Cool, keep us informed and post up some pics. I might try this too since I got a nasty crack on my pad

 

hey guys what about fixing the corners of the dash?? my dash actually has only one SMALL crack and its in the speaker part. but unfortunately both the corners of my dash are broken off and look like crap. anybody fix this?? i dont wanna bondo the whole thing for sure.. the first time i bump it itll crack. ill post a pic if i can find one.

 

the other side is worse. this is the only pic i could find. do they sell like little covers to go over those? or could you fab one up??

 

They do sell dash-pad covers.

 

i dont to cover my dash pad. i wanna fix it. i like DIY things. my dash pad is in excellent shape for being stock, its just those 2 corners.

 

If you click the second link, the guy uses the urethane adhesive. If you can fab up the corner pieces, you might be able to fix it.

 

Or, cut some nice corners off an otherwisw cracked pad, like one at a junk yard or something.

 

hey thats a good idea krisb. thanks.

 

I have a crack in the side of mine. I think since the "Great Stuff" didn't fix my huge cracks, I'm going to do a second coat tommorow morning, but I'm going to use a little bit of bondo this time and I'll try to mold the corner with the bondo. It won't be perfect, but it won't show the ugly foam underneath.

 

Instead of the bedliner:




Results:

 

Well... I already bought the bed liner... haven't used it yet, but damnit. lol. Didn't know that existed. Where can I buy it and how much is it? I've got my dash completly sanded down and all my cracks are filled, but the plastic on the dash is higher in some places than others (like on side of the crack is higher than the other) and if I try to press down on it, I cause more cracks. Any advice?

 

Yes I plan to use it on all my interior peices to "remove" the scratches. Sand them all smooth then coat them with the SEM texture paint. Its exspensive though ($8 a can) but will give you a more refined look then bed liner. On SEM's website there is a dealer locater.

See the problem with our dashpads is they are not Solid. There more of a vinyl overlay. Makes it easy to crack even with this repair because there material is old and brittle. If you could make the dashpad more of a solid base I don't feel the correction would be so complicated.

 

Here's my progress so far. Taking my time on it for the time being. Fuel Pump in my car went out the other day so that's gotta get fixed first. lol. Gonna be putting a whole lot of money in my car this month hopefully. This is one of the things I plan on having fixed.

I've got the cracks filled and sanded. They're not quite level, but I'm working on that. I didn't break off the plastic around the cracks first, like I was supposed to I think, but it's coming along decently as is.

 

Well...I figure if I can fix my dash five times for still less than replacing it, I've done alright.

Thanks for the tip on the SEM paint. I'll have to go check that out!

 

This tutorial is fantastic. I tore out my dash, and body filled the 2 cracks around the center and also slopped on a ton of the stuff right on one of the corners of the dashpad. After it was dry, i shaped the corner and sanded down the cracks I filled. After using the spot puddy and painting, I used a special dash paint by dupli color(has a rougher texture) and the dash looks much better than it did before. It's by no means perfect, you can still see the cracks in direct light but it looks a whole ton better than it did before. The corner as well is not even noticable unless you look really close. Thanks alot, saved me 300 dollars!

 

PICS!! WHERE ARE THE PICS??

 

i'd love to post pics, but as it stands my shop is half hour away and i've got a chemistry test tomorrow... hopefully I'll get out this weekend and take some to update my garage:P

 

if you would have cut 1/2" to 1" past the crack or cracks then fill it. It wouldnt show the cracks. I did the same as you lol.

 

haha yeah, that makes sense... :P oh well, whats done is done

 

sorry to bring up an old thread but I was wondering for the people that did this how well it held up also another quick question wouldn't it be easier to take all the vinyl off and paint the whole thing after you fixed the cracks but wondering if this worked for anyone. Thanks in advance for the replies

 

great thread... my dash looks terrible, gives me something to think about.

Mine seems uneven, like the foam underneath it has expended or eve warped in some spots. Anybody else experienced this?

can you see it, the mountainish area about 4 inches to the left of the first crack?

 

http://gtam.silvahalo.com/dashrepair/


prolly the best ive ever seen one come out..im doing it to my camaro once it warms up a little around here

 

i dont know if anyone said this or not (did not bother reading the whole thread) but 4th gen dash pads are solid plastic. i just use plastic weld epoxy to fix mine and covered it with a sheet of vinyl. cam out good but then i sold it because it wasnt the right dash pab for my swap lol

 

that's the method I'm going to try... check out this thread. https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/inte...on-thread.html

also you can get the tubes of the adhesive he used for less than $10 on ebay right now