Best way to glue dash pad back down?

[eckoman_pdx]

Originally Posted by dice daniels

Hey thanx man. Good lookin bucket. Wish I had the money to use nova sued in my van. That stuff is pricy. Realy does feel like sued leather though. Fools alot of people. If I remember right there is some stuff out there called ultra sued that is just like it only a little less exspensive. You do some clean work. If thats burgandy down the center It would match my van nicely

Yup, thats Burgandy down the center, they call it "Borduex"...but it's Burgandy to me!!! It matchs the car great. It really does feel and look like suede. Other good synthetic suedes are Ultrasuede and Alcantara. Novasuede was the cheapest around here wholesale, followed by Ultrasuede. Wholesale is much better than retail, but still a bunch on a budget!! The only wholesale place I found Alactara so far is Gulf Fabrics in Florida. I know of the Local Ultrasuede and Novasuede wholesalers here. Uphostery grade Novasuede has around 100,000 double rubs I believe, and Ultrasuede is 200,000 double rubs. Both are much more durable than regular fabric, thats for sure.

Thanks for the compliment, I think it looks clean too...

[JLU]

Ok heres the deal, the Luminas are bad about having this type of problems with there dash boards
its a shame but it was a bad design. the only way to do this repair and it is the right way to do it is you will have to have the windsheild removed so that you have a open work aria then lift the open part of the dash clean both parts with paint thiner or denatured alcahal the adhisive you want to use is 3M fast tack trim adhisive glue both parts and press the vinyl pad back in place to the hard shell
its best to let the set up for 24 hours you may need to to use a hair blow drier to make the vinyl flexable again to glue it. Good Luck

[Corkscrew]

Originally Posted by JLU

Ok heres the deal, the Luminas are bad about having this type of problems with there dash boards
its a shame but it was a bad design. the only way to do this repair and it is the right way to do it is you will have to have the windsheild removed so that you have a open work aria then lift the open part of the dash clean both parts with paint thiner or denatured alcahal the adhisive you want to use is 3M fast tack trim adhisive glue both parts and press the vinyl pad back in place to the hard shell
its best to let the set up for 24 hours you may need to to use a hair blow drier to make the vinyl flexable again to glue it. Good Luck

Uh, yeah.