Ok I got the door pieces and the main piece off but I'm having trouble with the Moonroof piece. I followed someone's tuturial and they said to take off the air vent because it would be easier to unscrew the woodgrain piece. I was just wondering if the air vent just popped out if I used a screw driver. I don't want to break the air vent. Thanks.

 

yes. it just pop right out.

 

Did you follow the one that is a word doc?

 

 

ya i followed the word doc tutorial.. the guy said to take it out but he didn't say how to take it out..i figured it would just pop out but i was trying to pop it and it wouldn't come out... i thought i was going to break it.. but i'll try again and see if i can get it out... thanks for the help guys

 

I thought there was a screw holding that one in.

 

no the vent is held in place by one of those sliding tab. u just have to pull it out. u can try putting a flat head screw drive in on the side and push the tab.

 

Rather than a flat head screw driver, you might want to use a tool called a plastic scirbe. I use it for prying the little plastic parts off of computers to uncover screws and push in tabs. Just take your time and becarefull. Interior plastic is fragile.

 

 

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Oh shit dude, I'm sorry that happened to you. It will cost you around $80 from the dealer or $35 or so from a salvage if you are lucky.

 

he already replaced it i believe.

 

oh crap! that sux.

 

ok so I took the plunge and got all the woodgrain out.. now i plan on painting it... I'm going to paint it black, but is there some special paint anyone recommends since it is plastic... i don't want a shine to the paint so i'll either spray a matte finish on it or hopefully the spray paint I get will be good enough.

 

what color leather do you have?
i was thinking about painting it black too, but decided against it..
i'm curious how it actually looks, not just a photoshop impression
be sure to post pics when youre done

 

i previously had black suede (whatever looks like cheap leather) on and it looked nice but it started to come apart... i was thinking painting it black if done right would be the solution to my problem.. i know it comes with a lot of risks ie the paint better be perfect, but hopefully it will all turn out well... i plan on painting it tomorrow so hopefully it'll be in my car tomorrow night

 

def post pics. I want to do this as well, but Im afraid that im going to break the woodgrain

 

ouch, damn that hurt.


at least it wasnt your center console piecethat cost some money.

 

I have a spare set of door panels. That actually was only cracked at the top from when I replaced my window regulator, but taking my door panels out for the speakers, we had a little fun destroying the rest of it, cuz it was already cracked and started breaking. No worries, I had a whole spare set. Like saiko said, I'm scared of the center piece, I gotta take that out to wrap it

 

Please post pics and describe how you got the center piece out

I'm gonna wrap my console in louis vuitton No, I'm really not

 

I'm just curious why you guys want to wrap your wood? I thought the wood was part of the interior that makes the CL . If anything, I'd love to see someone do it with real wood. I mean, these wraps and paints make the car look like a Eclipse or a Cobolt, CHEAP.

And CF on those pannels looks way too Unless the theme is completed with racing seats and a gutted interior. I mean, do you want a car or a ride?

Just my two pennies worth.

 

well u hear about it more and more now cuz of all this youngins' getting 1st gen CL. a few year back it was mostly the grown folks that can afford the car.

 

I'm redoing mine, because I'm redoing my whole interior and exterior like you said aj, I love the wood in our cars, it just sticks out from everything else that I'm doin.

 

i'm doing it because i have something else in my car which you'll see in pictures that really looks bad with the woodgrain.. which is why i previously wrapped it in vinyl...

 

UPDATE: I finished painting all 4 pieces today... they look amazing... i hope pictures do them justice, but I'm waiting on the camera batteries to charge.. I'll def. have pictures up tonight... the pieces aren't in my car until tomorrow though to ensure them being dried!

Honestly I think it looks 100 times better than the black vinyl I had in my car, it just looks so clean

 

anyone esle have pictures of woodgrain? ive seen 2 already, and im thinking about doing it...i think itll look good witht he grey interior

 

 

those are 3 of them... i'm thinking i'll create a tutorial on how to remove everything since my car is completely taken apart... i'll just take pictures backwards to show what to remove and such.. I should have everything put back in tomorrow and pictures of the completed job

 

whats Kudzo.com?

 

Atlanta's best source for finding a new job?? I dunno it was just random newspaper that was laying around!

 

black? with black interior? i think it would like kind plain...well we'll wait for pics...should of done a pearl color black....just my opinion

 

black with a red/green/blue/pink(heh) etc....pearl or something

 

i have the dark grey interior...i know i was questioning painting them black, but when I had black vinyl in everyone liked it so I figured black paint would look better... I was thinking of silver only because I have a silver dash kit installed which could have looked very nice with silver woodgrain accents, but you'll see in pics and judge for yourself.. maybe over the summer if i get bored I will paint them silver or something else, it really isn't that hard to do!

 

dark grey and black would look nice. cant wait to see it on.

 

ya it does look nice together, but you'll def. see why I didn't want woodgrain in when you see my silver dashkit in pictures tomorrow

 

Please take pics, I wanna see how to get that big bitch out

 

the pieces are sooo dry i think i'm gonna put my doors back on... i'll see if i can take pics!

 

 

well they weren't completely dry! but i still put the door woodgrains in.. one of them has a little smudge that hopefully will go away by tomorrow once it is dried otherwise i'll have to fix it.. but here are the pics of the two doors

 

just noticed this but my doors def. look like they are blue but they are really the dark grey i guess the flash made them look brighter