Thread: Series 3 Dash Repairs

Originally Posted by banjo

Mine had rust holes in it some as big as tennis balls..I welded them up with the mig.I was also missing the passengers side bottom corner so made one out of alloy BUT its square not round..I also recovered the top & bottom in new vinel from clarck rubber but i got the 100% UV stuff , Well worth it..

Its not hard to do just take your time.. The recovering was the worst for me & cleaning all the old vinel off the top & filling in all the cracks..When i filled in the cracks i just used foam but did'nt like the end resault so tried that expanding foam that did the trick..

Hope thats of some help

Spent most of yesterday fabricating parts for my dash, hammered some new round ends... took ages to do but i think they will look pretty good.

Got to finish the main part of the dash yet.

{those photos didn't work did they....}

Here is a before... (there is a lot of rust that you can't see in the photo)



and after for the wiper cover


During the main lower dash repairs.


Was thinking I might try to get some of that stick on checkerplate stuff that supercheap has. Anyone used it before? Any other suggestions?

Latest update on dash repairs!

Have just primed the dash ready for covering. I think I might just go with black vinyl.