well my dash was cracked for a while now it is falling apart in big chunks, any ideas on a new one besides the plastic caps or the insane price the dealer told me for the part?

 

Do a thread search for dash or dashboard.

There are several threads about that subject.

 

here is one option
http://www.genosgarage.com/prodinfo.asp?number=DRD8-1
Not exactly cheap though. Mine cracked this past year. I thought I had escaped it after 9 years but no. For now I have just opted for a molded carpet dash cover. It fits well. I did enlarge the defroster vent holes though.
http://www.genosgarage.com/prodinfo....mber=CKM-D8107

 

329 is a good price the dealer wanted around $800 ouch

 

I was looking at going the same route with the replacement dash from geno's but the big question i have is how do you remove the old one and put the new one in. Has anyone on here done it before. Any help would be greatly welcomed. and thanks in advance.

 

Do a search for dash replacement. Many have gone through the same drill..

 

my 99 is doin the same thing thing,i believe LMC CATALOG makes a solid cover for the dash that gets placed over the old one,,but its inexpensive,thats the rout im goin

 

probly just a dozen screws or so from what I can see, I am sure its one of those looks harder than it is projects