yea it is the center piece, and it is because of an incident with some gasoline, stripped the paint, long story, so i cant claim warranty, and i just ordered a new one from nissan , $91, so i figured that aint half bad, but while looking for other options, i found a brushed aluminum dash kit on ebay that i am also going to get for $15o or so within a month from now
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors...9900, so basically, problem solved, but thanks a lot for your help, o, and also, i posted here because the dash was on my altima, the altimas dash is somewhwat unique, and i knew Bud would know what i was talking about, but thanks REVD