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MikeJinCO
Joined: 08 Jun 2010 Posts: 1228 Location: Maysville, Colorado
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Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2012 11:08 pm Post subject: Dash Repair |
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Being out here in sun country cars are generally rust free, but the sun damage can be horrendous. This is a summary of how I repaired my dash.
First the condition when I started:
http://i1180.photobucket.com/albums/x413/MikeJinCO/Dash%20and%20Interior%20restoration%20Porsche%20924/CopyofDSC00803.jpg
After some research I decided to use some easily sandable plastic bumber epoxy repair filler. I got mine, Maxim by Evercoat from Eastwood, 3M has a similar product. It is a two part epoxy in a caulking gun and takes a high pressure gun to get it thru the mixing tube. For my purposes it worked better to just use a regular caulk gun and mix and apply it with a tongue depressor. I first cut the gaps wider to give the epoxy more area to get a good bite per the directions.
When applied and sanded it came out like this, 80 and 100 grit sandpaper was all I used.
I then decided since the top vinyl was extremely brittle I should give it a new surface so I took some of my epoxy and 2oz fiberglass and applied it. I've worked with this for 30 years on curved surfaces and it would be very difficult to do a very good job on the more curved front surface.
Then since the surface had lost most of its texture I went to the truck bedliner spray and gave it a good shot which works well, but appears somewhat damageable.
I then painted the finished surface with SEM Graphite interior plastic paint as with my recovered seats the graphite works better than black.
So it is definitely not perfect, I didn't try to fill the warping up near the defrost vents, but it does look pretty good, probably a 6 or 7 out of 10. Will it hold up? Who knows? A good vinyl or leather recovering would be much better, but I'd rather spend that money on some HC pistons. _________________ Mike
'67 MG Midget Dp
'71 Ocelot Dsr Kawasaki 1000(under rebuild) |
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Joes924Racer
Joined: 03 Nov 2002 Posts: 11964 Location: Oregon, Denver Colorado native!
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 1:05 am Post subject: |
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Looks fantastic. _________________ 1979 porsche 924 Na
1980 porsche Turbo 931GT Replica
Have u ever driven a turbo. |
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peterld
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 947 Location: Noosa Heads QLD Australia
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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+ 1!! _________________ 80/81 932/8 ROW |
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peterld
Joined: 10 Dec 2006 Posts: 947 Location: Noosa Heads QLD Australia
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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^ + 1!! _________________ 80/81 932/8 ROW |
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MikeJinCO
Joined: 08 Jun 2010 Posts: 1228 Location: Maysville, Colorado
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2012 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks, but it actually looks better in pictures than up close. _________________ Mike
'67 MG Midget Dp
'71 Ocelot Dsr Kawasaki 1000(under rebuild) |
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RC
Joined: 25 Mar 2007 Posts: 2636 Location: Australia
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2012 4:27 am Post subject: |
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Still looks as good, if not better, as the pic of my $400 so called professional job, that was in better starting condition.
Great job modest Mike. _________________ World`s quickest 924 2L slushbox
Allan @ DTA wrote: | I have no issue with superchargers, they are for guys who want to drive a car rather than talk about horsepower with their baseball cap on backwards |
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ThomasJoseph315 Guest
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Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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Wow,.. nice! +10 |
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sbarc
Joined: 01 Feb 2010 Posts: 545 Location: West Coast of Canada
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Posted: Wed Jun 26, 2013 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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A very effective and inexpenisve repair job.
The other option is to send your dash to www.justdashes.comand get them to do it....but I think that costs about $1000 to restoore a dash. _________________ 1981 931 (Canadian car)
1981 931 (US car)
1990 928GT (ROW car)
1991 Toyota MR2
1989 Toyota MR2 Super Charged
1985 Toyota Supra
1973 Triumph GT6
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ThomasJoseph315 Guest
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Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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^ Just dashes is like 20 mins from me |
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txjake
Joined: 17 Feb 2007 Posts: 395 Location: Oklahoma City OK
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Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2014 1:01 am Post subject: |
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nice. I might try that method next winter on mine... _________________ 1978 924, aka The Red Rocker |
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MikeJinCO
Joined: 08 Jun 2010 Posts: 1228 Location: Maysville, Colorado
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 3:58 am Post subject: |
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Well, x years later some of the cracks have opened up again. The places I put the fibeerglass on are fine, but 2 or the front ones have opened up again. _________________ Mike
'67 MG Midget Dp
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edredas
Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 861 Location: Charlotte, NC
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 5:37 am Post subject: |
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MikeJinCO wrote: | Well, x years later some of the cracks have opened up again. The places I put the fibeerglass on are fine, but 2 or the front ones have opened up again. |
Sorry to hear that. The same has happened to the two dashes that I fiberglassed as well. I've been thinking about making a kick-starter to fund making us some solid fiberglass dashes that will never crack. _________________ '84 944 -White, Brown interior
'84 944 -Red, Automatic
'86 944 -Garnet, Fully loaded, Koni suspension
'87 924S -Red, 300hp 951 swap
'87 924S -Red, Project Car
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MikeJinCO
Joined: 08 Jun 2010 Posts: 1228 Location: Maysville, Colorado
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2014 6:53 am Post subject: |
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Where I fiberglassed it is fine, I used some 2oz fiberglass and WEST epoxy. Heavier glass wouldn't drape over the curves as well as it is less flexible. With as many curves and corners the dash has it would have to be set up for either vacuum bagging if using cloth or probably a chopper gun for fiberglass. I don't know if I could get any matte to conform to the shape as I really haven't used it that much . We are taking off for the winter to South America in November but would like to work on it in the spring. _________________ Mike
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v8carreragts
Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Posts: 665 Location: Tucson, AZ
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Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 11:20 am Post subject: |
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Here's mine
I filled in the cracks with structural adhesive )3m Automix 08115) then used a dash cap and bonded that on with the same structural adhesive.
[ _________________ 84 944--924 Carrera GTS clone w/520HP Chevy 302 V8--RUNNING!
2015 AUDI Q7
2013 Dodge Charger R/T AWD HEMI
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leadfoot
Joined: 11 Dec 2002 Posts: 2222 Location: gOLD cOAST Australia
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Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2014 11:25 am Post subject: |
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had you thought of a loose weave like woven rovings? something that will bunch up where you need it to and expand in other areas... then apply a body filler over the top.
I normally get into my curves by tearing light mat and blending the edges, just have to make sure the mat has plenty of resin to wet out properly.
Stu _________________ 1981 ROW 924 Turbo -
carbon fiber GT mish mash
LS1 conversion in progress... |
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