M. Requin

Glen, I used "Metallic Aluminum" from Dipyourcar.com (their forum is a good source of info, you def need to join). In the right light it looks OK, any other time it looks like primer, and I'm not particularly fond of the rat-rod look. So this spring it gets "Pearlizer" on top of the Al. I've tried it on small areas (headlight bucket) and I think it will give the result I want. Gloss clear might do the same, I haven't tried that. I'll post a pic in my thread on the subject (Jim, hope this wasn't too much of a hijack!).
https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...iler-idea.html

Nicole

Renault offered flocked dashboards in the R25 in the 80ies. But not for very long. Customers complained how hard those were to keep clean; every little piece of lint sticks to them! What's good against glare is a nightmare in maintenance!

I used to have a car with a tan dash, and my dad liked to joke it's like driving through the Sahara desert. On bright days, I used sunglasses with polarized lenses, and would not see any of the glare.

In the 928, by design the dash color and materials should always match the arm rests, If you have light colored arm rests, then you will have a light colored dash, unless you want to break the flow of the interior design (and devalue your car). Since the pod is separate, it can be black or brown, even on a light colored dash.

Ladybug83

Does anyone know of a way to remove the original cracked vinyl dash covering without chunking up the foam underneath? Anyone try it with a heat gun or some chemicals?

I'm about to scrap my 3rd dash recovering attempt. Just looks bad.

1st attempt worked best. I stretched vinyl over the cracked dash nice and tight but after a few days the cracks began to show under the new vinyl.

2nd attempt same approach but used a 1/4" foam on cracked vinyl and new vinyl over foam. This attempt hid the cracks nicely but was a bit puffy and loose.

3rd attempt 1/4" foam on flat top part, no foam on slanted front. Result was tighter and less puffy but showed cracks again under new vinyl.

For the rear center console I went new vinyl over the old yellow dense foam but the foam was smooth and old vinyl was already gone when I got it. Turned out ok I think.

Center console I used the 1/4" foam under the new vinyl for the lid. A little puffy but pretty good. Base I went new vinyl over old foam also good.

For the Pod I used the 1/4" foam again. Stitched up the seams and edges boy scout style and I'm happy with the results.

So I'm thinking for my 4th dash attempt I wanna go new vinyl on old yellow foam. This seems to be the best result. but I'm afraid of trying to remove old cracked vinyl and making the foam chunky - lumpy.

Any stories of failed or successful attempts are welcome.

In an unrelated story, RIT dye doesn't seem to work on carpets. Tried to re-dye my carpets to make blacker and hide sunfade. Used liquid RIT first, didn't work. Used powder RIT next, worked a bit but not the results I hoped for. we doubled the dose too with minimal effect.

Keep warm everyone

jwillman

Take a look at Rob Budd's site. He has instructions on repairing and recovering dash using his kit. Might help.

http://www.classic9leathershop.com/