neilvosko

I got my UW RRed F sport 350 in November and the fake grey carbon fiber trim has been bothering me ever since...not a huge fan of any checked Carbon Fiber....anyway...so i decided to remove and wrap the interior trim (doors and glove box) in 3M metallic wrap.

ordered from metrosyling.com


then used the plastic trim kit removal tools to remove the glove box fake CF

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moving on to the doors, i removed the rest of the panels with the trim removal, its fairly easy, just use leverage....the driver side has 3 phillips screws as well.

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Use a small flathead screwdriver to remove the electronic window tabs and harness from the actual trim

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you can leave the original electronic module in place while wrapping the trim

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now check out th cheap ABS plastic..looks like Lexus also wrapped this trim with tasteless fake CF

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so what i did was pre-cut the 3M for each trim panel......keeping the lines longitudinally....length of trim




then i just removed the 3M backing and placed on table and put the panel on 3M sticky.....stretch the wrap around the panel especially around corners and cut the inside out extra with scissors or razor blade.....fold the edges over

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before and after:

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and the Final result:

carderoni

Nicely done and an excellent write up. I was curious about doing something similar, but with wood patterened vinyl. Now, if I ever go that route, this will be a great thread to reference.

IS350S2K

Thanks for writeup. Although I don't mind the faux carbon fiber, I would wrap mine black instead of going faux metal or wood.

neilvosko

Thanks, make sure you all go with 3M. really great to work with.....
i Have the ML sound so i actually wrapped to match the ML brushed metallic and also covered the little front panel in center console for ML with brushed metallic to match + shift ****.

there are nice wood wraps as well. like to see how it looks.

iPinky

That actually looks good! Tasteful and doesn't take too much away from the interior. Good thinking on matching it up with the brushed finished on the ML unit!

I didn't like the carbon fiber look either upon buying this car. I was used to the dark burl wood trim in my 2IS. But, it's grown on me now.

Btw, could you take a pic of your dash with the ML unit and your glove box in the same pic, and post it pls? I'm curious how the brushed finish looks side by side. Thanks in advance!

corradoMR2

Nice work. It suits the Rioja Red interior nicely.

neilvosko

here is a pic with ml and glive box, le me know if you need me to retake without the sun...i am going to wrap the silver on the shifter just cant decide if vertical or horizontal metallic lines.

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glove box again