Dashtop crack can it be repaired?, Can it be done? Options

[jrblackbox]

Anybody have any luck repairing small cracks in the dashtop? maybe some type of filler or vinyl repair? TIA

[Mblizzard]

While my wife has very little interest in my 914 one of the things she insisted on me fixing, and fixing right, was the dash. When I asked her why she was so insistent on fixing the dash right she provided some very simple and insightful reasons.

She said that the one thing that you always see as a driver and passenger in the car is the dash. You have to look out across the dash every minute you are in the car. If there is a scratch on the side of the car you may only see it every so often when you look directly at it. But you look directly at the dash every time your drive or ride in the car. That is something that is worth fixing right even if it is expensive.

She insisted on a new dash. So should you. Just my thoughts.

On fixing a dash. There are ways and some are better than others. I had a very good friend that explained to me that basic truth in older cars is that the plastics and vinyl's were not designed to last. The plasticizers used in them were very prone to breakdown by UV light and once a dash starts cracking it will never stop.

So the bottom line is if your dash is cracked in one spot, it is cracked in 100's of other spots that you just cant see. Don't bother with repairs. Replace or cover are the only options that result in lasting results.