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i would try a leather conditioner. and claner. and if that doesnt work, find a reallllly good puholstery shop to patch it and put a grain to match to it.
Thanks for all the suggestions. Posted in W/W too.
How about dyeing the entire dash? Someone gave me a cursory recommendation. Sounds like it may be overkill though, and don't know how it would affect the vinyl.
Sometimes, when a textured surface gets worn smooth by friction it looks shiny. There was one small patch that I blended in with rough sandpaper, but you need to have some skills.
This is exactly what is going on from the looks of the pics.
Originally Posted by SiDriver,Apr 8 2009, 12:13 PM
Thanks for all the suggestions. Posted in W/W too.
How about dyeing the entire dash? Someone gave me a cursory recommendation. Sounds like it may be overkill though, and don't know how it would affect the vinyl.
Probably not necessary to dye the dash. Now if you wanted to paint it a different story...
Anyhow, when you apply the vinylex do you let the dash dry before placing the wire back onto the dash? As mentioned, it looks like it may be caused by the wire rubbing against the dash. Just try wiping it down with APC and applying your Vinylex again.
Before you posted the picture, I thought there might've been a short in your wiring, thank goodness it's not that bad.
I don't have any real good pics but as you can see I removed the visor. Then, since the Escort has a nice cord that can unplug from the unit, I tucked the cord under the rubber edging around the top of the windshield frame all the way around down to the left footwell cover and into the fuse block area. I do not remember where I plugged it into the fuse block (but I think it was the day running lights relay socket that is empty in the US but not in Canada unfortunately). I for the +12v pushed in a male spade crimp terminal, with a 2amp series fuse, that fit the relay prong slot and I found a chassis ground screw. I used a volt meter to check which pin was +12v with the ignition on. I took the Escort window suction bracket, removed the suction cups and applied short sheet metal screws to hold the bracket at the correct height to look out the windshield. Works great, and comes on whenever I start up. As a plus the Escort can be programmed to readout the cars +12v system voltage and is a constant display, unless warning of a radar signal.
That's pretty original. Never really thought to remove the visor, although I do admit it's pretty useless, I have used it before though.
As far as my Escort radar detector, I ran a home made cord from the drivers side fuse block (a fuse that comes on with the ignition) up around under the rubber edging to above the mirror and attached the mounts for my detector where the relatively useless visor used to rest. The detector now sits just below the top of the window and is quite out of sight with the top up, it pops off when the top is down.
Quite a strange problem. Good luck.
I had thought of that idea, but the visor does help at times. Plus, since the roofline is right in front of your head, for me, it would get annoying to tilt my head up whenever I hear something. Keeping the detector in the middle of the lower windshield allows me to keep my eye on the road and provides for better laser detection, although some would argue detecting laser is somewhat useless.
