New Dash?

[Silver.FoX]

Hello everyone,

Let me First introduce myself, My name is Dave and I am a car enthusiast (Mostly GM Products) and I recently bought my first Camaro from my brother. It's a 1993 v6 and I love her already :rock:

But just yesterday after giving her a little wash.... I walked around the car and noticed about a 2-3 ft crack in the windshield! Man this sucks. The dash cracked when my bro got her about a year ago now because it was from florida and the heat got it good. Now that I need a new windshield I started to think, does the dash support it at all? Do you all think I should replace the dash before I get the new windshield or will it not matter? Thank you all for your help!

Regards,
Dave

[95astrovan]

Re: New Dash?

dont quote me on this, but im pretty sure it doesnt support the windshield...my dash pad is cracked also, on the drivers side pretty bad, and if i touch it, it wiggles freely all the way up to the windshield, so i dont think it goes under the windshield or anything

[zpwn06]

Re: New Dash?

Its that damn sun. So annoying

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

Re: New Dash?

no, the dash doesn't support the windsheild. That dang dashpad is quite and expensive item though. mine cracked as well (as many do) but instead of buying a new one, I reinforced it on the back and glue it back flat, then covered it in black vinyl. It looks great and it wasn't too hard.

[zpwn06]

Re: New Dash?

no, the dash doesn't support the windsheild. That dang dashpad is quite and expensive item though. mine cracked as well (as many do) but instead of buying a new one, I reinforced it on the back and glue it back flat, then covered it in black vinyl. It looks great and it wasn't too hard.

I think thats what I'm going to do. did you remove it I guess? or inject the glue and clamp it in place.

I think I'm going to to do black, but it might get a bit hot. maybe red then.

[Archer]

Re: New Dash?

hey gr8, you have a pic of that pad? mine is cracked because some IDIOT tried to take off the pillar to put butterflies on the headliner and cracked mine.. most likely i'll get a new pad, but wrapping it might be an option too... This was prior to me purchasing the car FYI...

Archer

[Silver.FoX]

Re: New Dash?

Wrapping the dash is a great idea, unfortunately I cant seem to win here. The dash cracked and then spidered a bit and isn't fixable.... and now this crack is huge on my windshield. I guess I'll fix the windshield first then the dash. Thanks everyone! I think I will wrap the new dash when I get it, try to save it this time!

:banana:

-Dave

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

Re: New Dash?

Archer, I have a pic somewhere, I'll upload it when I get off work.

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

Re: New Dash?

This was before I glued down around the vent..hence the bubbles.

[savagecamaro96]

Re: New Dash?

Its that damn sun. So annoying

yeah F the sun

like two of my vent bars on the dash are cracked, but theres no way to fix that is there?

[FirebirdPhil]

Re: New Dash?

Mines cracked, so I just bought a new one from a guy. I'm going to reinforce the new one though before installing it.

[T-Mill]

Re: New Dash?

that vinyl looks good gr8

[IwannaCamarosoBad]

Re: New Dash?

What do you reinforce it with?? This may be a precautionary measure for me

[benwin82]

Re: New Dash?

You guys can try this dash cover, found it the other day surfing the net.
http://www.coverlaymfg.com/index.php...on=show_detail

[zpwn06]

Re: New Dash?

Mines cracked, so I just bought a new one from a guy. I'm going to reinforce the new one though before installing it.

if by reinforce it you mean armor-all it, then good idea.