Does anyone know how I can repair my dash? Its faded and cracked pretty badly. I also want to change the colour from Brown to Black.
Would it be easier to cover it with a fabric or somehow bog it up and make it smooth then give it a coat of paint?
What materials can I use to fix it?
Cheers
Dan
repairing cracked dashes?
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, Mar 15 2006 10:20 AM
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Posted 15 March 2006 - 11:40 AM
i think one of the members on this forum has a fibreglass dash. this is something i've been thinking about doing so mine.
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Posted 15 March 2006 - 12:45 PM
We had mine covered with vinyl when the interior was done. You can get them re covered with vacuum molding like original but i can't remember their name.
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Posted 15 March 2006 - 01:02 PM
There's places like the 'dashboard doctor' etc like Jewboy said that will recover your existing dash to as new condition. Yellow pages might be your best bet. They don't always have the original type vinyl but it looks better than a cracked dash.
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Posted 15 March 2006 - 09:25 PM
Place called Bendigo Dashboard reconditioners do a sensational job have seen their work try them they are in Deborah st Bendigo Vic. dont have the number just now but if you want it let me know..
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Posted 16 March 2006 - 10:06 AM
has anyone done a DIY successully. I have seen a few products that will melt and (???) mend smaller cracks.
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Posted 31 March 2006 - 08:18 PM
rare spares do a change over dash for around $310, look fantastic.
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Posted 31 March 2006 - 09:53 PM
restore a dash?? in revesby anyway..
As stupid as it sounds i was considering either silicon, bog or fibreglass bog...sand the repair down and VHT vinyl spray it to change colour.
As stupid as it sounds i was considering either silicon, bog or fibreglass bog...sand the repair down and VHT vinyl spray it to change colour.
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Posted 31 March 2006 - 11:22 PM
If money is the issue I would try sikaflex, it is paintable and plyable for a long time. $15 at Repco
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Posted 31 March 2006 - 11:46 PM
I've done a couple of DIY's - one my LJ's dash and another on an 80's toyota. It's not to hard at all on something like an LH/LX dash but UC or LC would be difficult at home because there are many curves...has anyone done a DIY successully. I have seen a few products that will melt and (???) mend smaller cracks.
Basically I just cut enough vinyl to cover the crashpad and fix it with glue and staples to the inside of it (on one edge). Then, with the aid of a heatgun and a bit of patience you han stretch the vinyl around the curved parts of the crashpad and fix it underneath again with staples and glue. Glue alone is not really enough because after the vinyl cools again it tries to retain it's shape and this usually makes it pull away and get loose from the crashpad...
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Posted 08 October 2006 - 06:05 PM
after i tried bogging my badly cracked lc dash, i took it to restore a dash at revesby, they dug all my bog out and returned me an original looking dash better than new for about $180 , very happy
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Posted 08 October 2006 - 09:18 PM
^ ^ ^
Put their details in Forum Preferred Business in the traders section.
Got before and after pics?? Sounds like a cheap price compared to rares or dash original. Also did they change the colour?
Put their details in Forum Preferred Business in the traders section.
Got before and after pics?? Sounds like a cheap price compared to rares or dash original. Also did they change the colour?
Edited by JBird, 08 October 2006 - 09:18 PM.
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