As 95 series owners would know, the dash is held on by... well, very little it seems. While my example was pretty mild compared to some, the dash rattle was a real letdown in terms of the driving (and passenger experience). I researched a lot, and with the help of this and the LCOOL forum was pretty confident I could enact the popular dash fix.
I decided though that if I could avoid having bolts showing at the end of the dash it would be nicer, so elected to use some Sikaflex (291 Marine, strong adhesion with some flex. Also used Sika Akivator to really make it stick) adhesive to affix the bracket to the dash. Another deviation from the documented fix was to bolt to the car using two bolts, both existing (required additional M8 fine nut). I also pumped the left-most dash clip (pictured) full of silicon to provide additional support, and put a few drops under the airbag cover (which had it's own unique rattle). Wedged the dash while the glue dried.
I made the bracket from 3mm aluminium, dimensions per the picture.
The pictures tell the story better than I can. There is now zero movement and it is like driving a new car, comparatively. So worth it, and easy to do:
1. Remove glove box (3 screws)
2. Remove center air vent tube pipe thing (slips out)
3. Remove left air vent tube that joins the left vent (one screw then slips off)
4. Do dash fix thing. I also scuffed the area to be glued.
5. Replace bits when glue is dry
I decided though that if I could avoid having bolts showing at the end of the dash it would be nicer, so elected to use some Sikaflex (291 Marine, strong adhesion with some flex. Also used Sika Akivator to really make it stick) adhesive to affix the bracket to the dash. Another deviation from the documented fix was to bolt to the car using two bolts, both existing (required additional M8 fine nut). I also pumped the left-most dash clip (pictured) full of silicon to provide additional support, and put a few drops under the airbag cover (which had it's own unique rattle). Wedged the dash while the glue dried.
I made the bracket from 3mm aluminium, dimensions per the picture.
The pictures tell the story better than I can. There is now zero movement and it is like driving a new car, comparatively. So worth it, and easy to do:
1. Remove glove box (3 screws)
2. Remove center air vent tube pipe thing (slips out)
3. Remove left air vent tube that joins the left vent (one screw then slips off)
4. Do dash fix thing. I also scuffed the area to be glued.
5. Replace bits when glue is dry
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