dash install help needed?

Yes the studs go through the dash. I installed mine by myself, with no help. I would not do that again. The windshield was already in (planned) I dont remember having to loosen the column support. Seems to me I hung the dash on the side bolts (one the ends of the dash), I may have removed the driver's side bolt to drop down a bit and to get it up into the column support studs.

Unlike the factory, I reversed the screw nut / clips up by the windshield so I can / could get the dash in / out with windshield in place