Glue, or any other ideas?

[The Aardvark]

Afternoon All

The trim surrounding my stereo has cracked in a couple of places and started to come away from the dash - I considered super glue but thought that this may be too strong.

Anyone else had the same issue, and if so what did you use to resolve it?

Cheers

[dogbucket]

I repaired my dash using Araldite a year ago and it is still holding.

Stereo surround was easy as it could be removed and clamped with clothes pegs.

The main dash was tricky as I was too lazy to take it apart and the damage was around the heater controls. However I managed to get some glue behind the loose veneer, and used some dowel rods wedged against the seats to hold it flush whilst it set.

Turned out quite well.

[DavidK71]

Tried re-gluing in the past, but it doesn't hold indefinitely. In the end I got a new dash and surround from these guys: http://www.classical-dash.co.uk/ Not exactly cheap but really good quality, and think enough that it shouldn't crack in the future.

[chr1sb]

DavidK71 said:

Tried re-gluing in the past, but it doesn't hold indefinitely. In the end I got a new dash and surround from these guys: http://www.classical-dash.co.uk/ Not exactly cheap but really good quality, and think enough that it shouldn't crack in the future.

It will - they all do eventually. Anyway, it will delaminate somewhere else before long. Tried sticking mine & it didn't last, so brace yourself for a metal / carbon fibre replacement before long.

Chris

[Chris Smith]

chr1sb said:

It will - they all do eventually.

Chris

And on that basis, the Leven product is a good one and is relatively easy to fit.

[Gaffer]

IIRC evostick can do the job for a while - its the one that smells nice.

Claire

[DavidK71]

chr1sb said:

It will - they all do eventually. Anyway, it will delaminate somewhere else before long. Tried sticking mine & it didn't last, so brace yourself for a metal / carbon fibre replacement before long.

Well, mine's still looking good after over a year