ShopForum has never failed to help me so much, so here's my big question regarding my '83 300TD.

My dashboard is blue, and naturally has cracks, two of them, that look hideous. I have been using a cheap dashmat which seems fine enough, but I have been thinking of getting a dashboard cap.

Which is the best dashboard cap for the Mercedes? My car has the climate control sensor and is, as mentioned earlier, blue. What's the good vendor for it? Do you have to dye or paint it blue to make a near perfect match and if so which paint?

I am not against spending a couple hundred bucks on this project, cause it seems worth it to me. I just want to do it as right as possible, and the only way to accomplish this is by consulting experience.

Thanks for any help!!!!

--CD