how to fix dash "sag"

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Jan 19, 2009 | 11:54 AM

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TORCHD 02 TA

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Holly cow popeye954 that is terrible. I know for a FACT that my car does not have a the dash sag symptoms. Trust me i am **** and i notice the littlest things. And that is sure not happening to my car.

Jan 19, 2009 | 12:13 PM

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Man, that is bad. Mine isn't nearly that bad.

Jan 19, 2009 | 12:18 PM

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Mine is close to popeye954's. Ugh

Jan 19, 2009 | 01:02 PM

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Damn!! thank god Im not part of this club

Jan 19, 2009 | 01:05 PM

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Me too, and I have a '96.

Jan 19, 2009 | 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by BIG_MIKE2005

^^Damn. thats pretty bad man. Mine is a old 99' that gets abused & driven daily & mine isn't doin that. And I even leaned my fatass on the dahs to maks the windshield off when I dyed the dash.

Wonder what causes this? Maybe a loose bolt? Wonder if it can be fixed by taking the dash loose, moving back into place & torquing the **** outta the bolts holding it in place?

That's what I would try. It's worth a shot anyway eh? The thing is if you torque the **** outta it, it's definitely gonna crack something..it never ends..

Jan 19, 2009 | 03:52 PM

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Damn holy crap mine isn't that bad. Jeez!

Jan 19, 2009 | 04:01 PM

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Damn glad I don't have that, it would drive me crazy!

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Jan 19, 2009 | 06:46 PM

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Damn that is fugly. Its a good thing that I don't have that. DAMN!!!!

Jan 19, 2009 | 07:56 PM

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wow thats bad

Jan 19, 2009 | 08:24 PM

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Mine can't be from torque, I've only got a stock V6

Who wants to take apart their dashboard to find the cause and fix for this?

I would except it is winter and I'm at school. Tearing my dashboard apart in a parking lot in 20 degree weather isn't too good of an idea.

Jan 20, 2009 | 12:14 AM

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yea that one is pretty bad, mine isnt that bad but its noticeable. someone should really get around to ripping their dash apart

preferably not me

Jan 20, 2009 | 02:00 AM

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im assuming they do this because of the glovebox weight maybe???

Jan 20, 2009 | 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by nemss1

im assuming they do this because of the glovebox weight maybe???

Glovebox isn't that heavy, and unless you stick a couple bricks in there it isn't large enough to put a lot of stuff in I wouldn't think.

Jan 20, 2009 | 12:37 PM

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i took some pictures of mine today, ill have them up later tho... have to go to class then work

Jan 20, 2009 | 06:22 PM

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holy ****... dude...

There is this stuff called "Crack Spackle..."

Might give it a try.

Jan 27, 2009 | 04:44 PM

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hey guys, i found a solution for this. bend the lip up where the dash mounts to

Jan 27, 2009 | 07:22 PM

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Do you have to take the dash apart? Got a pic of where this lip is?

Jan 27, 2009 | 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by SparkyJJO

Do you have to take the dash apart? Got a pic of where this lip is?

no u dont have to pull the dash to get to it. i dont have a camera at the moment but i can try and describe this to the best of my ability

remove the dash pad and u will see where the top mounting points (small hex screws) are along the top of the dash

i focused on the last screw on the passenger side and bent up on the lip. kept bending til my dash was snug up against my A-pillar trim piece