Back in the 90's I installed one of the dash overlays. It was made from a
thicker material than what they are selling nowadays.
Mine still looks great and the only way anyone knows is iOS an overlay is that
it doesn't extend all the way back to the wood dash and if you feel under the
lip you can tell it's there.
Bob Berger
78 Spitfire
> On Jul 20, 2014, at 7:56 PM, "Bob Krivenko" <TRBob@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I had received a dash overlay that came with a car that I bought but didn't
> like the way it looked. It all depends on how much you want to take your
> dash apart. I was doing a full restoration, so the car was in pieces and I
> thought I would try this. I went to the trouble of carefully removing the
> original cap from the metal dash top trying to salvage the foam underneath
> the vinyl. I disconnected the entire dashboard from the top which requires
> removing gauges and everything else that goes with it. I then cut off the
> raised lip of the split or splits with a razor blade to make it as flat as
> possible, filling in the split with body putty and sanding it down. Then I
> used contact cement to glue just the edges under the cap close to the
> windshield, wrapped it around to fit under the dash panel and glued it
> there. I was able to form fit using a heat gun around the ash tray and the
> raised area above the gauges but just glued the area around the ash tray to
> keep the indentations on both sides of the ash tray. I don't believe that
I
> used glue all over the entire dash top so the vinyl can flex a bit. I then
> glued it back onto the metal dash top and bolted up the dashboard to it.
> This was done at least four years ago and it still looks like day one. Back
> in the 70's I did this to my tr4 dash top and it too still looks good after
> all these years. They now have a full replacements for these dash tops but
I
> am still too cheap to go that route. Hope this helps. Bob Krivenko
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Spitfires [mailto:spitfires-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Doug
> Braun
> Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2014 6:28 PM
> To: Spitfire Group
> Subject: Re: [Spits] dash cap
>
> I did a dash cap about 10 years ago (before remanufactured originals were
> available), and it looks fine to me, certainly a lot better than the
cracked
> original.
> If I remember correctly,
> I completely removed the dash pad, clued on the cap, and re-installed the
> pad.
>
> Doug
>
>
>> On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Kevin Rhodes <krhodes1@maine.rr.com>
wrote:
>>
>>
>> Ib m going to try to install a dash cap on a 75, not a full
>> replacement dash.
>>
>> some of the forums said its better to just fill the holes and vinyl it.
>>
>> anyone done either and/or have a recommendation?
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