It all started with wanting cup holders; 2015 Chevy SS Dash
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2016 9:30 pm
After several months I finally got off my duff and installed the 2015 Chevy SS dash into my 2014 PPV.
It all started with wanting cup holders without rigging a redneck solution that looked like an add on. After investigation, I realized that the mount points for the floor console are intact and that the Chevy SS units would bolt right in. Unfortunately the area on the dash panel that transitions to the floor console is cut short, more like hacked, from the factory to accommodate the rack. The only solution would be replace the entire dash making this the most expensive cup holders ever devised.
A couple of months ago, I sourced a new dash, gauge cluster, and floor console from a wrecker who took possession of a brand new 2015 Chevy SS with 25 miles on the odometer. The car had suffered damage to the unibody/subframe during transport. In the picts you can still see the new yellow airbag flag on the glovebox. All in all, it was a simple but tedious job taking about 9 hours over two days (I'm slow and it's been years since working on dashboards). I still need to replace the banged up radio trim piece but here are the gallery of picts so far.
Center console does not meet hacked dash panel.
Parts piling up.
Steering wheel, gauges, trim, radio, HVAC controls, glove box, lower driver and passenger airbags, and all dash panel screws removed.
Dash panel removed. I verified that the Chevy SS aluminum subframe is identical to the PPV except for some extra brackets for the HUD projector (Heads up display). I didn't have a HUD projector so I kept the PPV subframe.
PPV dash panel out. You can see the cut lines where the factory hacked the dash which is such a shame. All that's left is to transfer the passenger airbag over.
New 2015 Chevy SS dash panel in place and pushed in to engage all position and lock tabs. All duct joints connections verified and all harness pigtails threaded to where they needed to be. All duct temp sensors on the dash plugged back in. Dash mounted light sensor reinstalled.
As I mentioned, I didn't have the HUD unit and didn't want to fuss with trying to get it to work. I just took the trim piece and wrapped it with UV resistant automotive speaker cloth.
Finished results. The floor shifter is still on national backorder so I just kept the shifter on the dash. The gloss black trim piece from the SS didn't fit with the dash shifter trim piece in place so for now, I've vinyl wrapped the PPV grey colored piece to match the rest.
It all started with wanting cup holders without rigging a redneck solution that looked like an add on. After investigation, I realized that the mount points for the floor console are intact and that the Chevy SS units would bolt right in. Unfortunately the area on the dash panel that transitions to the floor console is cut short, more like hacked, from the factory to accommodate the rack. The only solution would be replace the entire dash making this the most expensive cup holders ever devised.
A couple of months ago, I sourced a new dash, gauge cluster, and floor console from a wrecker who took possession of a brand new 2015 Chevy SS with 25 miles on the odometer. The car had suffered damage to the unibody/subframe during transport. In the picts you can still see the new yellow airbag flag on the glovebox. All in all, it was a simple but tedious job taking about 9 hours over two days (I'm slow and it's been years since working on dashboards). I still need to replace the banged up radio trim piece but here are the gallery of picts so far.
Center console does not meet hacked dash panel.
Parts piling up.
Steering wheel, gauges, trim, radio, HVAC controls, glove box, lower driver and passenger airbags, and all dash panel screws removed.
Dash panel removed. I verified that the Chevy SS aluminum subframe is identical to the PPV except for some extra brackets for the HUD projector (Heads up display). I didn't have a HUD projector so I kept the PPV subframe.
PPV dash panel out. You can see the cut lines where the factory hacked the dash which is such a shame. All that's left is to transfer the passenger airbag over.
New 2015 Chevy SS dash panel in place and pushed in to engage all position and lock tabs. All duct joints connections verified and all harness pigtails threaded to where they needed to be. All duct temp sensors on the dash plugged back in. Dash mounted light sensor reinstalled.
As I mentioned, I didn't have the HUD unit and didn't want to fuss with trying to get it to work. I just took the trim piece and wrapped it with UV resistant automotive speaker cloth.
Finished results. The floor shifter is still on national backorder so I just kept the shifter on the dash. The gloss black trim piece from the SS didn't fit with the dash shifter trim piece in place so for now, I've vinyl wrapped the PPV grey colored piece to match the rest.