I'm about to replace the parking brake cable on the driver side, but I started off the day by reinstalling the missing knobs in the dash. I have purchased two new wiper/washer knob sets and neither have fit correctly. The existing one has a tendency to spin on the threads when...
Back out in the car, it's time to mount this monstrosity and try to put the end result into perspective. It's hard to tell how it looks when it's on its own. You need to see it in context. So, off we go. First, I mounted those long bolts in the corners. I put all of the knobs...
OK, we're back at it. I've got to tighten up some of these loose corners, making little cuts, gluing little bits, and holding them down. There's a soft ridge around the hole for the speedometer that isn't yet taking an acceptable shape. There were some more gaps over here that...
After failing to vinyl wrap the old dash pad the first time, I ordered a new dash pad, which didn't fit. So... Plan B was always to try wrapping the vinyl again. There's lots of leftover glue on there. I ordered some new vinyl (Amazon link), which took a while to get here and...
I came back out this evening after work with renewed determination to get the dash buttoned up. After five or ten minutes of wrestling with the piece of garbage that is a $110 rubber dash pad, I threw it out into the yard and got busy reassembling the dash without it. I don't...
After letting this crappy new dash pad upset me so badly before, I decided that I was going to make it work. I won't be defeated! I first mounted the large built-in bolts in the top corners, then mounted the grab handle above the glove box. The rest will be just a few little s...
As I mentioned previously, the new dash pad appears to be very high quality, but at a glance, you can see it's not an exact match to the old one. When I got started installing it today, it became very apparent this was not going to be plug and play. First, I had to cut off a b...
As we saw last time, I had to order a new padded dash and it has now arrived. The new padded dash seems to be very high quality, metal reinforced, and made in USA, which means different things to different people (re: PT Cruiser). It is not an exact match to the one that came...
It's Saturday morning. Too early and too cold to be outside working. Luckily, I brought lots of projects inside with me after tearing the dash panel and rear seat apart. I have just enough of this roll of vinyl patch kit (Amazon link) left to recover this crumbling foam rubber...