help with dash
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Is it just peeling up or is there a big gap due to some other thing happening? If it is peeling up, maybe some type of glue would help. Otherwise, I think you may have to get a new dash pad.
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From: Dallas TX
Originally Posted by JDs00PewterCoupe
Is it just peeling up or is there a big gap due to some other thing happening? If it is peeling up, maybe some type of glue would help. Otherwise, I think you may have to get a new dash pad.
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From: Lake Elsinore, CA
A new dash pad is expensive. I think I'd try to repair it first. I had a 300ZX a similar thing happened to due to parking in the hot Miami sun for several years. The dash pad around the defroster grill was coming up and exposing the foam backing. Looked terrible.
So I pulled the grill trim off, mixed up some quick-dry epoxy and spread it on the underside of the pad and the dash underneath. I pushed the pad back in place and shoved a pieve of 2x4 between the pad and the windshield to hold it in place for a few hours. After the epoxy cured I replaced the grill trim. Looked like brand new and never came up again in the several years I owned the car afterward.
So I pulled the grill trim off, mixed up some quick-dry epoxy and spread it on the underside of the pad and the dash underneath. I pushed the pad back in place and shoved a pieve of 2x4 between the pad and the windshield to hold it in place for a few hours. After the epoxy cured I replaced the grill trim. Looked like brand new and never came up again in the several years I owned the car afterward.
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From: Below the Mason/Dixon Line Alabama
Originally Posted by JOHN MOORE
looks like there's a separation of about 1/16-1/8 inch...the backing under the vinyl is visable...
Good luck.
