i have a lot of bad cracks in mine, and i am considering removing it for repair. has anybody ever used the regular bondo for filling the cracks? and then maybe like some dash restore liquid for UV protection? i have a dash mat, but i prefer the look of the dash instead...without the mat

and how do i get the dash off?

 

bust the old one off and get a junkyard replacement.

might get lucky and find one with an inclinometer

 

sorry guys i posted to the wrong forum

 

Hit the little ! Next to your "online-offline" icon and say wrong section...

 

Moved this thread and deleted your other duplicate thread.
If you accidentally post a thread into the wrong section, hit the "Report Post" button next to the "Online/Offline" status indicator below your avatar/location - as scuba said.

Please do not make duplicate threads, just makes more work for us.

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i dont want to pay for a dashboard. that could be rather costly. i believe some bondo will work, i just need to know how to remove the dash please..

 

Hi, Heres what I did...I had to look at the manual 2 find out what I should do 2 release the safety pad. I tear down the craked material and since I like the metal body of it just painted with flat camouflage rustoleum brown paint.

Note: I had to put a rubber piece between the safety pad and the metal piece near the windshield, because without the soft material there was a gap between them.

Guess your dash is going 2 be way different than mine...

 

so the fsm doesnt appear to cover the removal procedure for the entire dashboard. and i also want to peek inside my windshield defroster vents for clogs. so any help or guidance for getting this thing out would be much appreciated

and thank you morena67 for your input, but unfortunately we have different years so i cannot use your info

 

bump!

 

interested in this thread as my dash pad is badly cracked as well, i'm curious to see some of the solutions i think bondo will crack i think you will need something a little more flexible in there

 

hey i got a crispy dash too los angeles sun !!! im looking for a way to find a good shop who fixes them or use a epoxy to do it my self i own a specialty paint shop but thats the last resort i can do my own work due to customers deadlines but let me know im a lookin'

 

I actually really like my dash cover

 

That is sweet. Where did you get it?

 

When I bought my 90 it had dash cracks but i bought a new one and the install didnt take more than like 2 hours. Its easy.

 

Actually order from the local Advance Auto Parts store, and they special order them from the brand Cover King I believe. You can get them plane, or have them embroyder anything you want on it. I just kept it classic and had them do "TOYOTA" in all caps

 

Cover King dash covers are good. Get a black one to eliminate the reflection of the dash in the windshield. If I wanted to fill in the cracks I'd use RTV in the closest non-distracting color I could find. Kind of like when they patch the cracks in asphalt with tar, except it wouldn't stink.

 

Haha yes stinky is no bueno!