftermarket.
Cheyanne pickup parts. Like any aftermarket part it needed a little massaging going in but looks great.
 
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^Thats the one. Their prices seem a bit better than some of the other places and quality was good on a bunch of parts my buddy got for his ‘72. I’ll find out soon enough.
 
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