I have a dash top I'm going to install soon also and had one question. I
have a tonneau cover that fits great. If I put this cover on the dash I'm
afraid it will be too high or make the cover stretch too far to reach -
barely stretches now. Does anyone know if this will affect my tonnearu fit?
thanks
Denny
-----Original Message-----
From: ATWEDITOR@aol.com <ATWEDITOR@aol.com>
To: rsexson@excite.com <rsexson@excite.com>; mgs@autox.team.net
<mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, June 25, 2000 9:04 AM
Subject: Re: Dash Top Cover
>In a message dated 00-06-24 12:45:04 EDT, rsexson@excite.com writes:
>
><< Does anyone know anything about installing a vinal dash top cover? >>
>
>I did it to a GT several months ago, and generally got good results. It is
a
>pain keeping pressure all along the cover as it dries, and while I laughed
at
>the instructions that recommended mashing roles of toilet paper to hold the
>thing down, in the end that was the way to go.
>
>I did have some trouble with fit. The cover wasn't quite big enough, and I
>ended with a slight split on the bottom of the passenger side that I have
yet
>to patch. Also, I had to grind away a lot of the bad parts of the cracked
>and buckled old dash with a sur-form, but I expected that. Instructions
also
>tell you to be careful with the adhesive. Also true. I have one spot that
>is not well adhered, and I have to fid a way to attach that after the fact.
>
>My roadster already had one of these patch tops on it when I bought
it--took
>be six months to realize. It still looks good 3 years later. This may not
>be the purist way to fix a nasty looking dash, but the results are
>near-original in appearance.
>
>Jay Donoghue
>72 B
>72 B-GT
>66 Mustang
>
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