Leather dashboard shrinkage

[The bakers boy]

Leather dashboard is shrinking in heat and coming away. Does anyone know the best way to fix i

[The Voices]

I read a post on another Jaguar forum where someone had removed the speaker grille in the centre of the dashboard to gain access to the edge of the leather covering the dashboard.

He then used the type of glue used to repair rubber soled shoes, syringed in 'under' the leather through a flexible, narrow bore PVC tube.

Then pulled the leather tight and stuck it back down.

I have bought all the bits to try this on mine but not got round to doing it yet !

 

[bonzo]

Thought I'd share an easy cheap fix for this common problem. My xf had a very bad shrinkage problem with the leather on the dashboard which looked awful on an otherwise great car.

All you need is a small leather iron. I bought mine from "Ebay" at a cost of £10.   the Link

 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/306068075912?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D280596%2C281316%2C280787%26meid%3D3259b49b015e4890bc1a67abdb8c5ed5%26pid%3D101875%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D226537635610%26itm%3D306068075912%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2332490%26algv%3DSimplAMLv11WebTrimmedV3MskuWithLambda85KnnRecallV1V2V4ItemNrtInQueryAndCassiniVisualRankerAndBertRecallWithVMEV3CPCAutoWithCassiniEmbRecall%26brand%3DSmooth&_trksid=p2332490.c101875.m1851&itmprp=cksum%3A3060680759123259b49b015e4890bc1a67abdb8c5ed5|enc%3AAQAKAAABcNnX%2FcPSJ4FQoNUs8iW9d3TTdveHEGYK%2F99oxoRSM0U4bA%2F0pel740HFSnLmNo8XaXFf3LY94VNsllcUHn%2FJtRSziVjKEEDlraork%2BGVpOZJJFdtIFmTnDC7UCpFP2E69q7yDRkCBMpHAWHs%2F32bJnpsae4oUfvCeeTTMMYRHTT8g%2FZTV6W6afE%2FPUcC2Ni3zk9GLSQtSVlNHf%2BK8wopkg6J69viugy3Lj9%2FZQZj0dV%2BH0z3mkEsrbYeLTHH42kS24bUKdDqQzca8hO8g3MHKn4LNH22QsDg1iLnVYkalOCJd08nODncA6m5Lti7eLxWdDKU5Ut%2Bss1i2o0K%2BZRdy3tXXAGsHtkmK0pmbhrvPjr3py4Cp1r78D%2F5GrquDNUFDqkqAEAm5T6KBraxZmwR%2FwGP30HLD%2Bs4aSvJ54AR5lwGYLlkc4iOLywFxpmdI%2FksvbdtZvlYUDIahLpv9BF0r13%2BQY4UJXtc0mqYi5YZhPsh|ampid%3APL_CLK|clp%3A2332490&itmmeta=01JMEZPHD5XH9MR6V6M73MJ1PJ

Long isn't it, anyway the iron gets very hot so take care so make sure you don't let it touch any other part of the car apart from the leather. Gradually work you way up the dashboard smoothing out the wrinkles as you go. It's a good idea to use a leather moisturiser before you start this will make the leather more supple. what it does is as well as smoothing out the wrinkles it also heats up the original glue enabling the leather to stick back down.

I was going to have a new leather fitted to the dashboard but this would cost a fortune.

Regards

Bonzo