How many of you without a dash pad? Now With Pics

I have done 2 dash pad caps from hardens with excellent results,my dart[71] looks like brand new still after 6 yrs,done it myself,prepping it correctly is the key,dont know if hardens is still in business or not but their product was really a quality piece,at the time the caps were 55 bucs each and a repop pad was like 300+...I couldnt see not running some kind of pad or leaving it bare even tho I considered it but just didnt look right to me without it,but I did see a guy in Ks one time that removed the pad and built/overlaid a dash with alum[welded] which he polished that looked pretty cool but it wasnt just throwed together it was crafted..