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04-08 Dash with HUD always cracks!

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Does anybody have any tricks for fixing or slowing that process?
I thought it was just a problem in my 04 GTP but my 08 GXP has a similar crack near the HUD.
 


Haha. Just did this. Had to buy a new gm trim peice because all the used ones were broke.

I was trying to think of ways to make it stronger like coating the underside with some epoxy.. At first I thought maybe dynamat but obviously lots of heat on the dash from sun and defrost.

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JTeske88 said:
uhm does anyone garge there car? Or put the cover in the windsheild?
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Some of us are not balling enough to have the luxury of parking in the garage :(

Only other fix I can see besides putting a cover on windshield and cracking the windows a bit is either bondo or fiberglass to strengthen it.

Or just buy a spare if you plan on keeping the car for awhile before GM decides to stop making them.
 
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JTeske88 said:
uhm does anyone garge there car? Or put the cover in the windsheild?
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i have a garage but after im done work and other stuff its dark anyway haha iv never had one crack in either my compg or gxp i usually have the sub roof cracked open
 
Just a heads up the first and second design have the exact same part number for the hud trim peice

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I just bought one it was like 46 bucks for me so right at 60 over the counter.. I work at Hendrick Chevy so I get 10% over cost
 


Yeah mine was $52+tax, worth it to not stare at those cracks lol

List is like $82 you can pick one up on a GM parts site between 60-80 shipped

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I heard somewhere that new ones are different plastic, but then again I hear a lot of things. If you're really... really... quiet... you can hear them, too.
 
I'm in michigan so no major sun here and I literally pulled the old one out in over a dozen peices it was so brittle it desinigrated.

Here's then kicker my car has always been garaged even with the first owner so must just be crappy plastic

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It's from the hot and cold blowing from the vents make it brittle plus the sun that's magnified from the windshield
 


I wonder how much of that is from body flex because ever since I put on my strut tower brace the car seems much more solid, hopefully the new one doesn't crack anytime soon... I did however go from U design rear trailing arms to the box design at the same time so not sure how much of that contributed to the feel.

that driverside U arm bent like a tin can. Should have taken pics before scrapping it. I actually think it caused my rear tire to toe Inwards.

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My car has been garaged a few years, but the damage is already done, it was broke last time I looked. Looks like a PITA to remove and try to fix.
 
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