Postby Hook » April 14th, 2011, 9:53 am
The dashboard pocket always cracks on the left rear because of the high-tension spring on that side (one's black and the other's kinda silver, the black one is the problem here).
If you have all the pieces, simply have them all plastic welded together, filler/paint etc. and unhook the spring on that side. The pocket won't pop up when you unlatch it anymore, but at least you won't have that breaking off again.
Mine was broken in three larger-ish pieces, AND I'm a cheapskate so I used epoxy, then sanded it, then used a satin black spray paint (it KINDA matches) before removing the spring. It looks okay and it's holding out just fine the last few months.
If it's broken really badly, you can buy very small amounts of fibreglass resin+hardener at automotive paint shops or hardwares/boat supply shops (well, enough to botch it up a couple times at least) and re-form the shape with jersey material (but it's advised you buy the mesh), look up how to DIY on youtube and make a Sunday project out of it.
Take it you your favourite straightener to filler it, then u can sand, prime and paint it yourself.
Actually, if your straightener does minor fibreglass bodywork, you can ask them to do it for you, if not guide you through it.
