View Poll Results: Has your 4th gen F-body dash pad cracked?
T-top: No cracks.
34
47.89%
T-top: Cracks! ugh!
24
33.80%
Hardtop: No cracks.
6
8.45%
Hardtop: Cracks! ugh!
7
9.86%
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Dash cracks?
09-23-2008, 01:22 AM
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Dash cracks? Optional: Post the things you have done (or not) to protect your dash pad from cracking, and if it did crack or not.
Hardtops are probably going to be a lower number anyways, just because there are not as many LSx F-bodies with them. It may or may not make a difference. Most people say it's extreme temperatures that cause it to crack, too. I just wanna see some numbers.
Hardtops are probably going to be a lower number anyways, just because there are not as many LSx F-bodies with them. It may or may not make a difference. Most people say it's extreme temperatures that cause it to crack, too. I just wanna see some numbers.
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09-23-2008, 04:02 AM
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Its the heat my car sat out in summer 24/7 no shade. When i lived in Apartment It started cracking. Dash mat Or Tint front window is the Fix.
Anyone got white car? I know heat don't attract too much to white.
Anyone got white car? I know heat don't attract too much to white.
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09-23-2008, 07:16 AM
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No cracks until I cracked it. I tried to pull it up and cracked it. I guess it was brittle from the sun 
. Then it just got worse. I never thought about it being weak. I need to replace it but keep spending money on HP mods. The interior is the next step in my build, so I will fix it soon.
. Then it just got worse. I never thought about it being weak. I need to replace it but keep spending money on HP mods. The interior is the next step in my build, so I will fix it soon.
09-23-2008, 08:32 AM
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My 95 has no cracks, except for a tiny, almost invisible "x" right above the gauge cluster, but you practically need a magnifying glass to see it.
The passenger airbag cover is a little warped along the windshield side but it's not too bad. It was my DD'er last summer and I didn't do anything to protect it, I think that's why it warped and got that tiny crack. Now I put a small blanket over the dash if I know it will be outside somewhere for a while, and when it's at home it sits under a Wolf car cover.
The passenger airbag cover is a little warped along the windshield side but it's not too bad. It was my DD'er last summer and I didn't do anything to protect it, I think that's why it warped and got that tiny crack. Now I put a small blanket over the dash if I know it will be outside somewhere for a while, and when it's at home it sits under a Wolf car cover.
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09-23-2008, 08:55 AM
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if your dash starts to crack, the best thing you can do (besides buy a new one) is take a SMALLLLLL drill bit and make a small pin hole at the end of the crack...this is to keep it from spreading. Then if you like you can just fill it so its not visible. Mine is cracking...didnt get to it fast enuff so i think im gonna have to buy a new one....DAMN Houston Heat. Its pretty intense.
09-23-2008, 11:29 AM
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My 2002 T-Top - No cracks Garage Kept/T-top shades in most of the time
Dad's 2002 Hardtop - No Cracks Garage Kept
1995 T-Top - No Cracks/This is a DD and kept outside.
1993 Hardtop - No dash - Dash cracked and was taken out before I got it. I think it was not cracked by the sun, but by the previous owner gutting the car.
I use the meguiars natural shine vinyl/rubber protectant on my dash.
Dad's 2002 Hardtop - No Cracks Garage Kept
1995 T-Top - No Cracks/This is a DD and kept outside.
1993 Hardtop - No dash - Dash cracked and was taken out before I got it. I think it was not cracked by the sun, but by the previous owner gutting the car.
I use the meguiars natural shine vinyl/rubber protectant on my dash.
09-23-2008, 02:46 PM
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Mine is cracked purely out of my stupidity. I almost always have the t-top shades on, but that wont help what I did. Stupid fly...I tried to just hit the dash hard enough to make him get off and fly out the window...nope. I instead cracked the **** out of the dash, and his *** was still in the same spot, over on the passanger A pillar. I felt horrible.
Aside from dash cracks, who has their door pannel cracked? Mine is in two places, both at the top near the bottom of the window.
Aside from dash cracks, who has their door pannel cracked? Mine is in two places, both at the top near the bottom of the window.
09-23-2008, 02:52 PM
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^My passanger door has a 1/4 inch crack near the top. also about the depth across the top it is fadded. I plan on painting or replacing. Its not too bad most don't even notice, but I do 
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09-23-2008, 09:52 PM
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I have a '95 T-Top car. I have a small crack the goes from where the vents are, to above my center vents. Also, my passenger A/C vent is kind of cracked around the ring.
I don't have shades for the tops, the car used to sit outside all of the time. No tinit or anything. I do armorall quite a bit so it could be worse if I didn't
I don't have shades for the tops, the car used to sit outside all of the time. No tinit or anything. I do armorall quite a bit so it could be worse if I didn't
09-24-2008, 09:40 AM
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Mine's a '99, sits out in the sun almost every day at work. I have a sun shield thing that goes over the dash, but doesn't really cover the dash pad. No cracks, same with the door panels (I have the low-profile door panels without the integrated tweeter pod).
115k miles.
115k miles.