I may have won the award for stupid additions to my Fit. I thought it would be cool to sit a rubber "Mr. Bill" toy on the center of my dash. You know the little guy from Saturday Night Live that says "Nooooooooo." Well, he melted in the sun and his feet messed up my dash. Noooooooooo. He actually left little feet imprints when I took him out. It looks like the only fix would be to actually replace the dash. Is there some kind of aftermarket kit that covers the dash?
I feel better admitting my stupidity. Any ideas?

 

I'm sorry for you but that is an excellent lesson for you, me and other fit owners. I am sorry for you and, by the way, I've done things FAR stupider then that. I can picture you screaming NOOOOOOOOOO! when you peeled it off!

 

A Dash Mat from Cover King. Absolutely perfect fit, cheap through Costco on line, two different styles of fabric and many colors (black looks great on my BOM).

 

Flat black spray paint matches the dash perfectly. At least it did for me when an air freshener leaked on it and I had to fix that mess.

The area I fixed was just under the center air vents. Flat black Krylon matched so well you couldn't tell it had been painted over.

 

Hmm... Subliminal.

 

Thanks for the ideas. I really appreciate it. If anyone thinks of any other tricks to save the day let me know.

 

i had the same exact problem happen to me cept mine was the ring of a My Shaldan air freshener. It left a crescent shaped ring on the top of my dashboard also. I thought about replacing the whole unit, but it's $500+. I just put my gauges over it and u can't really see it, but im afraid it will be visible again if i need 2 sell the car.


ezduzit, can you post pictures of how u fixed it? What i dont understand is that the dash is like a dark charcoal color, how is krylon flat black the same color? can u show me some pictures? that would help a lot cuz i wanna get it fixed.

 

I'll take a pic of the area I painted tomorrow and post it here.

I was surprised at how well it matched, but when flat black spray paint dries it turns more of a dark charcoal color than black.

 

Here you go Kevin.

The area that was munged up was pretty much the whole area under just under the vents. I don't have a "before" pic but I assure you that it looked pretty bad.

 

*LAUGHS!* Mr.Bill.... I love those skits.

 

depending on where it was standing perhaps put aholder for a NAV
or something? maybe some gauges?

 

damn that does look real good! i guess ima give this a shot lol.

 

Let us know how it turns out.

There was no way mine could have looked worse, so I wasn't risking much.

I had rubbed it with alcohol trying to get the stain off and all I did was remove the factory finish. It looked all shiny and the color was very different.