[s-cars] 93 S4 dashboard
Peter1
pschvarcz at comcast.net
Sat Mar 31 13:09:06 PDT 2018
I never had the problem, but just sold my car a couple of months ago to Shokan All-Audi and they may use it for parts, so you may be able to get a dashboard in good condition from them :).
The only problem I head was one warped air vent.
Peter Schvarcz
pschvarcz at comcast.net
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> Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 21:17:50 -0400
> From: Dave Ellis <lsd at urs4.net>
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> Subject: [s-cars] Cracked Dashboard and Trim
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> 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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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 22:14:10 -0400
> From: Larry <larrycleung at gmail.com>
> To: Dave Ellis <lsd at urs4.net>
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Cracked Dashboard and Trim
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> Let us know what you find out. Now I need to check on my car 😱
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> From: Dave Ellis <lsd at urs4.net>
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> Subject: [s-cars] Cracked Dashboard and Trim
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> 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
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 22:14:10 -0400
> From: Larry <larrycleung at gmail.com>
> To: Dave Ellis <lsd at urs4.net>
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Cracked Dashboard and Trim
> Message-ID: <72EAE59E-6A3A-425D-8B08-2457DF3C25B0 at gmail.com>
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> Let us know what you find out. Now I need to check on my car 😱
>
> Sent from my pocket electronic thingy
>
>> On Mar 30, 2018, at 9:17 PM, Dave Ellis <lsd at urs4.net> 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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> Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 19:44:21 -0700
> From: Mike Miller <mikemilr at blackfoot.net>
> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Cracked Dashboard and Trim
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> 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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> Message: 4
> Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2018 08:41:05 -0400
> From: Wylie Bean <theringmeister at triad.rr.com>
> To: Larry <larrycleung at gmail.com>, Dave Ellis <lsd at urs4.net>
> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: [s-cars] Cracked Dashboard and Trim
> Message-ID: <20180331124133.132D4224F9 at ec2.audifans.com>
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> Have seen cracked carbon trim many times. Never figured it happened over the course of a few months...rather, would imagine gradually over a much longer period of time.
> As far as the dash I believe there's a write up on the quattroworld forum original S Car page FAQ
> www.forums.quattroworld.com/s4s6/
> FAQ is the very first post highlighted in green at the top.
>
>
>
> Wylie BeanGreensboro NC 90 CQ91 90Q20V91 200Q20V92 UrS401 S408 Q7
> -------- Original message --------From: Larry <larrycleung at gmail.com> Date: 3/30/18 10:14 PM (GMT-05:00) To: Dave Ellis <lsd at urs4.net> Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com Subject: Re: [s-cars] Cracked Dashboard and Trim
> Let us know what you find out. Now I need to check on my car 😱
>
> Sent from my pocket electronic thingy
>
>> On Mar 30, 2018, at 9:17 PM, Dave Ellis <lsd at urs4.net> 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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