Date:         Thu, 9 Dec 2004 23:51:34 +1300
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Dashtop revamping
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>I just removed my dash to replace the heater core.
>In my van (85) the padded dash is glued and screwed in from underneath.
>There are about 8 screws holding it in and about a dozen or so little
>Screw type clips holding it on along the passenger compartment edge.
>
>I am looking to find some solution to recover it, since it is almost
>impossible to find a replacement (brown) in any better shape than the one I
>am removing. If worse comes to worse I will either consider replacing a
>black padding on my brown dash (need to see how it looks) or just replace
>the entire dash with a black one. The black dashes are much more common and
>For some reason seem to hold up better.
>
>You can't just remove the pad because of the holes that will be left in the
>dash. Good luck and keep me updated.


If you can't find a good brown replacement:

1) replace with black strip

2) remove strip, fill holes, paint dash

3) remove strip, replace with adhesive side bump-strip (black)

4) remove strip, have covered with vinyl or other material, replace
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut