R32 Interiors

[ookami]

I'm looking at buying an R32 GTR but since looking at few i notice that all the ones i have seen have a bubble in the dash and around the rear windows the vinyl has gone sticky and peeled away from the windows itself. Are they all like this? What causes this, age, heat, what? Can this be fixed easily?

[silver gts-t]

what year models have you been looking at

[predator]

simply age.. all cars a certain age that sort of thing starts happening to them. if it bothers you a lot, think you should be looking at something newer. .. mid 90's or so, even that is 10 years old.

[femno]

if you look around enough you will be able to find one without the bubbles and what not, i bought one maybe a month ago, a 1990 and the interior was fine. just takes a lil looking around...

[djr81]

I'm looking at buying an R32 GTR but since looking at  few i notice that all the ones i have seen have a bubble in the dash and around the rear windows the vinyl has gone sticky and peeled away from the windows itself.  Are they all like this?  What causes this, age, heat, what?  Can this be fixed easily?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

In short yes. These are two of the most common signs of ageing on this model. But you can also add:

Wear to the velour trim on the seats.

Wear to the steering wheel/leather handbrake & gear covers.

Stuffed window seals front & rear.

[t01-100]

...and the centre and passenger side vents near always are broken, cracked or are near stuffed. you can buy new ones though.

[Scooby]

Ah yes, the plastic shrinkage issue. Make that 'farking plastic shrinkage issue'.

I have not been able to find a trimmer that can either repair the dash/window surround or recover them in a similar grain.

New window surrounds are only about $300 new from Nissan, a new dash is about $1200. Recovering the dash is about $500 but then you have to redo the rest of the interior.

It's a shite sandwich either way but as femno said you can get them with good dashes.

[ookami]

yeah i actually found a 90 model that had neither of these problems and a supposed grade 4 94 model i found did. are second hand dashes without the bubbles easy to come by ....