P38 Wood trim removal
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philip pickard
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use vinyl wrap look on u tube then ebay ive done all mine in brushed silver and satin black carbon.its cheaper and better by far and lasts for many years. cant think why you would want to paint the wood unless its damaged. i covered mine but i would of kept it in wood if it had it
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Why on Earth would you want to paint varnished wood trim gloss black. Are you an undertaker?
Yeah, was actually painting them with plasti dip, pealable paint
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Bloody hell, once up on a time if a car had wood trim it was posh !
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Bit like someone with a solid Oak kitchen or solid Pine doors painting and ruining them. Making them look like cheap shite.
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in answer to your original question, it does peel off but its stuck on with a very gummy adhesive.
I just removed all the ****e fake wood off my td5 and you just need to pry a corner off and work your way along. Its actually not difficult.
Itll leave some residue but just run your finger along it and it peels up and off.
I just removed all the ****e fake wood off my td5 and you just need to pry a corner off and work your way along. Its actually not difficult.
Itll leave some residue but just run your finger along it and it peels up and off.
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The only bit I've ever removed on mine is the bit above the glove box and it just pulls off...... but it's very stiff, and you may well pull the mountings off as you pull it out.
The mountings are just like nails, and they stick in to three (maybe four) holes in the dash, the holes are filled with rubber sleeves, and it's these sleeves that grip the "nails" and hold it on.
In an ideal world you'd pull it directly backwards, parallel to the dash, but in the real world carefully slip a trim fork under there, and prise it off a little at a time, and go very slowly.
The bits on the doors probably come off the same way, but you could remove a door card very easiry and check that first.
The mountings are just like nails, and they stick in to three (maybe four) holes in the dash, the holes are filled with rubber sleeves, and it's these sleeves that grip the "nails" and hold it on.
In an ideal world you'd pull it directly backwards, parallel to the dash, but in the real world carefully slip a trim fork under there, and prise it off a little at a time, and go very slowly.
The bits on the doors probably come off the same way, but you could remove a door card very easiry and check that first.
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The only bit I've ever pulled off...... but it's very stiff, and you may well pull the mountings off as you pull it out.
The things you Suverners get up to for your kicks.
Thanks to all who replied, I have now decided to use vinyl wrap to cover wood, a friend can do it with trim in situ so that's the plan, and as this can be removed easily no wood will be harmed in the modification, and fear of reprisals minimalized , lol,
Tell me about it. Spent a considerable time stripping down our internal solid oak doors as previous owners had painted them .....why.....just......why!Bit like someone with a solid Oak kitchen or solid Pine doors painting and ruining them. Making them look like cheap shite.
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Best plan would be get some "slight seconds" from eBay for your painting & wrapping games. Then box & store the good wood trim for when you want to sell the P38.
This way the next owner can restore the correct look to the interior.
This way the next owner can restore the correct look to the interior.
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+1.had the same problem with a house I bought years ago. Painted Canadian Redwood, been a protected species since the 1930's. When i had them stripped professionally the guy who returned them wanted to buy them and replace with other doors.
As I said, a mate can put the vinyl on in situ so all sorted now, I wonder what the reaction would be if I said I was having it plasti dipped matte black next week, but it can be removed at any time, its just like giving an old girl a new dress
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Easier to do a swap with someone with a lower model?
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