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One of the things I do for a liveing is dash repair. There are two types of cracks. Expansion cracks are those that run the with of the dash, in other words from the direction of back to front. The other is damage caused by action other than drying out and heat. Expansion crack repair is at best temporary and there are few options, carpet mat, plastic dash cap or replacement. Being in the business I have investigated claims and tried out every known repair system known to man. There is no long term repair to Expansion cracks. If someone can figure out how to keep the dash from expanding under heat the problem will be solved. Carpet mats & shields will not work. Sometime we have to take out cars into the environment and that's all it takes to have a crack next to a "perfect repair". Carpet mats don't help. Imagine wrapping yourself into that material. Try to see how long a person will last in the hot summer. See what I mean? Other damage will repair well because you don't have the expansion factor working against you. Plastic dash caps are not the best for the T3 model. On our cars they only cover the top half of the dash. Sun shields have to be used because the sun will attack a dash cap. Bob http://thesamba.com/vw/shows/swbugin8/16.jpg _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org