rnpennington
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As the title says, I am redoing the dash of my TR4 - Primarily replace the dash pads and wood dash - but I hear there is a disease common to LBC Car Owners known as Shipwrights Disease. I am working on resisting, but I do have a few assembly questions:
1) Do you normally apply an adhesive to the top crash pad when replacing it. The one I just tore off had lots, but it seems to me that you can just as easily not apply the adhesive - which would be my choice unless good reasons exist to apply the adhesive.
2) I am also replacing the windshield seal. The PO had a LOT ( again a LOT) of sealer between the windshield seal and the body. I have taken off as much as I would like to without cutting into the paint there - however - it is not a very smooth surface. Pretty smooth, but not like a baby's butt (unless the baby had a small case of acne). How smooth should I make it. Again - it seems the windshield seal should be able to absorb small imperfections in smoothness - but I again await other opinions.
3) Without breaking the bank, I would like to clean up the chrome bezels on the instruments and the glass. Just twist them until I can take the Bezel off and then chrome polish and glass cleaner or are there other ideas?
Lastly - Are the carpets supposed to be glued down? I think from seeing other examples they should be fastened, but not glued. One of the next step will be replacing the carpet and it seems that fastened would be a better idea, so if (when) they get wet I can take them out to dry.
Let the comments begin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
1) Do you normally apply an adhesive to the top crash pad when replacing it. The one I just tore off had lots, but it seems to me that you can just as easily not apply the adhesive - which would be my choice unless good reasons exist to apply the adhesive.
2) I am also replacing the windshield seal. The PO had a LOT ( again a LOT) of sealer between the windshield seal and the body. I have taken off as much as I would like to without cutting into the paint there - however - it is not a very smooth surface. Pretty smooth, but not like a baby's butt (unless the baby had a small case of acne). How smooth should I make it. Again - it seems the windshield seal should be able to absorb small imperfections in smoothness - but I again await other opinions.
3) Without breaking the bank, I would like to clean up the chrome bezels on the instruments and the glass. Just twist them until I can take the Bezel off and then chrome polish and glass cleaner or are there other ideas?
Lastly - Are the carpets supposed to be glued down? I think from seeing other examples they should be fastened, but not glued. One of the next step will be replacing the carpet and it seems that fastened would be a better idea, so if (when) they get wet I can take them out to dry.
Let the comments begin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!