Covering the dash pad
My interior needed a freshening up so here's what I did with my dash pad.
Here's the before picture...
As you can see, it's got a few splits and cracks with exposed foam.
I'll be changing the color to black. I went to Wally World and bought 2 yards of vinyl, some adhesive spray and this...
I start off by taking a razor blade to trim off the high spots, then I filled the gap with the spray foam.
24 hours later I trimmed away the excess bulge and sand it smooth...
I know I could just spring for a new cap and hide it all but I like the vinyl look.
First I gave the crusty pad a good sanding just to give the adhesive to bite to, then wiped it down with a lysol wipe to get it clean. Then measured out about what I would need to cover the dash pad.
The spray adhesive said to spray the fabric and let it dry then use an iron to adhere the fabric to your source. I followed these directions with the exception of using an iron. I used a heat gun. The cheapest one HF had in stock. I started in the middle and worked my way out to the ends. I then worked the ends making several relief cuts and removing just enough material as to keep the dash pad covered. Spraying and heating as I went...
Before I knew it, I was done. It ain't perfect and I've never done this type of work before but I'm very happy with the results.
Thanks for looking
My interior needed a freshening up so here's what I did with my dash pad.
Here's the before picture...
As you can see, it's got a few splits and cracks with exposed foam.
I'll be changing the color to black. I went to Wally World and bought 2 yards of vinyl, some adhesive spray and this...
I start off by taking a razor blade to trim off the high spots, then I filled the gap with the spray foam.
24 hours later I trimmed away the excess bulge and sand it smooth...
I know I could just spring for a new cap and hide it all but I like the vinyl look.
First I gave the crusty pad a good sanding just to give the adhesive to bite to, then wiped it down with a lysol wipe to get it clean. Then measured out about what I would need to cover the dash pad.
The spray adhesive said to spray the fabric and let it dry then use an iron to adhere the fabric to your source. I followed these directions with the exception of using an iron. I used a heat gun. The cheapest one HF had in stock. I started in the middle and worked my way out to the ends. I then worked the ends making several relief cuts and removing just enough material as to keep the dash pad covered. Spraying and heating as I went...
Before I knew it, I was done. It ain't perfect and I've never done this type of work before but I'm very happy with the results.
Thanks for looking
