Sun damaged dash parts

[discostew]

Th

I'm guessing the windscreen must be out to install this. What a PITA.

Thee tool they sent us was kind of like this. The windshield stayed in.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NQS465R/?creativeASIN=B07NQS465R&linkCode=w61&imprToken=Dv7iyrQJTRlgN9v5UdzlZg&slotNum=23&tag=fhmeag-20

 

[TNRRClassic]

They call that a soft dash Classic. When this car company brings out a new product they try some of the new systems on the tried and true models they have been building. That dash was the last year of the classic. I have never seen one of those curl, just like I've never seen a 99 disco1 dash curl. They got it right then they stopped building it, went on to the Disco2.

I have owned two 1995 LWBs over the years, amongst all the other RRCs I've had. Outside of my 1987, this one is probably my favorite. I too have never seen one curl, including this one. It looks great at first glance. What they are bad about 25 years on is the plastic along the front section, behind the windscreen, breaking down and cracking from all the sun exposure. Both of the ones I have had were like that, and it is worse now. I have to take the dash off for something else, and just wondered if there were any options. Lots of years being kept outside in the south was tough on plastic parts like that.

 

[discostew]

I have owned two 1995 LWBs over the years, amongst all the other RRCs I've had. Outside of my 1987, this one is probably my favorite. I too have never seen one curl, including this one. It looks great at first glance. What they are bad about 25 years on is the plastic along the front section, behind the windscreen, breaking down and cracking from all the sun exposure. Both of the ones I have had were like that, and it is worse now. I have to take the dash off for something else, and just wondered if there were any options. Lots of years being kept outside in the south was tough on plastic parts like that.

Yeah the sun is killing the trucks the salt and snow doesn't. I would go on the Classic parts web site and look up both your dash parts and then 99 Disco1 dash parts. Just to see if the parts might be the same. If they are it would be easy to find a parts vehicle. '95 Classics are probably getting pretty hard find.

 

[mlambert1987]

Here's my cure for the D2 dash curl...

Did you use an epoxy to glue it down ? I have d2 dash curl too

thank you!

 

[discostew]

No. We just cmped it down. Not sure how you could use any glue without making a big mess.

 

[Blue]

Did you use an epoxy to glue it down ? I have d2 dash curl too

thank you!

I used a hardware store glue. Forget the name. It’s great stuff and I used it on a bunch of things but I left the cap loose and it hardened in the bottle and I pitched it. Will have to find it again at Ace. My windshield was out for crack replacement so I had the opportunity to glue and set dumbbells on while it cured (only a 5-minute cure time). Has held up well, just one minor area lifting again. Will post here when I find it again.