restoring faded dash

[airkhin]

definately have never heard of olive oil! will have to give it a try!!! sounds like it just might do the trick!

[StereoInstaller1]

I thought it was northern cold temps that cause dash cracks. Cold=contraction=crack. I wouldn't think southern cars would crack as bad, maybe fade more but not crack. Am I wrong?

I have been a car stereo installer in Connecticut, Michigan, San Diego, L.A., Portland and Seattle.

As a guy who has spent 30 years full time looking at hundreds and hundreds of dashboards, I do believe I can settle this for once and for all: Higher heat = more cracked dashboards.

[StereoInstaller1]

BTW: I would use normal petroleum jelly instead of olive oil. The E30 dash is covered in Vinyl, AKA PolyVinylChloride. Hydrocarbons typically stick best to themselves.

[cat97628]

Olive oil is a hydrocarbon and my dash didn't crack until the car sat in the garage for its first Chicago winter 4 years ago. 16 years it lived in Vegas crack free.

[StereoInstaller1]

Olive oil is a hydrocarbon and my dash didn't crack until the car sat in the garage for its first Chicago winter 4 years ago. 16 years it lived in Vegas crack free.

By golly, learn something new every day, right? Olive oil IS a hydrocarbon...I bet it is the tastiest hydrocarbon too!

maybe your car cracked in the cold, but having installed and seeing literally dozens of dashboards all over the country, there is far (like 500X) more cracked dashes in the hot areas.

Sucks that yours lived through all that heat and Chicago killed it that quick!