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Old Apr 20, 2007 | 06:52 PM
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Does anyone have a recommendation for what to use to strengthen and repair dash cracks and splits. Dash is for a 78.

It is just NOT bad enough to warrant a complete replacement. It is weak around the screw holes and corners for the bezels where it has been stressed.

On the back side, i could see something strong like JB or resin maybe? But on visible areas, like reducing the size of the screw holes.....?

Thanks folks.

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Old Apr 20, 2007 | 11:14 PM
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you can reduce the screw holes with epoxy, just fill them in and redrill when dry. If you do an advanced search, there are some threads guys have done on this, I am on the fence about a dash cap, fill and paint or just getting a new dash
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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 09:23 AM
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see my post on dash pad repair about 10 days ago.
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Old Apr 21, 2007 | 08:33 PM
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Thanks guys for the input.
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