I found a junkyard that has about 45 3rd gens, mostly camaros but they have been picked through (even seats gauge clusters) but most have the dash, I was quoted $10 each on them, some are cracked and discolored from sitting in the open for years.

My question is how much work/skill is involved in recovering them? I would of course do this for profit (very little) but mostly to get a feel for custom interior work.

Thanks in advance,

Meatwad

 

not very much work at all....i recovered my old one with vinyl....

 

Most people have trouble with making the corners look good. Get a good high quality two way stretch vinyl and make a heat lamp oven to work the material correctly and you can make a factory looking corner without any beginner/newbie folds and tucks. That's the only way you're going to make a dime recovering dash pads. Plus, you'll have to look at new foam for any pads missing any corners or chunks.

 

I was wondering about this, has anyone used fiberglass or even some filler then sanded and painted one? anyone have a pic of it?

 

I tried filler on mine. Sanded it down all nice and flat, shot the whole thing in black vinyl paint. It looked reall nice minus the flat spot where the crack was (the vinyl has a texture).

I bolted into the car and it cracked again the first time it got cold (three days?). Fiberglass might stick better, but would be hard to get flat. The other thing I thought about was pvc glue since it would melt the vinyl back together. I don’t know how hard it would be to smooth that out though.

As of right now, I'm going to pull the thing back out and try to replace the vinyl with two-way stretch since the foam layer is fine.

 

hey meatwad where is this junkyard located