I placed a 1/8" oak shim beneath the "lift-the-dot" fastener on the dash and
have had no problems since.
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "1979MGB" <1979mgb@vixa.voyager.net>
To: <ATWEDITOR@aol.com>; <rsexson@excite.com>; <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 6:59 AM
Subject: Re: Dash Top Cover
> I have a dash top I'm going to install soon also and had one question. I
> have a tonneau cover that fits great. If I put this cover on the dash I'm
> afraid it will be too high or make the cover stretch too far to reach -
> barely stretches now. Does anyone know if this will affect my tonnearu
fit?
>
> thanks
>
> Denny
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ATWEDITOR@aol.com <ATWEDITOR@aol.com>
> To: rsexson@excite.com <rsexson@excite.com>; mgs@autox.team.net
> <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Date: Sunday, June 25, 2000 9:04 AM
> Subject: Re: Dash Top Cover
>
>
> >In a message dated 00-06-24 12:45:04 EDT, rsexson@excite.com writes:
> >
> ><< Does anyone know anything about installing a vinal dash top cover? >>
> >
> >I did it to a GT several months ago, and generally got good results. It
is
> a
> >pain keeping pressure all along the cover as it dries, and while I
laughed
> at
> >the instructions that recommended mashing roles of toilet paper to hold
the
> >thing down, in the end that was the way to go.
> >
> >I did have some trouble with fit. The cover wasn't quite big enough, and
I
> >ended with a slight split on the bottom of the passenger side that I have
> yet
> >to patch. Also, I had to grind away a lot of the bad parts of the
cracked
> >and buckled old dash with a sur-form, but I expected that. Instructions
> also
> >tell you to be careful with the adhesive. Also true. I have one spot
that
> >is not well adhered, and I have to fid a way to attach that after the
fact.
> >
> >My roadster already had one of these patch tops on it when I bought
> it--took
> >be six months to realize. It still looks good 3 years later. This may
not
> >be the purist way to fix a nasty looking dash, but the results are
> >near-original in appearance.
> >
> >Jay Donoghue
> >72 B
> >72 B-GT
> >66 Mustang
> >
>
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