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Originally Posted by Adrian97c
This will be my fix! Could you link the black drawer rubber part you used & how did you cut it so perfectly shaped??
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The rubber mat came from some scrap pieces in our techs workshop. Originally came from a big 4' wide roll of it, it has some heavy ribbing (maybe 1/8") on the side seen in the pic and the backside is somewhat smooth, but has a grainy texture to it. Harbor Freight sells some drawer lining material that I have on my own benchtop in the house that I think would work just as well. As a matter of fact another member just asked me if I could cut one out for him so I'll probably be buying more of it this week. It comes in handy for an easily rolled surface to work from for a number of projects, like gun cleaning?
Link to Harbor frieght drawer liner:
https://www.harborfreight.com/solid-...ner-65565.html
As for how I cut out the shape, I just took a couple sheets of printer paper and taped them together (it's about 14-15" wide) and layed it up on the dash flush with the base of the wind shield. Held it in place with one hand and pressed down on the paper around the perimeter edge to make an impression on the paper. Took it out and cut around the impression and that's the shape I got. I did put it back up there to make sure it was what I wanted before I transferred the shape to the rubber mat.
I tried to just trace the outside outline of the pattern onto the smoother side of the mat before I cut it but the permanent marker I used was too dark, black marker on a black mat doesn't show up so well. So I put some blue painters tape on the mat and then traced over that. Works much better when you can see the line you're trying to cut.
All of it took about 15-20 minutes, really pretty easy to do. My wife was wondering WTH I was doing the whole time, she hadn't been in the car when the condensation problem was really bad.