** S13 owners fed up with cracked dashboards**

[slow40sx]

Ok there was a thread about this before on here, but its so old and i've gotten enough PMs about it to warrant a re-fresh.

I decided to buy another 240 for a daily and the interior was wrecked, but the exterior was clean with minor exceptions and it had zero rust so I couldn't pass it up for 300 dollars! lol

Anyway I was able to replace pretty much all the wrecked stuff buy replacing the shitty auto seat belts with s14 seatbelts, using the stock seats that originally came in my white car, buying aftermarket replacement carpet, etc. My only problem was the dashboard, it was fucked all to hell as you can see in the pictures below, I hunted for a new dash for a couple weeks and then gave up. I instead decided to search for a way to cover it up so I was thinking either wrapping it or just getting a dash mat but then I stumbled upon cover lay manufacturing, they make abs plastic covers that are exact copies of oem dashboards that you just slip over your shitty old dash and they fit fucking awesome!!

BEFORE:
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/552023_199455980173374_1145566760_n.jpg

The cover lay itself
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/559438_198969063555399_100003269213363_324470_1842 422513_n.jpg

AFTER:
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/535783_199456296840009_100003269213363_326090_1916 83117_n.jpg
http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/559577_199456890173283_100003269213363_326091_1554 199167_n.jpg

It really fits awesome and it is worth every penny, It takes seconds to install, I recommend it to anyone with a shitty cracked s13 dash

*****HERE IS THE LINK TO COVER LAY MANUFACTURING*****
88-94 Nissan 240SX 10-890 (http://www.coverlaymfg.com/store.php/products/88-93-nissan-240sx-10-890)




I understand some may know about this already or whatever but a lot of people still don't so I figured I'd put it out there again to be helpful.

[Umbys]

:O do they make this for s14s ?

[slow40sx]

no unfortunately, atleast this company doesn't, you may be able to find another company that makes one

[Juantwo3]

do you have to remove the dash to get it on???? or can it be in the car itslef????

[S-Nation S13]

SWEET damn .. i was gonna flock the shit out of mine but never mind !!!

[slow40sx]

no u don't, i took mine out just because but it pops right over it even when its in the car

[Sumslapper]

That's awesome! Good find

[ReLiC]

If anyone finds one for an s14, post it here please.

[PeaceOnesxWai]

What was the price shipped??

[slow40sx]

it was 170 shipped to me

[S-Nation S13]

What was the price shipped??

distance is our enemy bro....if you find out post it here lol im curious to find out..

[Silentoreo34]

Slow40sx Thank you soo much you basically just saved me the time of taking out my dash and replacing it with a fresh one. Goodwork...now time to group buy with all the southern 240's

[trentjsd]

Convinced me!

[slow40sx]

lol glad i could help

[veeates36]

Damn.. Seamless too.. I can't seem to find where the plastic lays.

[slow40sx]

its pretty fuckin awesome

[leung]

How does it stay on??

[soryu]

what about some more pics?
closer.
is it thick?

[GeneStarWindGSW]

nice find, wish i'd seen this when i had my old s13

[datpurpledrank]

fffffffff they dont sell the HUD dash cover!!! I got so hype

[Frozenghost_S13]

Sweet find! I'll keep those guys in mind for when my dash starts to look like an eyesore.

[FRpilot]

is there texture to it? it looks like a matt black type of paint.

[randyjordan]

This is a good alternative when you can't find a mint dash locally

Very good find nonetheless

[kandyflip445]

I thought the cracks were OEM. lol

[bruins1]

I thought the cracks were OEM. lol

LOL... me too

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[coupesallday!]

I posted that link a long ass time ago and ppl were talking shit..lol

[chriskilla2]

that was an ugly ass dash. good job spreading the word

[riptor]

you are a gentleman and a scholar sir..thank you so much for finding this!!!

[RyanS13]

People didn't know these were available?

I've been thinking about getting one for a while already, Its just not really at the top of my priority list. My dash isn't nowhere near as bad as the OP's though.

[SuperSlow40]

God bless you.

[slow40sx]

It is no more than an 8th inch thick, there is literally nothing for it to conflict with and it has damn near the same look and texture as the factory dash, I'll get some more pictures today

[mikeys13]

i wish they made it so that it completely covered the dash like down to where the console meets it.

[Prove It]

Hmmm well it came out great, the only con i see is that you can get uncracked dashes for 100 bucks. I see them go for that all the time. BUT i also live in florida where 240s are everywhere, compared to as if you lived in Nebraska so to say, you will not be finding people with uncracked dashes better yet s13s so this would be a great alternative. Good find. Get us more pictures = )

[slow40sx]

Yeah you can definitely get a clean dash for 100, that's what I paid for the one in my white car that had 0 cracks 2 years ago, now it has an 8 inch crack above the cluster, so yes good point you can pay 100 for a dash that will crack eventually or you can just spend the extra 70 dollars and never have to worry about it again

[DreamN]

These things have been around for years.

Rather get my dash leather wrapped for just a little more. Would look tons better too.

[slow40sx]

sounds Volkswageny, not in to that

[PoorMans180SX]

I think this is a basic fix for us guys that don't have the time to pull our dash out and have it wrapped or flocked by a professional.

Good find, I've been around for a while and I didn't know about these.

[ultramagnus]

$170 shipped is a good price, i'm just lucky to have 2 minty blk dashes stored for my interior conversion.

[conrad_s13.5]

very dope,......if you have time to wait tho,...can usually find a clean dash for around the same.

[ryandriftingfat]

I don't see why you guys are comparing this to a stock dash. They really aren't interchangeable, there is a different audience for the cover vs stock dash.

There's the "want to be stockers". And there's the "not want it to look like shit-ers".

I'd pay more for this thing than a stock dash because I know how fragile the stock dashes are. Buy it once and never deal with it again.

Next excuse I have to pull my dash I'm getting one of these.

[DreamN]

sounds Volkswageny, not in to thatVolkswageny?
Not sure what you mean by that, but it leads me to assume you've never seen a leather wrapped s13 dash and how great they look.
I think this is a basic fix for us guys that don't have the time to pull our dash out and have it wrapped or flocked by a professional.

Good find, I've been around for a while and I didn't know about these.

I agree it's a fairly priced and easy fix. Luckily my dashes are in great condition. If a crack appears I can repair it. If it gets to the point that I feel I need a replacement I'll have a spare dash leather wrapped for just a little over $200.

[va240dude]

I was thinking I really wanted one a while back, but decided just to find a mint dash instead. I'm super particular about my interiors and like them super clean, fresh, and original material. HOWEVER, I think this would be a perfect upgrade to clean up a drift car, or DD. Fitment looks spot on and really does change the overall effect, after sitting in so many 240s with hideous dashboards. Thanks for the review slow40!!!

[DJ-of-E]

My original dash still isn't cracked. =P

[91cupcake240]

Sweet! I need one of these

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[slow40sx]

I don't see why you guys are comparing this to a stock dash. They really aren't interchangeable, there is a different audience for the cover vs stock dash.

There's the "want to be stockers". And there's the "not want it to look like shit-ers".

I'd pay more for this thing than a stock dash because I know how fragile the stock dashes are. Buy it once and never deal with it again.

Next excuse I have to pull my dash I'm getting one of these.

well put *golf clap*

[slow40sx]

i mean the bottom line is its a cheap simple replacement and if you got in the car and i didn't mention it you would never notice that it was a cover lay if say you are a female lol, any 240 dude can run up on me and tell me my dash isn't real or whatever but i could care less its my daily, i think it looks great and it was cheap and simple, i was just trying to help out i wasn't trying to make this a sales pitch or anything lol

[slowvia]

Any pics of where the dash cover meets the console/stereo plate thing? I feel like that gap would be way obvious.

[DreamN]

The gab is obvious all around the vent areas, where it meets towards the radio/shifter bezel, and at opposite ends of the dash where the door panels meet with the dash.

It's not "OH MAH GAWD" gap, but even non-detailed folks could easily tell something is off about your dash. Still looks pretty decent though.

S30 guys have the same type of dash cover as their dashes are known to pretty much fall apart in the sun.

[dezzS13]

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0v2s7JKqd1qgzsew.jpg

[s13love-green]

fffffffff they dont sell the HUD dash cover!!! I got so hype

wat about cutting a square for the hud????????? any one done it?

[drod327]

wat about cutting a square for the hud????????? any one done it?

Back from the dead!!! LoL. Ive never done it but I saw a thread on nico of some guy that did. Even made his own template for the dash and intructions on where to cut. Might wanna look it up.

[blkvrtswp]

I got one from JC Whitney for $125 shipped just 3 weeks ago. Cannot tell it from stock until you are less than 1 foot away, and even then it is just the line by passenger knee that is visible. Texture looks very OEM.

I am super-anal about my interior and if this thing looked even slightly bad I would have returned it. IMO this is not for DD only, it looks great.

[cbcm2435]

distance is our enemy bro....if you find out post it here lol im curious to find out..

frsport has them, and they are in cali
Coverlay 10-890 Dash Cover Black Nissan 240X S13 1989-94 (http://www.frsport.com/Coverlay-10-890-Dash-Cover-Black-Nissan-240X-S13-1989-94_p_34937.html)

[blkvrtswp]

JC Whitney does free shipping all the time - mine was shipped for free.

[KidDynamite]

link doesnt work?

[KOUKIboy]

Damn this is beyond sweet!!!! I did not know this option was available, thank you Zilvia!!!!

[Rustys14]

I will be ordering one of these for my coupe since finding a clean crackless HUD dash has proven to be next to imposable.

[SharkMan]

^^^ Spam bot GTFO!

[Mishkin_707]

The only thing that would bother me are the two defroster vents by the A-pillars, has anyone tried to pop out those two vents and place them on top of that cover?

[zerodameaon]

Or you can take the time to fix your dash and not have to deal with the sunken vents which apparently bug more than just me.