philip pickard
Active Member
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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ant251266
Member
Yeah, was actually painting them with plasti dip, pealable paint
Bit like someone with a solid Oak kitchen or solid Pine doors painting and ruining them. Making them look like cheap shite.
vilguy
Do'er of stuff and the like
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.
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.
ant251266
Member
Thankyou
ant251266
Member
Cheers
tomcat59alan
Well-Known Member
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.
martynv8
Well-Known Member
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.
tomcat59alan
Well-Known Member
+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.
Easier to do a swap with someone with a lower model?
