Repair cracked dash speaker panel

[Gunmetal87]

Wanted to see if I could repair speaker panel. The split was about 3/4 ways though.
I used a soldering iron to spot weld underside of crack. Then got a thin paper clip and cut and bent zig zag pieces to use as reinforcement Using soldering iron I heated zig zag pieces into plastic, sand smooth, then applied JB plastic weld.
On the top, used soldering iron to melt a grove into the crack, sanded smooth, then fill with JB plastic weld and sand smooth again.
Cleaned, liightly scuff with scotch brite, duplicolor adhesion promoter, then 3-4 coats of Kirban's interior paint.

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[1987GNASTROROOF]

Nice job.


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[Chuck Leeper]

NICE!

 

[TURBOPOWERED68]

Great work dude

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[turbojd]

Nice job, looks great!

 

[Gunmetal87]

Thanks guys


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[GNONYX]

Thanks, I have to do the same as mine is also crack by the speaker area

 

[ikle]

next on my to do list

 

[Gunmetal87]

Thanks, I have to do the same as mine is also crack by the speaker area

For the speaker area, I left the paper clip piece straight & melted in as far as I can get it. Then JB weld to hold it in.


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[1fastcobra]

Looks great.
Make a video

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[Gunmetal87]

Looks great.
Make a video

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Thanks
My first how to. I'll try next time to take step by step photos. Might be hard to video and use soldering iron.


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[Phoneguy]

Nice job !!

Bryan

 

[HighMileage]

Looks good! That's a repair that no one is gonna notice that it was repaired.

Now you just saved yourself $300 (??) or so on a new one.

 

[longball]

that came out really nice!

 

[wb's87]

Great work. Looks really nice! I need to try this. How hard is it to remove the speaker panel?


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[Gunmetal87]

Looks good! That's a repair that no one is gonna notice that it was repaired.

Now you just saved yourself $300 (??) or so on a new one.

Thanks, trying to budget my restore. Still putting interior back together


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[Gunmetal87]

Great work. Looks really nice! I need to try this. How hard is it to remove the speaker panel?


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The hardest part was removing the 9 small torx screws. They're hard to get to because of the windshield. I took the torx bit off my screwdriver and it fit into a 1/4" socket, then put that onto a swivel adapter. Take the panel out carefully if it's partially cracked, mine had a snug fit and I didn't want to snap the panel in two. Hope this helps.


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[GNONYX]

I used a Offset Power Screwdriver (tool only) that you can find on EBay cheaper than other sites, but I did found this site and the value is better than EBay which has it as a kit.
http://www.amazon.com/Skewdriver-We...1383152093&sr=1-5&keywords=offset+screwdriver

 

[garyk1970]

Great write up..should be a sticky....i use a "skewdriver " too....also I leave the screws slightly loose so the dash can expand and contract with tempature...

 

[GNONYX]

X2 - on leaving the screws slightly loose so the dash can expand and contract with temperature