# Fixing a splitting dashboard

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/fixing-a-splitting-dashboard/55575>\
**Category:** The Show\
**Tags:** corolla, toyota\
**Created:** [September 25, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fixing-a-splitting-dashboard/55575 "2010-09-25T17:26:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![janetskidmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@janetskidmore](https://community.cartalk.com/u/janetskidmore)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fixing-a-splitting-dashboard/55575/1 "2010-09-25T17:26:49Z")

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Hi,  
  
 After hearing the discussion on the gentleman farmer with the splitting dashboard, and the artistic suggestions for repairing it, I thought you might like to see a picture of my artcar. Minnesota has a very large artcar community. If I can figure out a way to upload a photo on this site, I’ll let you see what mine looks like.  
  
 Janet

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**Author:** ![TomBaxter](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tombaxter/32/5666_2.png) [@TomBaxter](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TomBaxter)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2010, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fixing-a-splitting-dashboard/55575/2 "2010-09-25T19:06:47Z")

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One can buy replacement dashboard covers cheap. ~$40-$100  
google dashboard covers

[http://www.carcoverusa.com/Dashmat-Dashboard-Covers.html](http://www.carcoverusa.com/Dashmat-Dashboard-Covers.html)

The Librarian

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**Author:** ![nowmaybe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8edcca/32.png) [@nowmaybe](https://community.cartalk.com/u/nowmaybe)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 12:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fixing-a-splitting-dashboard/55575/3 "2010-09-26T12:02:18Z")

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Those are just cloth coveres. Yeah they look better than a cracked dash, but they don’t look that great. If you want it to look good check out [http://www.coverlaymfg.com/](http://www.coverlaymfg.com/) . I’ve used a couple of them with good results.

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**Author:** ![knfenimore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9fc348/32.png) [@knfenimore](https://community.cartalk.com/u/knfenimore)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fixing-a-splitting-dashboard/55575/4 "2010-09-26T13:27:52Z")

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Just hit “post your reply” and “attach file”. Then you give it the location of the file and “submit”.

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**Author:** ![jseevers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/34f0e0/32.png) [@jseevers](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jseevers)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 11:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fixing-a-splitting-dashboard/55575/5 "2010-10-01T23:02:01Z")

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Here in the sunny south, you can find dashboard covers to fit most models in the local flea market. Some have a carpet like appearance. The purpose is to absorb some of the heat so that it doesn’t crack the dash in the first place.