The 1/4 section where I applied while it’s melted under the sun, it’s still good, dry to the touch, looks the same whether it’s hot or cool.

The 1/4 section where I applied when dash was cool, it would turn sticky when heated by the sun, although not as bad as day 1, and definitely better than the untreated area.

The 1/2 that’s untreated is still bad.

The weather here is cooling off. I’ve pulled the dash back in-door. Fall is finally going to bless Dallas.

It appears that the key is to let the dash absorb the protectant...

Seems that way. For the severe cases, seems like the new chemical has to mix with the melting stuff to “lock it in”.

When summer time comes again next year, I’ll do the same with the dash in my car.

Just a warning... Do not drink it. It smells like Starbucks Mocha.... :p

:yum:

It does

Are you (filip000, cv129, nis350, ...) still happy with the Shiny Garage product? I have a 2010 with a dash that is starting to get sticky and this product seems like the most promising one. Are your dashes still not sticky and back to having a matte finish?
Thx

I have not apply to the dash in the Z yet. I will need to park it outside to let the dash “melt”, then apply the product. I haven’t had time and I recently hurt my right forearm tendon, so I have limited use of my hand right now.

For the spare dash I experimented on…I put that dash back into the attic during the fall and thru winter. I don’t have a direct line of sight to it. It did feel sticky when I reached up to touch it a month ago. I’ll need to inspect it in more detail before I can conclude.

cv129,
thx for the update. Hopefully you will get a chance to inspect it more closely soon and good luck with the forearm tendon. I too caused myself some grief to my right forearm. I was replacing the heater hoses on my 2010 370z (14 yr old hoses and clamps and the hoses swelled up enough that even with the right tool I couldn't get the spring clamp off easily). From the factory they use double layer clamps there and I had to slowly hack at the hose with a utility knife before getting that clamp off at the back of the block. These is just no room back there! Anyway, I ordered a bottle of the Shiny Garage 500ml off ebay (from Poland) and it should be here in July.

I hope it will work out for you guys.

FWIW, let me report that the dash on my side still feels fine. Lately I just did the dry wipe a few times and it was good.

I have applied it regularly and didn't notice any changes.... Mine has not melted yet, but it turns light gray after a month or so, and still get shiny under the sun.

my hope is that it will prevent the dash to get worse like cracking etc...

I have the same hope in that I hope it halts the deterioration of the dash. Hard to lose given the ebay price was 26 EUR = $28 USD = $38 CDN compared to the cost of the alternatives.

FWIW my car is a garage kept non-daily and when parked in the sun i use a purpose built windshield shade. When I purchased it in 2017 there was a very slight crack near the passenger airbag. I began using 303 UV treatment due to all raving about its benefits. I'm convinced that product, not the sun caused the tremendous amount of cracking I have now. :confused:

It would be interesting to start a poll of those without cracking and what protection product they use.

Has anyone tried these products (https://stickydashfix.com/collections/nissan) to fix their sticky and or cracked dashboard? It looks like they have a filler product and a 370Z color matched sticky dash cure product. Are their products any good?

I'm buying it now including the filling just to treat the dash ends where the door cards close to, ya mine's cracked there too. Because it's cracked on the ends that never see UV leads me to believe it's a treatment product problem, at least in my case. I'll update the thread with how it goes, dashmat covers the rest. .

I have probably applied it for 10 times now over time. Didn't notice any changes, not better or worse. My car is always in the garage and rarely driven.

any update?

I applied it this week during some downtime due to the hurricane.

I suggest only using the filler inside the actual crack as it smooths out the dash's OE grain pattern. You'll need to carefully mask along the crack then fill in just the crack without running over onto the dash surface. Because I didn't, you can see the limits of where I used the filler which are finger-wide widths on the dash surface. Additionally, the crack wasn't "erased". I didn't have the sticky dash issue in these areas as it's the vertical end of the dash where the door cards meet up. I'll gladly respond to emails with pics. of my cracking repairs. Tractionless@comcast.net

I did some of the coating under my dash mat and it did seem to calm down the sticky look and feel issue; however, I didn't remove the entire dash mat as I prefer the micro-suede look over the OE dash anyway. :tup:

Thanks everyone for posting all their updates!

I've been watching this thread for a while now. My 2010's dash started getting a little sticky in certain areas. I have less than 18K miles and the car has always been garaged. For those of you who ended up getting a dash mat, I'm curious if your dash started to stick onto to the underside of your dash mat?

Wow hard to believe sun, heat, and UV are the cause then. My 2010 in florida was fine until about 2018 when I started using 303 protectant on it, then it quickly spider webbed, it's atrocious. As a result, I feel it's certain protectants reacting with the dash causing the cracking or it at least accelerates the UV and heat theory.

My dash mat does not stick the the dashboard underneath. :tiphat:

Hard to believe 303 would cause any damage. It has to be used sparingly and completely buffed off when using it. Plus, 8 years of doing nothing and then trying to put something on it? I use it , so I hope that's not the case.

I agree, it’s not the 303. Also, Rusty had used 303 on his dash for god knows how long now.

I own 3 samples that developed to various degrees of “melt” all on their own. Two of which I had used nothing but swifter duster for the few yrs prior to the “melt”. One was a took-off I purchased, that one sat in the original owner’s attic, because race car.

Thanks for letting me know about the dash mat not sticking.

I use it on many other substrates without issue. I bought the car in 2016 so how the dash was treated prior to my ownership is beyond my knowledge; however, I only used 303 and they the cracking started. FWIW, sits in the garage all week as well, that's why I have a hard time believe the damage is solely a heat/UV issue.