What's the dash made of? What's underneath it?

I have a bracket I want to screw in to the dash, in the center, just to the left of the opening for the passenger air bag.

I assume the dash is actually some sort of plastic covered by that fake leather stuff? If I run some self-tapping screws into it, am I likely to do any damage other then to leave some holes in my dash?

 

its just plastic.
I don't know how much a self tapping screw would hold.
I would pop the air bag lid off and get a nut on the backside.
also the heater box is right under there

 

Air bag is still in there (even though it's no longer connected to anything).

 

then pull it out its held in with two bolts I think
not hard to remove

 

I went ahead and just did it. Seems to have worked.

When I get around to it, I'll go ahead and pull the airbag.