Dash panel popped up a little bit in the corner
02-04-2010, 07:22 PM
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Dash panel popped up a little bit in the corner The panel in the passenger side corner is popped up a little bit. Going over bumpy roads, it annoyingly taps the windshield. Right now I just wedged a piece of black electrical tape up against it and the plastic column/pillar piece.
Any better and permanent solutions?
Any better and permanent solutions?
02-06-2010, 10:28 AM
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that panel is held onto the dash by velco pad and push snaps. remove the a pillar from the passenger side and see you can massage the panel back into place; a push pin maybe have come up or a velco pad may have lost its grip. just be careful with the bad because they can snap into pieces easily if its been sun
how to remove a-pillar: remove t-top and youll see 2 screws. unscrew and then the a-pillar pretty much pops out with little effort
how to remove a-pillar: remove t-top and youll see 2 screws. unscrew and then the a-pillar pretty much pops out with little effort
02-22-2010, 08:08 AM
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I took off the A-pillar but that really didn't help me. I really didn't try to massage it back into place, though. I guess that was my fault. At lunch, I may leave everything in place and still try to massage it back.
02-22-2010, 09:32 PM
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My dash panel would rattle against the windshield sometimes too.
After dealing with it for 3 years, I put some small pieces of black velcro (soft side) onto the windshield right down where it met the dash pad. I used three pieces, one in the center, one at the drivers side center, the other at the pass side center. That fixed the problem.
But then last year I got tired of looking at the small pieces of Velcro, so I removed the dash pad, and used velcro in the same 3 places, except they went onto the edge or lip of the pad, instead of the windshield.
Now it is completely invisible and quite!
After dealing with it for 3 years, I put some small pieces of black velcro (soft side) onto the windshield right down where it met the dash pad. I used three pieces, one in the center, one at the drivers side center, the other at the pass side center. That fixed the problem.
But then last year I got tired of looking at the small pieces of Velcro, so I removed the dash pad, and used velcro in the same 3 places, except they went onto the edge or lip of the pad, instead of the windshield.
Now it is completely invisible and quite!
02-22-2010, 09:34 PM
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My dash panel would rattle against the windshield sometimes too.
After dealing with it for 3 years, I put some small pieces of black Velcro (soft side) onto the windshield right down where it met the dash pad. I used three pieces, one in the center, drivers side center, other pass side center. That fixed the problem.
But then last year I got tired of looking at the small pieces of Velcro, so I removed the dash pad, and used Velcro in the same 3 places, expect they went onto the edge or lip of the pad, instead of the windshield.
Now it is completely invisible and quite!
After dealing with it for 3 years, I put some small pieces of black Velcro (soft side) onto the windshield right down where it met the dash pad. I used three pieces, one in the center, drivers side center, other pass side center. That fixed the problem.
But then last year I got tired of looking at the small pieces of Velcro, so I removed the dash pad, and used Velcro in the same 3 places, expect they went onto the edge or lip of the pad, instead of the windshield.
Now it is completely invisible and quite!
