Well I didn't do anything on the black HJ fascia as after cutting the radio section out of the HZ fascia I noticed the round raised sections at the back of the knob holes have been ground down. Bugger.....
I am after some HJ< HX and HZ Holden or Kingswood dash fascia's that haven't had the radio mount section butchered.... don't care if they are broken elsewhere and don't want to pay much for them as they are to be cut up.... any help appreciated.
Anyway, I did start repairs on a HJ Monaro Fascia I have that is broken, had several holes drilled in it and broken edges.
Broken right through the idiot lights to the clock.
Tied in with wire to hold the the break together and clamped flush.
back section welded together.
Front section welded up.
Tidied up and strong as new.
Demister switch hole filled.
Will try and finish the repairs to this fascia tomorrow and may get it painted.... we'll see how it goes... stay tuned for the rest.
It takes a fair bit of prep work and then time consuming welding and sanding back. Not that hard once you master plastic welding but probably not something you will do yourself is you only want to restore one dash.
I have a quality plastic welder with several attachments and a selection of different welding rods.... the welder plus attachments is $700, welding rods $45 a packet, dremmel tool is $180 and cutting grinding consumables kit was $42. There are cheap plastic welders available on Ebay for around $200, I don't know what they are like but may be Ok for limited work on dash repairs.
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