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Le Mans Master
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From: "You may all go to Hell- and I will go to Texas- Davy Crockett
St. Jude Donor '12
I would certainly not use 'yellow death' anywhere on my car! Especially not on the dash pad. There are multiple things that help hold it in place,like the rear view mirror, dash vents, radio speaker bezel, passenger side 'boomerang', and the instrument cluster, where you dont need a lot of glue. Mostly where it rolls over into the windshield channel is where you need something like contact cement. And of course underneath. I was surprised how little adhesive I used.
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Le Mans Master
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From: "You may all go to Hell- and I will go to Texas- Davy Crockett
St. Jude Donor '12
I can certainly relate to your anxiety. There are several forum members who have been a big help to me in both of these areas. The videos that Al Knoch makes on the dash is good as far as it goes- but there are so many little things about both that it would really help if you had someone who has done it before to kind of guide you over the tough spots and give you the little 'tricks' to doing both of these projects . It's not terribly difficilt once you get started, but there are some things that you absolutely have to do correctly.
Race Director
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I can certainly relate to your anxiety. There are several forum members who have been a big help to me in both of these areas. The videos that Al Knoch makes on the dash is good as far as it goes- but there are so many little things about both that it would really help if you had someone who has done it before to kind of guide you over the tough spots and give you the little 'tricks' to doing both of these projects . It's not terribly difficilt once you get started, but there are some things that you absolutely have to do correctly.
Melting Slicks
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I agree. The issue here is the price of the part. If you had 50 dash pads lying around, you could afford to screw up the first one or two. But at the current price of admission, one slip of the razor knife and it's game over. I'm letting my old but presentable dashpad live on for now.....it matches the rest of the car. When it's time to replace it, I'll figure out what course of action to take!
Le Mans Master
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From: "You may all go to Hell- and I will go to Texas- Davy Crockett
St. Jude Donor '12
Yessir. That is one of the areas that many people, myself included, tend to overtighten. Just snug seems to be the consensus.
Melting Slicks
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