Waves in Pass. Air Bag Cover. Possible to fix?
03-09-2010, 06:06 PM
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Waves in Pass. Air Bag Cover. Possible to fix? Part of my air bag cover is coming up. Is there any kind of a fix for this, or is it something I have to live with?
Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated.
Could a shop do anything for it?
Thanks
Any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated.
Could a shop do anything for it?
Thanks
03-09-2010, 06:35 PM
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Great question John.
thats definitely the worst looking part of my dash, its lifting on both sides for me.
hopefully we have an option other than finding pristine used ones :-S
thats definitely the worst looking part of my dash, its lifting on both sides for me.
hopefully we have an option other than finding pristine used ones :-S
03-09-2010, 08:48 PM
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I'm not saying that you couldn't make it look better but if you had a wreck and the air bags deployed it could cause a problem. These things are designed to work a certain way to come through the cover and if you mess with it could be very dangerous if deployed. If you glue the bottom of the cover down and it deploys it could blow the top out causing the cover to hit the passanger not the airbag. So through all this yes you can probably make it look better, but it could cause major injury to others which can lead to a law suit at the least
03-09-2010, 09:38 PM
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i wouldnt have thought about gluing it.
maybe shaving the edges if there was a way to refinish it and make it match (id say vinyl over it but i think that would be worse than gluing the edges)
maybe shaving the edges if there was a way to refinish it and make it match (id say vinyl over it but i think that would be worse than gluing the edges)
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03-10-2010, 01:11 AM
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Damnit, where the hell am I going to find a new dash that is in good shape! I can't have spent all that I did for an interior makeover and stare at that all day! I'm in this interior makeover around $2500 plus time spent; I know that damned piece would be the ONLY thing I would see when I get done. NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! 
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03-10-2010, 05:57 AM
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Actually factory used glue or some kind of green epoxy to attach the cover to the dash.
The cover is also secured in the back with some kind of belt, witch means you will never get the cover in your face it will pop up and stay on the dash.
When I wrapped my dash I took a flat knife and removed the cover just to wrap it separately from the dash, then I use some glue to attach it again into it origin position.
If you going to do this you need to remove the big plastic cover in front of the dash towards the windshield to get access to the screw which secure the cover.
The cover is also secured in the back with some kind of belt, witch means you will never get the cover in your face it will pop up and stay on the dash.
When I wrapped my dash I took a flat knife and removed the cover just to wrap it separately from the dash, then I use some glue to attach it again into it origin position.
If you going to do this you need to remove the big plastic cover in front of the dash towards the windshield to get access to the screw which secure the cover.
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03-10-2010, 07:21 AM
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AH! Viking comes through again! I already have the rest of the interior out, so I am going to give this a shot. If its just a cover, I'll give it a shot. If it doesn't work, whats worst case, I buy a new dash??? oh wait, thought I had to do that anyway! I'll take pics this weekend!
03-10-2010, 07:34 AM
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Actually factory used glue or some kind of green epoxy to attach the cover to the dash.
The cover is also secured in the back with some kind of belt, witch means you will never get the cover in your face it will pop up and stay on the dash.
When I wrapped my dash I took a flat knife and removed the cover just to wrap it separately from the dash, then I use some glue to attach it again into it origin position.
If you going to do this you need to remove the big plastic cover in front of the dash towards the windshield to get access to the screw which secure the cover.
The cover is also secured in the back with some kind of belt, witch means you will never get the cover in your face it will pop up and stay on the dash.
When I wrapped my dash I took a flat knife and removed the cover just to wrap it separately from the dash, then I use some glue to attach it again into it origin position.
If you going to do this you need to remove the big plastic cover in front of the dash towards the windshield to get access to the screw which secure the cover.
If your stock piece is warped badly you might need to pick up a new one. It'll be very hard to gluw down deformed edges. Just make sure the strap attached to it is in place & secure then glue that piece back down.
03-10-2010, 09:40 AM
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You can change it but I would buy a new one before I tampered with an air bag. Working in the collision repair industry I've seen what these things do. The air bag comes out of the dash around 200 mph and the factory put a lot of r & d into these things to make sure they work right. That's why when airbags blow in a car the insurance will most likely total it because it cost so much replace everything brand new. Even if it's a removable cover that you can take off and redo it's still not safe IMO.
03-10-2010, 10:52 AM
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You can change it but I would buy a new one before I tampered with an air bag. Working in the collision repair industry I've seen what these things do. The air bag comes out of the dash around 200 mph and the factory put a lot of r & d into these things to make sure they work right. That's why when airbags blow in a car the insurance will most likely total it because it cost so much replace everything brand new. Even if it's a removable cover that you can take off and redo it's still not safe IMO.
They arent expensive to "replace" the air bags. They are expensive to buy a new airbag or have one repacked if thats a option. The actualy work or replacing the unit itself is not expensive or time consuming.
03-10-2010, 11:21 AM
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Do want you want man, I know camaros are a removable cover but technically your not even supposed to dye an airbag cover. If yo wreck your car and the insurance company sees that the airbag has be messed with there is a good chance they won't pay for injury expenses or more. So you can call me ignorant if you want but to me it's worth the money to replace it correctly than to risk someones life
03-10-2010, 11:49 AM
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Do want you want man, I know camaros are a removable cover but technically your not even supposed to dye an airbag cover. If yo wreck your car and the insurance company sees that the airbag has be messed with there is a good chance they won't pay for injury expenses or more. So you can call me ignorant if you want but to me it's worth the money to replace it correctly than to risk someones life
And no, your insurance cant do **** about you dying the dash. Only if the airbag unit itself shows signs of tampering can it cause a issue.
And I didnt directly call "you" ignorant. I said this might be dangerous for ignorant people.
03-10-2010, 12:04 PM
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Listen I don't care what people do but if it can effect safety they should know. I've delt with insurance companies alot in my business and they will wiggle out of paying anyway they can. Air bag covers are designed to work one way only, and belive it or not glueing a cover over it in a differant way than it's supposed to can change the way it reacts when hit from behind by the airbag. Just like a cars inner structure has triangle shapes removed from it in stratigic locations to make it bend there (crumple zones), you change those and they don't work right causing the car not to absorb the damage correctly and you have problems. In the same way changing the structure of the cover with differant glue can cause problems. If you want it to look good just by a differant cover that's in good shape
03-11-2010, 07:48 PM
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heres what i have to work with. Definitely not being glued down. Idk about you guys but my airbag isnt soft material at all; i pushed on the upper side of this edge and it made a couple loud cracking noises. obviously i stopped. no easy reglue for sean.
look at how nice my dash is
03-11-2010, 09:43 PM
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That sucks. My car spent its first 4.5 years in Arizona, some time in Nevada, and now (not quite as) hot Utah summers and feels nice and soft. I am kind of afraid to try prying now. I am haunted by what that cracking must have sounded like...$$$