I think the dash caps look good if they are installed well, too many are just slapped on and do not fit well. As for recovering a dash pad, obviously someone can do it as shown by the brown leather picture here, but I have talked to anyone who has actually done it or had it done. I would like to understand how it is done and what preparation is done and with what materials. They must use a thin leather or leather like material and stretch in over the old pad gluing it as they go. That said, how are they filling all of the old cracks and things that surly were there in the first place that would definitely show through the stretched material. If I could understand that part, I think I would give it a try on an old pad. I have tried bondo, silicon, etc but nothing really comes out smooth or is near impossible to make smooth. With a cap it doesn't matter because it is rigid, with stretched leather it will be an issue. Any upholstery guys on here?
In reference to the cap, I bought one and it did not have the cutout for the VIN plate, underneath the cap you could see a out line of what looked like the VIN plate area, so I cut out that area, guess what, not the right spot.... I should have measured before cutting... Anyway, I called the dash cap guy and he at first told me that the cap was already cut out for the VIN plate, which obviously mine was not. Once I got him to believe me, he said he would call me back, which he did the next day. Turns out he is sourcing offshore and his manufacturer has stopped stamping out the VIN area without his knowledge, he offered to replace it but I already had it glued down and had reconciled with living with it (which didn't last long as I ordered a new Just Dashes pad). Anyway, just thought I would share.
