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Old Feb 25, 2018 | 02:15 AM
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Here's a strange question. I'm replacing the lower dash vinyl with leather and I need either a pettern or template for the small end piece to the right of the glovebox. I pulled off the vinyl but it's molded in the shape of the piece it was covering so I can't get it to lay flat to trace a pattern for the leather. Just taking a shot in the dark that someone might have done this. Thanks for looking
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Old Feb 25, 2018 | 10:58 AM
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Not sure if this will work for you but you could try heating the vinyl with a heat gun or hair dryer to flatten it out.
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Old Feb 26, 2018 | 03:08 PM
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You mean this section?


Well, you kind of need to make your own. I used green painters tape, regular notebook paper and scissors to make this one.



Basically, I started with a long strip of tape down the inside edge wear the leather sits, added a few more strips just to get around the curve above the glovebox hinge and then just pulled it off and flattened it down onto the notebook paper. Then I made the contour cuts, positioned the paper in the same ledge area, added more paper, then cut a margin around the upper and outer edges.
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