blitjen

Hello all, I'm excited to be part of the RX8 family, I have had several RX7s but this is my first RX8, my question is, does Mazda still sell the passenger side airbag dash cover? Story is, the owner I bought this gem from had a recall on the airbag and it came back cracked, I would have taken it right back, but she didn't. Anyway, what is the best solution to this problem, it's quite noticeable and it bother me.

Thanks in advance for any and all suggestions.

Brent~

Jedi54

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Hey Brent, the dashes are out there and available but be warned, they are almost all prone to cracking at some point.
Oh, and the darn things aren't cheap.

blitjen

Thanks Jedi, I found this part #, does this look right, it says Door Air Bag, but in the diagram, it looks like the dash.

schm1347

Mine is cracked too and I’ve looked online and just about every one of them is cracked too. I may consider buying a cracked one if I run out of projects to do and try to repair and recondition. But that’s pretty low on my priority list now.

BigCajun

iTrader: (1)

This one for $200 has the beginnings of the crack.
I wonder if it was filled wiylth Super Glue if that would keep it from opening further?

If mine was split like the one I had, I would gamble $200 to see if it would.

https://ahparts.com/buy-used/2004-ma...57k70/339973-1

initforthenoiseinnit

yes

Loki

iTrader: (1)

You probably want something more resistant to stress than superglue, like epoxy. The flipside is you're messing with airbag opening in case of an accident, you don't want your passengers to receive pieces of airbag cover instead of the airbag.

BigCajun

iTrader: (1)

Good point.

DonaldGriffin

Thanks for the suggestion.

BluSpectre

At this point, the only real long term fix for the infamous dash crack is a $75 dash cover that looks like the OE dash. Basically a bow for the pig.