Following. I'd also like to see the Coverlay in action. Some description of the selected colors and how they match up would be great too. I looked into the coverlay but wasn't certain which color to grab for my tan/brown/soccer mom interior.
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My experiences with leather dashes on German and Italian cars is that the leather shrinks over time. Badly. Vinyl would be a much better choice for a dash re-cover application.Has anyone contacted an upholstery shop to have it wrapped in leather?
Thanks for the picture and review. I found another review on YouTube that was also not impressed with the fit and finish on the Coverlay. The cheapest I've seen the Coverlay is $412 shipped on Rock Auto. At that price it's not far from the price of an OEM dashboard (~$600 at some dealers).I have the Coverlay. It's hard plastic compared to the softer feel of oem. Also it curled at air bag so the air bag piece and the main dash piece don't line up.
Coverlay replaced it and then it did the same thing again.
You have to lightly sand the air bag cover piece so it sits flush on the opening of the cover.
Also you need something to apply downward force on the Coverlay when first applied. Think like heavy bean bags and cardboard to wedge between windshield and dash.
It def looks better than a dried up lake bed oem dash but imo it isn't the gold medal of options.
I would like to know if anyone has experience with this option as well.I saw a few folks mention cracked dashes and figured living in the PNW I was good. And then today I noticed a crack running from the center console up along the edge of the cowl to near the door. 225k miles, love the vehicle and last week the rearview mirror fell off and my wife said "your car is falling apart". Damn - one mirror and she's ready to dump it - not sure what that says about my life expectancy!
So now this crack. And I was just getting ready to do a rather extensive Dobinson lift. So I Google this...end up here...and 1) fill crack? Apparently that's not good, 2) hard overlay also mixed, 3) factory new part and that's eye watering all-in price.
How about this Carhart soft cover?
I’m not running anything that fancy, just have a cheapo $30 Amazon carpet cover that does the job. Never loved the way they look but it’s better than the cracks lol.I would like to know if anyone has experience with this option as well.
That’s definitely the way to do it.Coverying with vinyl may affect the airbag deployment on the passenger side. I think the basic cloth cover could be a decent option for more of a trail-rig GX. I am going to bite the $600 bullet for a new dash and just do it right - there isn't really much of a difference in cost when you compare it to crack filing, vinyl, etc, and the new dash should be good for another 15 years.