are all the mounting points the same, basiclly will it fit. the cracks in my dash has got alot worse this year at the shows due to the heat.
cheers
Steve

 

this prob won't help but...

ive got the same prob. ive also got an early saff dash with out the vent in the middle at the top. this might be going in my 3 door, not tried to fit it yet. if it would help i can post pics of the rear of the saff dash??

 

cheers Rob, pics would'nt really help at this stage as i have not taken the original 1 out and dont know where the mounting point are, cheers though. if u do yours let me know how you get on.
cheers
Steve

 

I once put an early saph dash into an XR4i which i presume will have the same mounting points as a 3dr.

All the main mounting points were in the same place but i was just using the top half of a saph dash and fitting all the vents, switches, dials,etc from the 4i to try and keep it as original as possible.

I got it all in in the end but took a bit of time to get it to look right but once in looked ok.

I used the original lower half of dash and this fits ok but there were differences around steering column area with one or two gaps.

You will probably need the A pillar trims from a saph aswell as they are different at the bottom where its meets the dash top.

From what i remember the curve of the saph dash is slightly different along the windscreen but isn't noticable once in.

It was a few years ago so might have missed something.

Chris

 

it will fit i know a few people who have done this

 

cheers, it is just the top half i want to change.
cheers again

 

Any Sierra dash will fit any Sierra - no modicfications needed. Just keep in mind you will need the A-pillar trim as well.

 

Here take a look at this pic:



You'll notice the Sapph dash (actually a late Merkur - same thing) installed on my 3 door. Notice the gaps at the ends where the A-pillars join. That's why you need to also get the early Sapph A-pillar trims which fill in these gaps. One thing to note is that the screwholes in the Mark 2 A-trim don't match, so you'll need to drill new ones or better yet, use double stick tape and place them in place.