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Old 11-02-05, 10:28 AM
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Default WANT the Black wood trim like Sports Pkg.

Is there any way to change the wood trim to the black trim??? or arent there anything or anyone who can resurface the existing trim to darken the thing?
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Originally Posted by kormaster
Is there any way to change the wood trim to the black trim??? or arent there anything or anyone who can resurface the existing trim to darken the thing?
Actually, I was kind of waiting for another member metropol who didn't like the blackwood and offered to swap with him. I'm not sure if he even bought the GX yet

Lexus use real wood. So if you're adventurous, you can sand off the wood and restain it, then apply a polyurethane over it. I contemplated doing this for my GS, but haven't had the time.

But for the GS, there are couple of aftermarket pieces that you can either replace or apply over.
Maybe you can see if americanstitches.com can restain it for you.

Here's some stain samples from minwax:

http://www.minwax.com/products/woods...ased-color.cfm

charcoal grey:
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the "wood" on my sports package, was actually plastic on the door panels.
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hmmm ill look into that.. maybe a local custom shop can do it for me....
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Originally Posted by laziiiek4
the "wood" on my sports package, was actually plastic on the door panels.

Here's a thread to read if anyone is interested:
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...ght=door+trims
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Check out this article, it states that the GX use real maple wood trim on the dash, center console, and door panels.

http://www.autofieldguide.com/column...202oncar2.html

What may be the case here is that it is actual real wood veneer glue onto a plastic panel.
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Do a search for photogenesis or Hydro-Immersion Technology. Here's one place that does it http://www.american-stitches.com/
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