My recent purchase, a 1997 1.9L is in pretty good condition overall but the interior where the Aussie sun has left its mark...not so much. Dash and console is good, however there are places where the 90's ABS plastic has cracks and warping, mainly on the rear cubby box and the door trims were previously repaired by a Gorilla with a bone through his nose and roofing screws/supa glue (which does not work on ABS). These bit are almost impossible to find here and import from GB or US is prohibitively expensive. So here is a thread of my fixes, for better or worse. It'd be hard to be worse...
First the cubby and seat belt tower covers. Materials used were fiberglass, marine carpet, Sikaflex adhesive spray and patience. If you break the back of marine carpet it can be stretched and moulded to a degree. Descriptions in pic order.
Speaker cutouts where damage was. (face will be black marine vinyl covered when it arrives) Lid was trashed, held together with gaffa tape, so fiberglass the inside. Then marine carpet. Inside of lid had cracks too, so fibreglass too and cover with carpet. Back wall of cubby was cracked and warped, straighten with heat gun and fibreglass inside. Carpet the sun damage on the seat belt tower covers.
First the cubby and seat belt tower covers. Materials used were fiberglass, marine carpet, Sikaflex adhesive spray and patience. If you break the back of marine carpet it can be stretched and moulded to a degree. Descriptions in pic order.
Speaker cutouts where damage was. (face will be black marine vinyl covered when it arrives) Lid was trashed, held together with gaffa tape, so fiberglass the inside. Then marine carpet. Inside of lid had cracks too, so fibreglass too and cover with carpet. Back wall of cubby was cracked and warped, straighten with heat gun and fibreglass inside. Carpet the sun damage on the seat belt tower covers.
