Yea, the title says it all. My dash is sticky and its cracking. Id rather drive my car off a cliff than put a dash mat on it.. SOO I'm thinking that i should either paint it or vinyl wrap it. which required removing the dash... which theres no DIY's on.. Does anyone else have any other ideas? or does anyone know how to remove the dash? ORRRR does anyone just know how to get rid of the stickyness? If you can help me with any of my questions, i will be forever in your debt

 

My dash is having the same problem. Thinking about swapping the entire dash. Thinking it's going to be a PITA however lol. Wonder if there's a step-by-step in the service manual for this procedure...

 

Yea but first we have to figure out how to even remove the dash..

 

What are the mfg dates of your cars?

 

Mine is like that too.. I posted about it before.. I just ordered a black suede dash mat (i didn't want to, but.. maybe black suede won't be as bad lol) - I'll post pixx when I get it.

 

Yes we all have a cracking dash. My car is garage kept all the time, never had but one crack on the drivers side. All of a sudden I get in the car one day and there are 4 long cracks going right above the radio and on the sides. Literally me . I heard some people had their dash's replaced under warranty and they said the dash isn't put back with effort and is rushed so it causes it to creak and make sounds. I would wayyyyyyyyyyyyyy rather look at cracks than hear stupid sounds!

 

My TL had that issue from heat. Prevent it from conditioning with a vinyl/leather conditioner. Luxor works wonders for me.

But now, I would just live with it, as it is only cosmetic. I don't see it being worth the thousands to replace. You would do better trading your car in. Just my 0.02.

 

Here's the dash mat I got from Autonotions.com (I ordered direct but they sell on ebay too. http://www.ebay.com/itm/SUEDE-Dash-Cover-Custom-Fit-Your-Model-Many-Colors-S1IN-/230684659325?fits=Make%3AInfiniti&vxp=mtr&hash=item35b5e08e7d
The binding/edge is a little big/shiny IMO, but it works for now. :P It comes with a pad for the top of the cluster too but I don't like it on there.

 

Not bad, not bad. Would prefer to avoid that if at all possible. Might be the only route to take however. Nice stick shift by the way I have a manual as well. Don't see too many of them on here.

 

Did u get black or graphite

 

I got black. ... 'black' .. :P

 

My 08 G37S is experiencing a sticky and cracking dash also. Very disappointing as I can't seem to part with it. This is my 4th Infiniti, and this is by far the best. There has to be a solution for this issue.

 

I'm garage parked, dash is conditioned during every car wash and have a sun shade in the windshield everyday at work. I have my fingers crossed this never happens to me...

 

My dash is getting worse by the month. It's sticky and now it's got hairline cracks all over.

I tried getting my name on the class action lawsuit, but the lawyers aren't responding anymore.

This is crazy. My car is a 2008 with just over 50K miles. Everything is in perfect condition but the dash.

I think I may try to order one of those dash covers even though I hate that idea. But it's getting harder and harder to drive with the glare.

 

What are some recommended conditioners?

I had this happen in my Altima. It started all of a sudden 2 years before it was totaled. Luckily the cracks kinda spread in places where it wasn't so obvious. But the shininess and stickiness was pretty bad in the last year, couldn't even wipe it because the towel would get stuck. I really don't want to have to deal with it again. Not a good look.