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Old 06-18-2008, 10:00 PM
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Question the ugly wood dash is killing me!

i wanna pull all the fake wood off and paint it, but im afraid i gonna pull something too hard and break it, can someone help me out a little? like screw locations if there are any, and where each part is clipped on?
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lol i know but its just an eyesore lol
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lol i know but its just an eyesore lol
it's better than the cheap looking gray plastic.
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Old 06-18-2008, 10:29 PM
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Re: the ugly wood dash is killing me!

I took all the woodgrain out of mine, and changed it to the grey plastic. I cant stand the 92 woodgrain, it looks so cheesy and crappy. If I could get my hands on 93+ woodgrain it would be a different story.
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Question Re: the ugly wood dash is killing me!

true but im planning to make it a nice black on black textured and slight shimmer.... ill put up pics when im done.. well if im done, i still need help..?
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Re: the ugly wood dash is killing me!

Its all pretty easy to get off, a few tricks in some spots, but its straight forward mostly.

Hardest part is the lighter surround, and the climate control, you wont have the writing on there anymore if you sand it.

If you want some help in detail, you can call me. Ive taken it all off already. PM me if you do, and ill reply with my number.

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Re: the ugly wood dash is killing me!

gauge cluster trim, 3 screws along the top, two screws behind the lower sets of buttons (Pry out to reveal)Unplug clock Top dash vent, pull out. Climate control unit, I believe theres two screws behind the vent you just removed, as well as a shared screw with the gauge trim you took out. cd cage, 4 screws behind the black trip piece surrounding the radio. Removing the cage is a *****...watch out on the right side for the gears and hooks grabbing the inner edge of the vynal wrap. Unplug stereo. For painting purposes, remove the radio from its cage. ash tray, pull out. shifter surround, pull out. Cigarette lighter is screwed from behind (No innuendos please), youll need to either make a special tool,* or remove the center portion of the dash via screws located behind the gauge cluster (Held in with I believe 8 screws) and under the lower lower dash plastic trim things shaped kinda like the nike swoosh (they pull off, three screws behind into a bracket, one into the center console, per side) as well as one screw behind the ash tray*. Drivers and passengers side door trims are held in with several screws, acessable once the door panels come off. its possible to remove the wood grain w/o removing the suede. The rear interior panels are much the same, except you need to remove all the screws holding the suede in as well to get the wood trim out.

When painting the climate control unit, you may want to have precision cut vynals made up to mask off the lettering. Use a thinner base coat over this part. Remove the vynal before clear coating to prevent peeling or any harsh edges
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Question Re: the ugly wood dash is killing me!

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Its all pretty easy to get off, a few tricks in some spots, but its straight forward mostly.

Hardest part is the lighter surround, and the climate control, you wont have the writing on there anymore if you sand it.

If you want some help in detail, you can call me. Ive taken it all off already. PM me if you do, and ill reply with my number.

-Dennis
know any tricks on how to keep the writing? maybe if i dremel outline the writing to make the grooves deeper? then use a thin brush and paint the letters white?
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The writing

The writing is actually translucent white paint over clear green plastic, the woodgrain pattern is printed over that. you *could* paint it then carefully scratch the black off to reveal the white, but itd be easier to read the last bit of my post to see my suggestion for keeping the lettering
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Re: the ugly wood dash is killing me!

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Hardest part is the lighter surround, and the climate control, you wont have the writing on there anymore if you sand it.
Trick:
- Remove parts
- Paint them
- Apply Vynil writings
- Apply Lacquer finish above everything.

BTW Wolfy, what is the color of your Car? AND I do not recommend you paint them black.

Mine is Silver, I painted the plastics same color... But black just doesn't look right on the grey interior.
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lol i know but its just an eyesore lol
I agree that the 92 supposed woodgrain is ugly, but every painted dash job I have seen is horrendous and absolutely looks just that---cheap paint.

I changed my driver 92 woodgrain for the much better 96 woodgrain and it looks great.

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Re: the ugly wood dash is killing me!

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gauge cluster trim, 3 screws along the top, two screws behind the lower sets of buttons (Pry out to reveal)Unplug clock Top dash vent, pull out. Climate control unit, I believe theres two screws behind the vent you just removed, as well as a shared screw with the gauge trim you took out. cd cage, 4 screws behind the black trip piece surrounding the radio. Removing the cage is a *****...watch out on the right side for the gears and hooks grabbing the inner edge of the vynal wrap. Unplug stereo. For painting purposes, remove the radio from its cage. ash tray, pull out. shifter surround, pull out. Cigarette lighter is screwed from behind (No innuendos please), youll need to either make a special tool,* or remove the center portion of the dash via screws located behind the gauge cluster (Held in with I believe 8 screws) and under the lower lower dash plastic trim things shaped kinda like the nike swoosh (they pull off, three screws behind into a bracket, one into the center console, per side) as well as one screw behind the ash tray*. Drivers and passengers side door trims are held in with several screws, acessable once the door panels come off. its possible to remove the wood grain w/o removing the suede. The rear interior panels are much the same, except you need to remove all the screws holding the suede in as well to get the wood trim out.

When painting the climate control unit, you may want to have precision cut vynals made up to mask off the lettering. Use a thinner base coat over this part. Remove the vynal before clear coating to prevent peeling or any harsh edges

just the wood part dude just the wood part lol slow down relax im gettin a headache just readin this lol but thatnk, i appreaciate it
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Trick:
- Remove parts
- Paint them
- Apply Vynil writings
- Apply Lacquer finish above everything.

BTW Wolfy, what is the color of your Car? AND I do not recommend you paint them black.

Mine is Silver, I painted the plastics same color... But black just doesn't look right on the grey interior.
my car is black and claret, its not just a flat black paint, its a tetured matte paint with metal flake in the mix so it shimmers in sunlight... im planning to also make my rims the same type of style, but thats a latter project..
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Re: the ugly wood dash is killing me!

016.JPGheres a pic of the paint i want to use, i sprayed it on a random piece of plastic last night to show you. its a bit of a rough texture black with reflective thingys in it lol its hard to see in the pic but it gives like a matte finish when sanded and primed correctly. wat you think? i also have the gray suede in the car and i think it would go nicely. wat you think?
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