Cracked Dash

[avalonandl]

Been combing through this thread and many others and there seems to be a ton of conflicting opinions; is there a cap/cover/skin option that goes over the existing dash? Or is it best to replace the entire plastic unit? Thanks in advance.

There is a cap. It looks OK.... my opinion.... But it is so much better than a flapping piece of crap.

 

[avalonandl]

Its called the Dashskin.




Google it

 

[mikeyss]

Its called the Dashskin.

I'm sorry, but that looks horrible. On top of the how bad it looks, if any other repair under that atrocity needs to be done, you have extra work ahead of you. Fix it right guys is my honest opinion. I also have dash cracks, but I'll fix mine correctly.

 

[91RS]

I agree. Definitely a to each his own on that.

 

[avalonandl]

The dashskin works for me. I don't even really notice it. I really enjoy the vehicle and at the price I paid its a win win for me....I am not OCD about it....

 

[Rocket Man]

So someone I've never even met could bust my balls about it, apparently. I have read that it happens, leading me to be suspicious. I felt it was worth mentioning, provided I couched my statement in such a way as to convey it was merely spoken about. Thus the "some say" part of my statement. I'm not alone in my suspicion. Look at how many reinforce their replacements with epoxy, or add support under the center speaker.

Gotta love rumors. Great, now more people have read that it happens but apparently maybe it doesnt.
Just because some of us add epoxy to the new ones doesn’t mean they’re breaking. It’s just that it’s a $600 investment and $20 worth of epoxy couldn’t hurt.

 

[992dr]

My dash is cracked

 

[Ron C]

Same happened to me, I noticed today. tehre was just a crack that became a bit wider when air temp was colder... closed when was warmer. now (like in a pic above) one part slipped under the other. has anyone found a solution for this? (with solution I mean a fix that is not necessarilly perfect, but decent?

 

[Rocket Man]

Same happened to me, I noticed today. tehre was just a crack that became a bit wider when air temp was colder... closed when was warmer. now (like in a pic above) one part slipped under the other. has anyone found a solution for this? (with solution I mean a fix that is not necessarilly perfect, but decent?

Other than one of those ugly dash mats or ugly covers, no. I tried taking it out and using the hot stapler method on the underside which looked ok ( I could still see the crack ) but as soon as I reinstalled it, another crack or two appeared.

 

[Ron C]

Other than one of those ugly dash mats or ugly covers, no. I tried taking it out and using the hot stapler method on the underside which looked ok ( I could still see the crack ) but as soon as I reinstalled it, another crack or two appeared.

that is what I wondered about too. even if I fixed the crack, I saw another 'method' won't it just crack elsewhere .. maybe even worse.

this is what I found:

 

[Rocket Man]

that is what I wondered about too. even if I fixed the crack, I saw another 'method' won't it just crack elsewhere .. maybe even worse.

this is what I found:

Yes it will imo. When I did replace my dash, it was discolored in the areas where the cracks were and I was able to crack those areas easily, it was super brittle. The areas away from that were pliable and I could bend pieces and they wouldn’t break. But those areas- by the airbag and over the cluster- could be broken just by slightly bending them, super brittle. I don’t know if the cracks caused the discoloration/ brittle areas or the other way around but I see no way to fix that once it cracks. That guy in that video didn’t even pull the airbag which takes 10 minutes- I couldn’t watch any more after I saw that.

 

[Ron C]

Yes it will imo. When I did replace my dash, it was discolored in the areas where the cracks were and I was able to crack those areas easily, it was super brittle. The areas away from that were pliable and I could bend pieces and they wouldn’t break. But those areas- by the airbag and over the cluster- could be broken just by slightly bending them, super brittle. I don’t know if the cracks caused the discoloration/ brittle areas or the other way around but I see no way to fix that once it cracks. That guy in that video didn’t even pull the airbag which takes 10 minutes- I couldn’t watch any more after I saw that.

I wondered about the airbag too... one wouldn't want to glue anything to it by accident

 

[George B]

For those with the updated dash how long have you had it installed?

I may be worrying needlessly because other than the part number difference the new and old dashes from my truck seem identical in every way.

 

[Rocket Man]

For those with the updated dash how long have you had it installed?

I may be worrying needlessly because other than the part number difference the new and old dashes from my truck seem identical in every way.

Mines been in a year or so.