Can anyone tell me info about the dash board covers on a VL? I ask of this because i recently had my VL Berlina in at a Auto Elec getting the oil pressure and fuel gauge fixed and apparently the previous owner had glued the cover on! so they then had to un-glue it, fix the problem then glue it back because the screw holes were fu*ked because of the sun so the dude said. How are the dash covers on? My dad and i also noticed that the dash cover and the little square plastic cover in the centre near the window were different colours to the rest of the dash. Any info will be great. Tim p.s i will *hopefully* have pics of it this arvo (whole car that is)

Are you talking about the carpet stuff on top? Yeah? Mines just sitting there... no screws or glue Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

double sided velcro works good for mine

When i bought my car the dash was immaculate because the previous grannys had treated it with armour all or something. That meant that the sticky back velcro strips wouldn't stick. I didn't want to glue a dash mat on either. any hoo just get those plastic covered little wire things that keep wires etc. together. Black ones are good cos you don't really notice them. tie the mat down by threading the wire thingys through the speaker grill on the dash and the holes for the speakers on the mat at each end. twist to tighten! There you have it-bloody complicated explanation for something simple. works on VS commies too.

mine came with double sided velcro

well at the moment.. mine just sitting there! lol but i found on my old car.. get some of the small dress making pins, cut them down a little and just stick them in the corners into the actually dash!!! worked a treat.. and no sticky mess like with the velcro! cheers

i think he means the dash bit that covers the instrument cluster.

i mean the square cover thing that sits on top of the dashboard with all the gauges an ****. apparently it has 2 screw holes but usually perish away from the sun there fore mine had to be glued on. now that it has been unglued then glued again the ******* squeaks! has anyone else had any problems with the sunlight and etc.

yeah mine is ****ed too. it is not glued or anything and rattles heaps when i hit bumps.

same

heaps of the insrument cluster covers rattle, wobble, and squeak.. its a common problem with them unfortunatly... my carpet dash mat is held on at the drivers side by the boost guage (screws through the dash mat into the speaker grills). keeps it there nicely. The passenger side sometimes slips a few cms down, but a quick shove and its back up in its place...

that box plastic bit that houses all your buttons for rear-defog, cruise, etc. is held on by two screws. these tend to break when your taking it off for a stereo application, or whatever reason your doing it. a tight dashcarpet, and some hot glue will hold it on well enough, but yes you will get bump rattle and so forth. come'on, the cars at about 15 years old now Some original photos have not been recovered yet.

A similar thing happened in my mates car, so what we did was got some allen key head self drillers fron the bearing shop and counter sunk holes into the plastic cover what go over the screws and put the screws back in through the front. All you can see is the allen keys what are black anyway in the covers and it is a tight fit and has no rattles at all!

Quote: Originally Posted by InsaneVL my carpet dash mat is held on at the drivers side by the boost guage ATMO6 has a boost guage ? :P :P :P