Hilux dashboard sticky situation

The number one thing to do the job properly is to find out what plastic the dash part is made from.

There are many different types of plastics used and not one adhesive does it all.

Find the adhesive that will bond correctly to the plastic used and you will have a trouble free run.

You can use Araldite but the chances are it will not work in the long term...... there are many types of Araldite with some needing special primers and lighting to activate and set, the stuff you buy in the local Hardware shop is a very basic cheap form of Araldite.

There are more specific adhesives and bonding agents available, if you did use Araldite and it didn't last there is a good chance you will not get anything to work as the Araldite has caused an impurity to the bonding surfaces.

Loctite, 3M and Devcon are 3 of the top brands used in industry.

I use Loctite 406 (an extra strong superglue) for that sort of thing.
Usually get it from CBC Bearing or similar Loctite stockists - about $20 for a squirt container. Store it in the fridge and it will last a long time.

Poitr - Plastic lugs breaking off Hilux dashboards?? What happened to the unbreakable Toyotas they used to build, where nothing ever broke on them, even after 300,000kms?? This sound like a Mitsybitsy or a pizzy Nizzan?
I've noticed a tendency for Toyotas to become pretty cheap in their construction, and the missus' Camry is the worst Toyota I've ever owned for things breaking and falling off it.

The fridgy one is spot on. You need to ID the material to get good bond. The dash should have a raised stamp somewhere (you can probably only find it, after you remove the entire dash), that states the construction material.
Many dashboards are made from ABS resin, and I'm fairly sure the Hilux dash is made from it as well.
ABS resin is one of the worst to work with, and most bumper repair places use plastic welding and ABS welding rods, to join broken ABS components such as todays bumpers.
I've had numerous plastic components welded together by a local plastic bumper repair crowd (forklift dashboards, compressor cowlings), and they do a good job.

The hobby shops, who supply and constantly work with plastics in models are the "guns" on glues and solvents. It appears that PVC pipe glue works satisfactorily on ABS resin, but I've never tried it personally. PVC pipe glue is a mix of MEK and Acetone. However, you can buy an ABS glue called, SIMPLY GLUES Tetra ABS/PVC Cement.

Remember that these glues are pretty potent and you need excellent ventilation when working with them, and no possibility of any naked flame within a bulls roar of the open container.

Hobby/Models adhesives info - http://www.brunelhobbies.com.au/simplyglues/gluesandAdhes.htm

Cheers - Ron.

As far as the glues go, and they may or may not make one suitable for this particular application but I have used sikaflex and it is just unbeatable. If they make a bonding agent which suits your plastics, you can;t go past them. We were using them in the construction of Queensland Rails' new locomotives.
Tim