Well, last summer I recovered my dash pad with a different color leather but I never liked how it turned out. Has anyone tried stripping the stock material off first to get to bare plastic before recovering???




Jason
99 Z24 Supercharged
157hp/171tq - NA
LD9 for Life

people mainly strip it for glassing the dash pad do to the fact if you glass over the stock padding, the dash will be too thick and not fit back in place. you could try removing the padding and wrapping it but you'll need multiple layers in order to get the thickness back so it fits properly.

what about it turned out "not how you like"?

i wouldnt reccommend stripping the stock material just to wrap it.

JtotheOtotheEtotheY wrote:what about it turned out "not how you like"?

i wouldnt reccommend stripping the stock material just to wrap it.

A lot of the imperfections I can hide, but still annoys me. Some are my fault because as much as I precleaned the surface glue would not stick ( used 3m super trim adhesive )Certain areas like the defrost vents were too thick and would not let the vent back in.




Jason
99 Z24 Supercharged
157hp/171tq - NA
LD9 for Life

stock material with foam is about a 1/4" thick, so if you peel it off and just wrap it wont fit right, you'd have to build it up.


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Blwn LD9 wrote:

JtotheOtotheEtotheY wrote:what about it turned out "not how you like"?

i wouldnt reccommend stripping the stock material just to wrap it.

A lot of the imperfections I can hide, but still annoys me. Some are my fault because as much as I precleaned the surface glue would not stick ( used 3m super trim adhesive )Certain areas like the defrost vents were too thick and would not let the vent back in.

instead, use contact cement. you'll thank me later

Any specific brand of contact cement or are they all pretty much the same???



Jason
99 Z24 Supercharged
157hp/171tq - NA
LD9 for Life

they should all be roughly the same