Cloth dash... good or bad?

[autotragic]

I may go to an automotive-wrap place and see if they do bubble-wrap...

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[OminousSkitter]

I can't picture this. Do you got pictures?

I can't picture this, any chance you got a picture of your friend's dash?

Here's one (source):

And another (source):

 

[jludave]

If the airbag deploys does the plastic shatter?

No. The plastic is designed to split when the airbag deploys.

 

[Take57]

At the risk of being precise, it’s not really cloth as so much as a synthetic extruded fiber material. I learned this after I sprayed it down with Scotchguard fabric protector to little effect. While it wouldn’t have been my first choice of material, it’s still better than a hard, cold piece of resin plastic.

 

[SlickRicksWilly]

Looks wise (when it's clean) I like it better than the smooth hard plastic .

I am terrified to clean it because I assume it's just glued to a piece of plastic. And any real scrubbing will eventually lead to it looking like my wife's super sagging door nets.

 

[Deleted User 38384]

Here's one (source):

And another (source):

Interesting. And here I thought y'all were talking about the top of the dash. That's not so bad.

The airbag comes out of the plastic piece beneath the cloth dash.

I doubt the cloth makes much difference since the airbag pops out of the plastic beneath it.

I like that guys idea that it helps with sound deadening. That makes the most sense to me.

 

[XJ-99]

Not my Jeep, but as far as the air bag location, I found this image on the internet.

 

[S2k Chris]

At the risk of being precise, it’s not really cloth as so much as a synthetic extruded fiber material. I learned this after I sprayed it down with Scotchguard fabric protector to little effect. While it wouldn’t have been my first choice of material, it’s still better than a hard, cold piece of resin plastic.

It kinda feels like a denim material. It doesn’t come across as delicate in person.

 

[jludave]

The airbag comes out of the plastic piece beneath the cloth dash.

I doubt the cloth makes much difference since the airbag pops out of the plastic beneath it.

No it doesn’t. That’s just where they put the label to indicate the dash has an airbag. Look at the post below yours. The airbag comes out of the same location on the new dash. An airbag has to have an unobstructed path to be able to fully deploy.

Here’s another pic of the older style dash and where the airbag label is, which is the same location on the new style dash.

 

[Deleted User 38384]

No it doesn’t. That’s just where they put the label to indicate the dash has an airbag. Look at the post below yours. The airbag comes out of the same location on the new dash. An airbag has to have an unobstructed path to be able to fully deploy.

Here’s another pic of the older style dash and where the airbag label is, which is the same location on the new style dash.

Not my Jeep, but as far as the air bag location, I found this image on the internet.

Interesting... Never knew that.

 

[Terrymo]

The trail dust during the summer locally is insidious….like tan colored flour and that shirt gets on and into everything, We got leather seats to make it easier to clean up dog hair. I can only imagine what a cloth dash would look like covered in trail dust and dog hair. Maybe I’m wrong.

 

[ecomguy]

Tis good. It looks nice. Don’t use it as a napkin for Cheeto fingers.

 

[HydroBlueJax]

I prefer the plastic

 

[BXFXJeep]

Cloth dash, as if the floor carpeting wasn't bad enough for a vehicle like the Wrangler. Who comes up with these things.

 

[au176]

I prefer the plastic

Same...

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