Just got my second hand IS300 ( yes 300 , I am in Dubai. it is the UAE version) 2007 yesterday. great car mechanically and body wise. yet there is a problem of the dashboard hard edge being chipped ( for some reason...!!!) it is really irritating as I see it whenever I enter the car.... I am sure you will have some ideas - other than changing the dashboard.

actually one of the reasons I bought a (Lexus IS) is this forum.......I will appreciate any feedback.

 

Ouch..... mine was bad but not that bad and i noticed it every time i steppedin my car took it to Lexus and they repaired it ...https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...-thread-3.html check out the thread you will see the after product

 

I got the same problem bro...still looking for a solid solution. There's a person on this forum that put a leather adhesive strip over the edge and sprayed plasti-dip over it.

 

I tried plasti dip the color is off and it is noticable but it is a "fix" you can say

 

Is that from someone talking out the navigation?

 

Most likely and they didnt know what they were doing ie. used the wrong tools

 

you fail...
you must to re leather it ... in our country we have a lot of leather sempstress, i guess you can find a person who sewing leather in Dubai...
bad news you must releather all your dash,,, good news you can get a better look on your dash,,,,
another way to restore that ....!
change the dash,,,!

 

there is no way a dashboard chips itself. Thats literally impossible. Someone or something had to be picking at it...................not sure if youre giving the full story. Looks like someone did some audio work and wasnt too careful. Bummer though.

 

I had mine chipped about half a dime sized caused by the dealership replacing my nav ecu unit. They had Kennedy @ Platinum VIP (I believe that's how you spell their name) fix it and it looks great.

 

wasnt there a thread awhile back where this happened?

 

Give the guy a break, he said he picked up the used car yesterday, and this is how it was. This can be fixed, but will be visible unless the dash is replaced.

 

Looks like someone who owned the car before had the navigation removed during its life sometime. Whoever did it wasn't being careful at all by the looks of it. That looks terrible. I'm guessing the previous owner did it himself because If i got my car back from a shop looking like that I would make them replace that entire dash!!!