Dashboard Help
#1
Dashboard Help
Hey guys. I was wondering if anyone out there has done any resurfacing with their dashboard, and if so, what kind? I still have the original dash and it's still intact, just old, faded and cracked in a couple places.
#2
honestly your best bet when it comes to dashes is to get a cover for them reconing them is basically impossible to accomplish filing the cracks takes forever (if you have the right materials) and then if its a vinyl dash with the for lack of a better phrase "leather look" then it will never look right. also depends on the age of your blazer really
#3
to bad you weren't closer to me, and i didn't know you last October, 'cause i threw out 3 complete dashes for that generation of interior. have you tried looking around for a truck to take out the dash? there pretty easy-hell, it's a walk in the park compared to the 2nd gen's.
as for using a cover, IMO, they usually look like an after thought thrown on there to hide something. but that's just me.
as for using a cover, IMO, they usually look like an after thought thrown on there to hide something. but that's just me.
#4
I know they make vinyl dash covers, that look really good. Almost looks like a dealer option. Can even get a bowtie on them.
#5
my buddy has a 84 blazer and i thought he put a new dash in and it wasnt it was a dash cover...Could have fooled me. It looked like it can that way.
#6
you should snap some pic's, and get the info on whose kit it is, for blazer_grl, so she could get her hands on a good one. i've seen a few, and none of them have ever been able to pass for anything but a cheesy cover. not saying they all are, i just haven't seen a good one yet.
#7
^ Yeah, pix would be great...but as of now, after asking friends and possible connections we might end up either getting a new dash altogether, a really nice cover, or both. ugh, i just want to get this done and over with. but i want it to look good too.
it's been too long since i've driven it, been about a month. darn heater core...>_>
it's been too long since i've driven it, been about a month. darn heater core...>_>
#8
Gonna fiberglass, smooth and paint my spare dash for mine. I'm also a fan of tweed interiors.
#9
^ Yeah, pix would be great...but as of now, after asking friends and possible connections we might end up either getting a new dash altogether, a really nice cover, or both. ugh, i just want to get this done and over with. but i want it to look good too.
it's been too long since i've driven it, been about a month. darn heater core...>_>
it's been too long since i've driven it, been about a month. darn heater core...>_>
#10
Oh no worries. The heater core is all said and done, just have to flush out the system some more. That leak was pretty nasty too...all over the passenger side floor >_>...and it had that nasty clay/putty-type smell. We could tell that someone had put in some stop leak in the system and left it to 'ferment' so to speak. =/