Pskhaat
Tourer
Does this veneer-looking wood paneling remove in some way without damage? Is it just normal poverty-pack plastic underneath?
Fancy/classy wood veneer removal? (1 Viewer)
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The applique isn't even wood. Plastic fake wood stuck on plain factory plastic. It was put on at the port, not from the factory.
Hair dryer or heat gun to loosen the adhesive and one of those plastic putty appliers like you use for bondo to carefully pry it off.I know it ain't woodbut how do I remove? Good to know normal trim is underneath.
Only LX have real wood, and actually look quite good 18 years later, has aged well.
That fake plastic wood looks like lasted long enough but time to pull.
That fake plastic wood looks like lasted long enough but time to pull.
Hair drier and a plastic scraper. Just be careful, because the plastic can still scratch. You will only want to use the scraper to lift up the edge and hopefully peel it off in 1 shot. Goo Gone will remove all the glue residue left behind. I recommend doing this on a really hot day after leaving the truck in the direct sun all day. All mine came off with almost no residue just by waiting until it was 100 degrees out peeling it all in the afternoon. Now is the right time of year to do this project. That glue is nearly impossible to remove when it's below 60 outside.
Trunk Monkey
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Pick a hot day, park truck with windows up and heater on high for 10-15 minutes. All that trim will peel off with no residue.
Can you use alcohol to remove the glue?
Somebodyelse5
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I removed all of mine with a plastic sealant scraper and the small amount of residue came off with goo-gone, then alcohol to remove the goo-gone residue.
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I'm in the hair dryer / plastic scraper camp. worked well for me. I removed all mine and replace with better looking wood veneer. Some people prefer to leave it bare, but my grey zebra wood on the gray interior looks nice.
IndroCruise
SILVER Star
There are several versions of “fake wood” used in LC100:
1. For VX, Sahara or whatever the top-of-line LC100 was called in the various world markets, as well as LX470, whole moulded trim pieces of plastic “fake wood” were used. These are easily lifted off with usual plastic trim removal tools and can be snapped back in place quite easily. These are the actual covers. There is nothing else underneath. These pieces are not real wood, merely moulded plastic items with a wood-like appearance -- according to Toyota! See for example:
at 57 seconds.
at 35 seconds.
2. For other LC100 models there was a kind of plastic self-adhesive “applique” sold in sets as an after-sales accessory or added by some distributors or dealers or available from some after-market stores. The individual pieces of “applique” were placed over the top of the existing plastic trim and held in place by the self-adhesive, usually on parts of the dash and on the armrests containing the door and window controls. The underlying colour usually would be similar to the colour of other plastic trim in the same vehicle. The link below to an FJ80 example gives one approach to removal:
How-To: Removing Wood Grain Dash on FJ80
In the picture shown far above by Pskhaat, the colour underlying the “applique” will be same colour as can be seen in his picture surrounding the window control and door lock. The situation will be similar to the FJ80 example at the above link.
1. For VX, Sahara or whatever the top-of-line LC100 was called in the various world markets, as well as LX470, whole moulded trim pieces of plastic “fake wood” were used. These are easily lifted off with usual plastic trim removal tools and can be snapped back in place quite easily. These are the actual covers. There is nothing else underneath. These pieces are not real wood, merely moulded plastic items with a wood-like appearance -- according to Toyota! See for example:
at 57 seconds.
at 35 seconds.
2. For other LC100 models there was a kind of plastic self-adhesive “applique” sold in sets as an after-sales accessory or added by some distributors or dealers or available from some after-market stores. The individual pieces of “applique” were placed over the top of the existing plastic trim and held in place by the self-adhesive, usually on parts of the dash and on the armrests containing the door and window controls. The underlying colour usually would be similar to the colour of other plastic trim in the same vehicle. The link below to an FJ80 example gives one approach to removal:
How-To: Removing Wood Grain Dash on FJ80
In the picture shown far above by Pskhaat, the colour underlying the “applique” will be same colour as can be seen in his picture surrounding the window control and door lock. The situation will be similar to the FJ80 example at the above link.
