[s-cars] Cracked Dashboard and Trim

[Mike Miller]

I have not have that happen in a car, but my travel trailer did that a 
few years ago on the linoleum floor. I attributed it to a rapid 
cooling/heating cycle. It remained split and separated. I put in new 
flooring to fix it.

--mike in montana

On 3/30/2018 6:17 PM, Dave Ellis wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> With nicer weather now here in Ontario I went out to check on my '93 
> S4 today which I'd stored for the winter.  To my dismay I discovered 
> that not only had a *large* crack appeared right across the top middle 
> of the dashboard, but *all* the carbon fibre trim panels on the doors 
> had shattered as well (cracks everywhere).
>
> Has anyone else ever encountered this?
>
> I performed a quick search this evening and didn't find a dashboard 
> removal howto.  I'll perform a more thorough search tomorrow. Looking 
> at ETKA and the Bentley manual it appears it may be a fairly time 
> consuming job to swap the dashboard out.
>
> Is anyone aware of a method to repair a cracked dashboard?  It appears 
> the crack is deep and about 2 to 3mm (a little under 1/8 inch) wide.
>
> Kind regards,
> Dave Ellis
>
>
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