here are the rest. pic #2 is half-way point - my favorite. looks so scary and yet isn't. good luck folks.

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That is very impressive! If you ever happen to be in Birmingham with nothing to do just let me know......lol

man alive! you got a very well maintained garage friend! also good work on teh dash part!

haha - you don't want me, you want e10pvmt - he can do it in an hour!!

yeah, i'm kind of neurotic about it.... it's a man cave. lit up like a photo studio! i get a tan while working on cars.

my god, you have your own bead blaster too! I wish you were my neighbor.

yeah, that one didn't go over too well with the wife. i just sort of had to have it once i saw it. it's awesome.

After pitching a ***** I got a new dash from the dealer in Daytona Beach for $600 +/- with free install since they had to pull the dash apart to get to an ac repair back there anyway. Total bull, I mean total bill, $1200.

I have a dashboard which has been custom covered with black vinyl to cover the cracks for sale right now in the classified section if anyone wants a cheap fix. Make me an offer, I guarantee it is much cheaper than a new one!

I would love one, but I don't know how to install it... Got a picture of it? Also in case anyone is wondering I was told there is this guy who runs a "custom vinyl" shop or something who said he could fix my crack right above the passenger airbag side and it runs up to the top just in the front and slightly starting to move to the left. No details on how much it will cost yet, I'm probably going to call him in the next two days an see what my possibilities are...

This thread is crazy!! I have an '03 SE and about 7 months ago overnight I noticed a crack that starts where the dash starts running along the lip above the gauge cluster and stops just to the right of the tachO. That is the only one so far..I feel fortunate. Sorry to all that are experiencing worse!! I have a dash story with a dealer quote..

A few years ago I had the stock head unit replaced because my 6 disc stopped working..I had the "stealership" install it because with the core and install it was only ~$160 (I would've normally done it but it just seemed so cheap and they needed the core. LESSON LEARNED).. I just let them do it thinking it was such an easy job, what could they screw up...WELL the tech that replaced it jacked my dash up right above the head unit by prying on it and ripped a piece of the dash material off next to the gauge cluster. I found out they let him go while getting one of my free oil changes. I complained...they attempted to fix it..THREE TIMES and it still looked like crap.. I complained and they said they could replace it and would have around $1100 into it or they would give me a dealer credit..I thought about it and took the credit. I ended up getting a set of tires, T4R rubber floor mats, trans service, brake bleed, and 4 free mobile one oil changes.

If more cracks develop IDK what I'll do. Truck is payed for and she ain't no show pony. I may take the number and call just to see what happens. Good luck all.

Cool take apart.

Here's an idea/tip for anyone that decides to do it. Use an empty egg carton (or two) and mark the 'cups' with the screw size/type/location - whatever works for you. Helps keep them separate and organized. Plus, if you need to move them for whatever reason you can close it up and move them fairly easily.

*knock on wood* I never had to do that job though….

Just found out a long crack along my dashboard on 04 4Runner SR5 with 91k this weekend. The crack look like several pictures posted on this thread.

Crack started from the driver side air vent, goes up and along the hood/lip of the instruments/speedometers panel then it goes down on the left side of the glove box, will try to post pics.

This is my wife vehicle she drives it daily. This weekend I drove it and noticed that crack. Not sure how long the crack has been there. My wife is not the kind of person who noticed these kind of things on a car. She the kind of person who would not notice issues on a car unless it blow up or burned down.

Anyway, before finding this thread and read all these posts by other owners having the same issue. When I first found out the crack this past weekend, at first I thought that it is due to the guy who did the inspection sticker on her car last Friday may have something to do with it. Being a Texas registered vehicle, the inspection stickers and registration stickers are placed inside the lower windshield on the driver's side. At first I thought that when the guy who put on the sticker and during the process of scraping up the old one and putting in the new one and being it is hard to reach corner of the the windshield he may have put pressure on the dashboard and cracked it, but as I do research on the internet I found many similar issue with the 4th Generation 4runners dashboards cracks.

I'm going to start bringing this vehicle to the dealer to complain about it. Can someone tell me of any other phone numbers or email where I can start raising or creating a case on this issue?

Thank you

Just called "Customer Experience Center" number 800-331-4331 found on Toyota web site.

Told them about the crack and told them beside the cosmetic issue of the dashboard, main safety concern is the cracks could have accidentally deploy the airbag even when the vehicle is not impact.

They said search the existing issue on the car and found nothing on it and simply say there is nothing they can do.

I do not see how a cracked dash pad would/could cause an airbag deployment.