@Brunob00 I got so fed up with the rattling of this piece I finally decided to just go for it. I was extremely careful with prying it up, taking careful note where the clips were located and to pry around there.

In the end I got the panel up and only broke 2 clips and where one of my large cracks was already mostly broken apart, it finally separated. But I used some self-adhesive velcro in strategic places to keep it staying down, and it now is quiet. Looks like crap but it doesn't rattle, so my ears are much happier.

 

@HellHoof I did get a quote of $1200... but I have to do it... will keep you updated... not cheap...

 

H2-SUT
Looks very solid now, I thought I was only one to reinforce a perfectly good panel lol. My favorite go to epoxy now is 3M superfast it sets up in 20 seconds, fully cured in an hour and is incredibly strong. Fills wide gaps without running and sagging. Autobody shops use it to repair bumper covers. pricey though

 

My 09's Dash is perfect. I use a Sun shade all the time in the summer.

 

Is this just to repair a broken one?

 

when I first bought our H2 in 2004 we installed a light gray dash cover, its carpet with a foam/foil back, we also bought one for the H3 in 2006, to this day when you remove the dash cover the dash looks brand new, no cracks or broken parts and we also installed window vents so we leave the windows down about an inch so the wind blows thru the truck and removing the heat from the truck, the only broken thing I have is the drivers door panel, H2 an (idiot) at hummer stood on the arm rest to move the light bar so it would fit on the lift, cracking the arm rest and lower panel, they ordered a new panel but there was none available, so I had to silicone the panel back together, to this day….

2004H2
2006H3

 

The GMT-900 (08-09 H2, 07-13/14 Silverado, Tahoe, etc.) interiors are much improved over the GMT-800 (up to 07 H2), but they have one fatal flaw: the dash's design. It's so bad people have attempted class action lawsuits, tried to get a recall issued over fears that the cracked dash would become a projectile during airbag deployment, but no efforts have succeeded. GM did add additional supports to fix the cracking issues late in the generation run, but that is no help to us H2 owners as they were already discontinued by the time they addressed the problems.

The H2 dash also isn't the same, so parts can't be swapped, but the similar design flaws still exist. I appreciate everyone with the first gen interior trying to assist, but this is a defective design and inferior material, not something that a sunshade can help. And by now they're so old and brittle, chances of getting that piece off without breaking are nil, so adding reinforcements as a preventative measure isn't an option.

 

Hey man, curious how it went? I juat came across this thread. I have same issue except where the very end piece clips on the drivers side broke comometwly off and the passenger side is about to do the same

 

It should be a simple enough to repair using epoxy resin with fiberglass matting on the back of the dash panel. I wouldn't use the polyester resin, which sets up in minutes, I'd be too worried that it might melt the plastic. The epoxy resin results in a much stronger piece when done. Then finish the surface as detailed above to match the texture, and then with the matching primer and paint.

If you're not comfortable working with fiberglass, any auto body repair shop should be able to do it. I wouldn't expect it to be too cost prohibitive.... But with the way prices have gone the past couple years that's hard to say.

 

Thabks man, just bought an 08 and it ended up needing abunch of things on the interior fixed or replaced. Wishing I would have gotten an 05 just for parts availability lol