Hawkesmoor

My LHD 1978 928 (manual) has a cracked dash top. I see there are various dash covers available. Are some better than others? Which should I avoid?

WALTSTAR

Forget the dash covers. Remove it and have it recovered. Just my opinion because I did the same and saw what the covers looked like in a otherwise nice interior.

Weissach

Yeap, remove and recover. There's some good leather ones on eBay now, or take it to a shop and have them do it. I would stay away from the plastic cap covers, they all start warping in less than a month....and creak like hell

hacker-pschorr

Previous owner of my 87 glued down one of those vinyl dash covers & it was wavy so I had to remove it. He spread on so much glue / silicone the dash underneath was ruined. Upon close inspection he was "covering up" a few very minor cracks that didn't warrant what he did to it.

Right now I have one of these installed on the dash & pod:
http://www.dashdesigns.com/i-3007816...sh-covers.html

For less than $50 it's a stop gap until I'm able to have a permanent cover made. I've been asked many times by other Porsche owners where I purchased my nice cover, thinking it's there to protect my dash.

This is what I'm covering up:
https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...-overlays.html

928NOOBIE

OMG they went cray cray with the glue gun.

hacker-pschorr

Yup, it was actually pure silicone. So thick there was no way to remove it. I ended up using a razor blade and by hand "shaving" the dash to make it smooth so the $50 cover would sit flat.

Had I known the install was that bad, I would have simply cut the wavy part and glued that back down. It still would have looked bad but good enough for now and would have saved me a crap load of work.

vanster

Remove and recover. It's easier and cheaper and a good investment. Every time you get into your car it's the first thing you see. I think I spent at least a few hundred bucks fooling around with various covers and none were all that great.