Dash refinish / covering?

[V8 Super Beetle]

Has anyone ever redone their cracked faded dash with tolex? For those of us whom have the padded or 1303 dash.



The same material they use the cover guitar amp cabinets with. I'm thinking maybe smoothing out the raised cracks with a sanding disk attachment, leveling / reshaping it with body filler, then using some spray adhesive to adhere the tolex, and then cut as necessary with a razor.

Tolex runs about $35 dollars for a 54" x 36" (21.25 cm x 14.17 cm). A can of 3m spray adhesive is $10.

Just thinking out loud here since mine needs some attention and those dash covers are $65 plus shipping and that doesn't take care of the whole dash.

Not to mention, tolex comes in many different colors and textures.




I'm sure you could easily make your dash like these for a fraction of the cost.

[lookatme]

i opted for total removal of the cracked one in mine. left a few holes in its place. as far as redone dashes, most of the ones that i have seen filled just keep cracking farther up where the repairs left off. if im not mistaken there is a company somewhere that offers some new dash covers. somehow buggy warehouse comes to mind.

[V8 Super Beetle]

They have new dash pads and cover for like mine which is the full dash, but I was trying to think of a way just to redo it myself for little $$$. Someone one another forum had sent me a link to car vinyl that seems like it'd do the trick too. Probably better so that the tolex, but tolex is very durable.