Friend of a friend recommended this local shop called Talent Motor Sports.
when i was pulling in the place felt strange because it's located among some marble grinding shops, but than i saw few cars they had in their garage ( camaros and vettes) and i was relieved.
2 brothers that work there are cool cats. Had my dash replace, center console replaced, new gauges installed, wiring fixed... it came to about 1/2 of what i was expecting to pay... and since i have some cabbage left in my pocket, taking the car in again this coming weekend to pit in new stereo!

info of the shop here:
http://www.talentmotorsports.com/