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Re: Any Ways To Fix Cracked Dash?
« Reply #15 on: January 01, 2011, 03:55:18 pm »
Seam sealer
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Re: Any Ways To Fix Cracked Dash?
« Reply #16 on: January 01, 2011, 04:35:56 pm »
seam sealer?
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Re: Any Ways To Fix Cracked Dash?
« Reply #17 on: January 02, 2011, 09:01:10 pm »
I'll post pix of the one I just fixed...
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Re: Any Ways To Fix Cracked Dash?
« Reply #18 on: January 02, 2011, 09:20:15 pm »
I took a beat up dash pad I had and in between watching paint dry I decided to see how it would turn out if I actually tried to fix it. I ground down all of the areas around the cracks and filled them with seam sealer. Later I wiped the whole dash with laquer thinner and put some body filler over the rough areas. I primed it and it looked pretty good. I decided since I don't really care about it to try making a stronger texture. I shot it with spatter paint and plan to DA the whole thing. Then I'll paint it and see how it looks/holds up.









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Re: Any Ways To Fix Cracked Dash?
« Reply #19 on: January 02, 2011, 09:51:11 pm »
What did you fill the speaker holes/areas with?
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Re: Any Ways To Fix Cracked Dash?
« Reply #20 on: January 03, 2011, 04:17:34 am »
thats cool man. My dash is in about the shape yours was before you filled it in and repainted it. Im gonna get some of that sealer and have a go at it :)
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Re: Any Ways To Fix Cracked Dash?
« Reply #21 on: January 03, 2011, 10:52:34 am »
I pulled out all of the foam under the speaker holes and put duct tape over the top. I filled it with foam and then used body filler over the top. I used the coverlay I had laying around as a template to redrill the holes. I'll finish it up tonight and see how it looks.
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Re: Any Ways To Fix Cracked Dash?
« Reply #22 on: January 03, 2011, 06:22:08 pm »
Looks really good. What is DA?



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Re: Any Ways To Fix Cracked Dash?
« Reply #23 on: January 03, 2011, 06:23:51 pm »
Dual Action Sander aka DA
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Re: Any Ways To Fix Cracked Dash?
« Reply #24 on: January 07, 2011, 04:15:09 pm »
that is a good idea, what seam sealer did you use?  mines gonna need quite a bit in some places
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Re: Any Ways To Fix Cracked Dash?
« Reply #25 on: January 08, 2011, 05:21:38 pm »
Yeah what sealer did you use?  I have 3 dashpads I need to repair.
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Re: Any Ways To Fix Cracked Dash?
« Reply #26 on: January 09, 2011, 12:21:34 pm »
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Re: Any Ways To Fix Cracked Dash?
« Reply #27 on: January 10, 2011, 04:14:54 pm »
and after you did all of that did you just sand it all smooth?  there was one on here that they did in fiberglass that looked good, but once you get one of those done i would like to see how they turn out, thanks for all of the info so far!
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Re: Any Ways To Fix Cracked Dash?
« Reply #28 on: January 29, 2011, 02:09:39 pm »
Just ordered some of that filler.  I'll let you know how it works.
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Re: Any Ways To Fix Cracked Dash?
« Reply #29 on: January 30, 2011, 07:53:41 pm »
alrite, im thinkin bout gettin some of it
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