Anybody tried self-adhesive leather/leatherette to cover cracked dash?

[bjohns5]

My 2012 Genesis 3.8L w/Tech Package has developed the usual cracks in the dash around the airbag breakaway as well as a couple above the gauge cluster. I noticed on Amazon that you can buy rolls of thin self-adhesive leather or imitation leather intended to repair couches and such. There's a dark grey color available that looks pretty close to the color of my dash.

Has anybody tried using such a material to cover over the cracked dash? I'm thinking to cut it so it stops short of the indentation below the windshield where the defroster vents are, and tuck the front edge of the material into the gap between the trim and the front edge of the upper dash. If the material is thin enough I think the center speaker and the side vents could be removed and then reinstalled on top of the new layer so there is no visible edge around those areas. After installation I would cut through the material around the airbag breakaway so it would deploy properly. Has anybody tried this, or have any thoughts about whether it might work? The car has aged pretty well except for those unsightly cracks. It only has 88K miles so I'd like to keep it looking nice since it should be good for quite a few more years.

 

[Mandrake]

I've tried something similar to this but it peeled at the edges. What a lot of people do to restore a dash now is use a router on the cracks, sand and fill with a filler. Then they spray the dash with an adhesive and blow velour fabric bits on it. Wait til it dries, blow it off and then reinstall. Thats going to be a bit of work on that car though. If you want something in between, some just get a dash cover thats almost like a floor mat carpet. It can be secured with hook and loop self-adhesive fasteners.

 

[Elton45]

My 2012 Genesis 3.8L w/Tech Package has developed the usual cracks in the dash around the airbag breakaway as well as a couple above the gauge cluster. I noticed on Amazon that you can buy rolls of thin self-adhesive leather or imitation leather intended to repair couches and such. There's a dark grey color available that looks pretty close to the color of my dash.

Has anybody tried using such a material to cover over the cracked dash? I'm thinking to cut it so it stops short of the indentation below the windshield where the defroster vents are, and tuck the front edge of the material into the gap between the trim and the front edge of the upper dash. If the material is thin enough I think the center speaker and the side vents could be removed and then reinstalled on top of the new layer so there is no visible edge around those areas. After installation I would cut through the material around the airbag breakaway so it would deploy properly. Has anybody tried this, or have any thoughts about whether it might work? The car has aged pretty well except for those unsightly cracks. It only has 88K miles so I'd like to keep it looking nice since it should be good for quite a few more years.

Temu has the same stuff about 1/2 the price of Amazon.
I haven't tried it but on my recently bought 2013 Genesis it looks like a previous owner used a colored paste to fill the cracks. I didn't even notice it until I went to clean the dashboard 1 day this past week and looked close.

 

[Elton45]

My 2012 Genesis 3.8L w/Tech Package has developed the usual cracks in the dash around the airbag breakaway as well as a couple above the gauge cluster. I noticed on Amazon that you can buy rolls of thin self-adhesive leather or imitation leather intended to repair couches and such. There's a dark grey color available that looks pretty close to the color of my dash.

Has anybody tried using such a material to cover over the cracked dash? I'm thinking to cut it so it stops short of the indentation below the windshield where the defroster vents are, and tuck the front edge of the material into the gap between the trim and the front edge of the upper dash. If the material is thin enough I think the center speaker and the side vents could be removed and then reinstalled on top of the new layer so there is no visible edge around those areas. After installation I would cut through the material around the airbag breakaway so it would deploy properly. Has anybody tried this, or have any thoughts about whether it might work? The car has aged pretty well except for those unsightly cracks. It only has 88K miles so I'd like to keep it looking nice since it should be good for quite a few more years.

Just a note that you can get the same material on Temu much cheaper.
My 2013 3.8 Sedan had cracks in the same area you described. Looks likr a pevious owner repaired it with a paste material that press a pebble grain pattern into. That's pretty much old school but it's almost unnoticeable at first glance.
My dash is black