 First Dash Crack - I'm so bummed!, Is there anything I can do? |
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| ThinAir |
 Apr 22 2006, 01:41 AM
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Best friends  Group: Members Posts: 2,542 Joined: 4-February 03 From: Flagstaff, AZ Member No.: 231 Region Association: Southwest Region 
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When I bought my 73 three years ago one of the selling points was that there were no cracks in the dashboard. I've taken good care of it - it's cool here in Flagstaff - and I regularly use windshield sun-screens, but despite this I noticed this week that I've gotten a crack in the dashboard. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)
Is there anything I can squeeze into it to make it cosmetically better and maybe even keep it from getting larger or longer? I thought of using some black RTV, but I don't know of anything else that would be a candidate and I don't know whether it would really work at all. Any ideas? |
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| Andyrew |
Apr 22 2006, 04:41 AM
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Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,376 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California
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33 year old dashes dont last forever.
Mine has one crack rearing its head... but its such a nice dash!! Nothing you can do about it AFAIK |
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| watsonrx13 |
Apr 22 2006, 06:42 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,734 Joined: 18-February 03 From: Plant City, FL Member No.: 312 Region Association: South East States |
Here in the Tampa Bay area there's a company called Vinyl Doctor that supposedly can fix minor vinyl cracks. I haven't had one done, yet, but you might try to find something similar in your area.
-- Rob |
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| Brew |
Apr 22 2006, 06:59 AM
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That's Captain Moron to you! Group: Members Posts: 391 Joined: 5-August 05 From: Colorado Springs Member No.: 4,546 |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) What Rob said! It's a franchise, so they're everywhere. I had them do the dash in my 67, and it came out great! Fairly cheap, too.
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| VegasRacer |
Apr 22 2006, 07:10 AM
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ELVIRA Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,509 Joined: 27-March 03 From: Between Scylla and Charybdis Member No.: 481 Region Association: None 
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303 Protectant is good stuff. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) It will not fix the crack that has already started but it might help you from getting any more. I can't find in anywhere locally, so I get mine on eBay.
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| ThinAir |
Apr 22 2006, 11:52 AM
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Best friends Group: Members Posts: 2,542 Joined: 4-February 03 From: Flagstaff, AZ Member No.: 231 Region Association: Southwest Region
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Thanks guys! Vinyl Doctor turns out to be something associated with replacement windows for your house, but Dr. Vinyl (at http://www.drvinyl.com/index2.html) seems to be the one. They have a franchise in Scottsdale where my daughter lives so I think I'll have to make a trip to see my grandkids one of these days :-) and get my dash fixed at the same time!
Now if I can only get my wife to ride along in the 914 for that long... |
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| WRX914 |
Apr 22 2006, 12:20 PM
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2.5 WRX STI hybrid powered beast Group: Members Posts: 782 Joined: 16-September 04 From: Las Vegas, NV Member No.: 2,771 Region Association: Southwest Region |
John,
I think you can find it at West Marine on Lake Mead BLVD in Henderson. Give them a buzz and find out. The owner's name is Tony and is a damn nice guy. QUOTE(Brew @ Apr 22 2006, 05:59 AM)  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) What Rob said! It's a franchise, so they're everywhere. I had them do the dash in my 67, and it came out great! Fairly cheap, too. |
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| Seagrave |
Apr 23 2006, 12:55 AM
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Gutenfest Touring Society Group: Members Posts: 197 Joined: 29-July 03 From: Beaverton, OR Member No.: 963 |
I looked at dash toppers when I first got my car...ordered one from Performance Products. I was disappointed in the effect and so I sent it back, bought a replacement dash top and put it in myself, without taking out the windshield. It was a stone bitch to do. In fact, I got so frustrated the first day that I had to stop and continue the next. I eventually got it though and, since then, I have a black dash mat that covers it most of the time (it looks like a fine texture floor mat that is custom fitted to match the instrument binnacle and the ashtray. I don't know what the availability of dash tops are any more (this was in about 1988) but it was not cheap then. I can only imagine that now the cost probably approaches that a full tank of gas (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) . Unless the crack is very minor, I don't see how the repair will be invisible.
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| LvSteveH |
Apr 23 2006, 11:00 AM
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I put the Poor in Porsche Group: Members Posts: 1,080 Joined: 22-April 03 From: Las Vegas, Nevada Member No.: 600 |
QUOTE(WRX914 @ Apr 22 2006, 11:20 AM) John, I think you can find it at West Marine on Lake Mead BLVD in Henderson. Give them a buzz and find out. The owner's name is Tony and is a damn nice guy. QUOTE(Brew @ Apr 22 2006, 05:59 AM) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) What Rob said! It's a franchise, so they're everywhere. I had them do the dash in my 67, and it came out great! Fairly cheap, too. Camping World has it too. I think it's great, although I'm sure it works much better if you actually apply it as opposed to letting it sit in the bottle in the garage like I do. |
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| anthony |
Apr 23 2006, 12:02 PM
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2270 club Group: Benefactors Posts: 3,107 Joined: 1-February 03 From: SF Bay Area, CA Member No.: 218 |
Just buy a new dash. $600 every 30 years isn't too much of a price to pay.
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