My black leather on the top of my dash by windshield is starting to bubble. Do I need to get an entire new piece or should I have that recovered? Anyone else have to deal with this problem???

Thanks,
BK

 

hey bro same EXACT thing happend to mine too looks like it shriveld up from the sun .... i wonder if u take it to an upholstery shop if they can inject with a needle some glue under there and fix it.....anyway bump for awnsers

 

me 2.....same EXACT thing ..and really do not like it

From my perspective there are 2 solutions...

One change the whole part..., a lot of labor + the $$ of the part

Or may be take all that leather carefully and replace it with some thing else...like Alcantara Italy same that Porsche uses on some other parts… option that I may tray next year.

 

I read somewhere that if you condition the leather on the dash, that warping can happen. Something about Porsche using a special process to get all of the moisture out of the dash leather, so that the elements (eg sun) that constantly hit the dash have a minimal effect on it.

Did you guys condition your dash on a consistent basis?

 

Nope.
No significant amount of 'conditioning'.

All on it's own.....the leather is bubbling up......and the CF curling up......on the upside, the steering wheel seems pretty secure.

 

This was the exact way I have thought about fixing my bubbling too. Only issue I have run into is what glue should I use that is thin enough to be able to be used in a tiny syringe, but at the same time can be spread out. If I go this route, I want to only make one small tiny hole.

 

Have seen some recovers and they never quite looked right, probably want to have a new dash but in, leather ones are expensive though- pretty sure well over 1500 dollars just for the part

 

well im sure it will look better then the shrivled up leather now !

M3 cab is you use a insulin needle its tiny u wint be able to see the hole.

anyone else with any solutions for this ? itsvery annoying..

 

[quote=unvmym3;1441951]well im sure it will look better then the shrivled up leather now !

this is true!

 

I am having the same problem, except it is on the steering wheel. But is injecting glue underneath the leather the best possible way in fixing it?

 

im not sure ,it was an idea ..... maybe some else who has had this issue and fixed it can chime in . or some interior guru ???? man its very annoying!!!

 

Im sure some shop or individual owners have had to address this issue?? Id like to avoid having to buy an entire new dash, but my warping is really bad and I need to do something eventually....

 

agree with you im in the same boat basicly

 

Mine too, although it is not the dash but hte rear trim behind the 1/4 glass. Not too obvious since it is in back but not too happy about it.

 

damn thats a good amount of people having this issue ........