Tim,

Do you have a brown dash?  The brown interiors break down from sun damage
much more than the black (the grey dashes last the longest).

Replace the dash with a black one.  It's not too hard to find one in
excellent condition.  I even have a few for sale ;)

Cheers,

Jeff
www.vanagonparts.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Tim
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 1:05 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Refinishing Padded Dash

Hello,

I removed my dash to replace the heater core and found that the padded
Part of the dash was a lot more sun damaged that I originally thought.

I am looking for ideas on what can be used to refinish the dash pad.
The part number is 255 857 171 and comes up at 832.00+ on the Bus Depot
site. I need to do something to replace the pad as there are holes in the
dash where it was attached. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks

Tim