Dash Pad and wheel. repair part 1 of .....

Welp I'm working on a couple of projects for the Wife's dart since the machines or molds to do My parts are not done yet. so I decided to clean up the junkyard find I made in Taylor Michigan and go from there
I started off with a badly cracked pad and a really bad wheel. darn thing was worse than my original one. But since I'm waiting on money and have plenty of time , I went to work.


I trimmed the raised portions of the crack and then held the edges down while I super glued it to hold . after that I used the glue as a filler to raise the cracks to the right level. you don't have to get it perfect if your going to make it a better padded dash but the smoother you get it the better it looks if your just covering the pad in vinyl. there were quite a few cracks in the pad to work through.


the pad!
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this was one of the worst offenders. it took a LOT of work to get that baby down smooth.
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this one is still going to ned a coat or 2 to smooth out.
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these filled and sanded out nice. I took some gkue and mixed in the sanding residue to make it the same color AND then realized I'm not repairing it and then putting it on I fixing the cracks so I can RECOVER it in black vinyl. wasted and hour doing that. DUH!
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couple of hairline cracks that were raised up and looking nasty.
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this crack looked deep and took a lot to fill and smooth but came out good!
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next the sanding and double checking for smoothness so that I can make sure the vinyl goes on Smooth!