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Armor All used to have a dash pad replacement warranty. Some of the requirements were the product hast to be applied to the dash regularly on a new car. Most of today's dash pads are made different and will not crack, they have to. Airbags explode and rear apart dashes. If a dash is old and brittle those sharp pieces fly at you at 200miles an hour. I don't think Armor All really works. They were just playing on the fact of they way the new dashes are made. The speculation is -- they want you to use this "stuff". Then the dash don't crack, the people thinks Armor All worked, well...guess what the dash is made so it won't crack. They no longer promote that warranty. There is a way to keep the vinyl soft, make it out of materials that don't break down under heat. A Chemist may come up with something for the old dashes but not yet. I agree should have listed dash recovering. Many dash pads can be recovered simply with your local upholstery shop, but the T3 dash can't. The problem is there are two many curves and angles where regular vinyl will not stretch. Vacuform vinyl will, but why fight with it when the aftermarket dash pads are under $100? I guess if someone wants to spend the money ($300-$400) they can go to Just Dashes. In the past I've told my some of my clients, in their particular circumstance the only option is Just dashes. I been in this business since 1985 I have never seen their work even when the clients are asked to call me when the dash comes back (if they use their service). Bob http://thesamba.com/vw/shows/swbugin8/16.jpg AZBob=> how to keep the dash from expanding under heat the => problem will be solved. Maybe I'm grasping at straws, but it seems like there ought to be a way, maybe through a regular maintenance routine, to keep the vinyl soft enough that it can stretch and contract without damage. Has anyone tried, say, regular applications of vegetable oil? Or is this simply another example, like the hinge covers, of materials that simply can't last this long? Just for the list's info, there are people out there who rebuild and recover molded vinyl dashes for a living (do you do this too, Bob?). This doesn't come up here very often because it's so expensive, but if you really want it you can get it. Check Hemming's for suppliers like Just Dashes. Steven Ayres, Prescott AZ '66 Big Ghia ------------------------------------------------------------------- Too much? Digest! mailto:type3-d-request@vwtype3.org Subj=subscribe _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com