wood grain dash and console replacement (1 Viewer)

[abewley]

all my wood grain dash crap is coming off. Any suggestions on replacement?

good vendors?

labor?

thx.

Aaron

 

[Trunk Monkey]

Ebay

search for great ways to get the old crap off

 

[MidTex]

It should peel right off with a heat gun and a little elbow grease. You might also need something to get under the wood sticker to pry it off, just be careful so you don't scratch the panel/vent/etc...

 

[abewley]

thx.

been looking on ebay .. but does wondering if anyone that has done this.. what vendor they used to get parts.

 

[MidTex]

I would take it off and not replace it with anything, it looks much better without the fake wood.

 

[TheRhino]

I agree with the removal and not replacing

[QUOTE I would take it off and not replace it with anything, it looks much better without the fake wood.[/QUOTE]

 

[abewley]

ok.. if the rain holds up this weekend i will grab a heat gun and remove it all and do some before and after pics and decide how much i like it without...

thanks.

 

[Trunk Monkey]

Do not use a heat gun. Turn the heat on in your vehicle on high for 20 minutes. It will just peel off.

 

[MidTex]

I had a heat gun but I only had to use it to start about 5% of the work. Most of the wood stickers just peeled right off without using the heat gun - for what it is worth my 100 has spent its entire life in Texas. As for the condition of the stickers when I removed them they were not coming off like Abewley's. I just don't like fake wood in vehicles.

 

[yeti in ga]

I think the LC looks 100% better with out the wood gain stuff, glad mine had it already removed.

 

[wareagle]

Do not use a heat gun. Turn the heat on in your vehicle on high for 20 minutes. It will just peel off.

Mine didn;t. It took lots of heat, goof off, etc. Be careful on the console, my console is made from a painted plastic polymer. The paint peel off when removing the sticky tape. I had to wet sand and repaint.

 

[Anthony.L]

Remove and through away. It is beyond me why people would want that wood grain in the first place, much less replace it again later down the road.

 

[Trunk Monkey]

Mine didn;t. It took lots of heat, goof off, etc. Be careful on the console, my console is made from a painted plastic polymer. The paint peel off when removing the sticky tape. I had to wet sand and repaint.

It's worked on 5 trucks I know of, including my own. You must have had super glue.

 

[abewley]

thx for all the info.

 

[FullyLitLED]

for the window switch panels, do you just pry them off or will that do too much damage? I was going to take the faux wood off today

 

[wareagle]

You should be able to lift it with your finger nails. The window control plastic is pretty tough stuff.

 

[wareagle]

One question, does anyone recall what surface is underneath the fake wood surface for the radio and HVAC controls? Also, what about the trim surrounf rear vent controls? I still need to remove fake wood in these areas. I don't want to remove if it's a painted surface.

 

[Trunk Monkey]

Just black plastic on mine.

 

[wareagle]

Just black plastic on mine.

DO you know if it is painted black? My cup holder was black plastic. The tranny shifter surround was grey polymer painted black.

 

[bkgee]

i have only started pealing the center floor console so far, only black plastic. i expect the same on the dash, but grey plastic on the vents and door pieces.

i think some climates are better than others. i plan to do the majority of the peeling in Reno late July, ~100 F outside, maybe 140+ inside?! so far i am guessing no heat gun will be required at that time as i have already removed the easy (decayed) stuff in spring temps ~80 inside.

be careful with any tool (eg screw driver), it will scratch the black plastic. i did that over a small bit, too many scratches. i will finish the job mano a mano, or possibly use a plastic wall compound tool.