Instrument Pod Crack Repair
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2013
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From: Williamsburg, Virginia by way of Garden City, New York
Instrument Pod Crack Repair
Like most every 928 around, my S4 (despite the entire interior being in amazing condition..) had the usual cracked dash pod. Options, as we know, are a leather or vinyl cover from Champagne or Budd, or the Just Dashes formed cover.
I located a company called Fibrenew who repairs vinyl and leather goods. Chris Page here in Tidewater was directed to me, and as it turns out, he is a car guy working on a Mercury Cougar. Good start.
Chris spent a bunch of time on the crack in my pod. I checked-in on him periodically to see how he was doing; frankly, I was quite surprised as I thought it would involve just squirting some compound into the crack and going from there. Not even close. It was far more involved.
For final finishing, he brought the pod to his shop and returned it today. Amazing! Crack is gone, the vinyl is refinished, and all for a fraction of the cost of a leather cover. Couldn't be more pleased with the outcome.
To contact Chris, give him a ring at 757-630-2389 or via tidewater@fibrenew.com.
I located a company called Fibrenew who repairs vinyl and leather goods. Chris Page here in Tidewater was directed to me, and as it turns out, he is a car guy working on a Mercury Cougar. Good start.
Chris spent a bunch of time on the crack in my pod. I checked-in on him periodically to see how he was doing; frankly, I was quite surprised as I thought it would involve just squirting some compound into the crack and going from there. Not even close. It was far more involved.
For final finishing, he brought the pod to his shop and returned it today. Amazing! Crack is gone, the vinyl is refinished, and all for a fraction of the cost of a leather cover. Couldn't be more pleased with the outcome.
To contact Chris, give him a ring at 757-630-2389 or via tidewater@fibrenew.com.
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Burning Brakes
Joined: Apr 2013
Posts: 787
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From: Williamsburg, Virginia by way of Garden City, New York
Per Chris, it's a permanent repair and seeing the repair, I believe it.
The process involves drilling holes down each side of the crack and injecting the repair compound into the holes and under the vinyl covering to tie all of it together rather than just fill the crack. Sanding, redying and texturing are the final steps.
Other 'kits' will have you believe that filling the crack will effect a repair and now seeing how it's really done, I'd be suspect of anything other than the Fibrenew approach.
A really nice guy, too.
The process involves drilling holes down each side of the crack and injecting the repair compound into the holes and under the vinyl covering to tie all of it together rather than just fill the crack. Sanding, redying and texturing are the final steps.
Other 'kits' will have you believe that filling the crack will effect a repair and now seeing how it's really done, I'd be suspect of anything other than the Fibrenew approach.
A really nice guy, too.
Nordschleife Master
Joined: Oct 2006
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From: Orange, Cal
You can't judge much until its seen the heat and sun a bit. The original vinyl shrank and split at the weakest point. That weakest point has now been reinforced, next split at the second weakest point. I hope it holds up, but it would be the first of this type of repair to do so.
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