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Old Dec 12, 2006 | 09:57 PM
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Burlwood to Blackwood Conversion

Has anyone done this? I've read a few different sides to the stories as far as having to replace the whole door panel,etc. I have an AM, and I'm sorry if anyone disagrees, but Acura was friggin nuts putting black leather and burlwood inside a grey car!!! Anyway, hopefully I'm not reposting a thread that is old.

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Old Dec 13, 2006 | 01:28 AM
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i love my homeboys all black interior on his CL-S...fuck my brown interior
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Old Dec 13, 2006 | 01:39 AM
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Oh,no doubt! Don't get me wrong, I love my black interior!!!! But a grey car with black leather and Burlwood(brown wood graine)??? That doesn't make any sense when they have the Blackwood trim in other models. Whoever was matching interior/exterior trim obviously needed a kick to the back of the head on that decision! LOL
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Old Dec 13, 2006 | 01:40 AM
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Amazing, hope you post a complete how to with pics. Grats!!!
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I had my burlwood painted Satin Silver Metallic to match the car.

Removing the pieces is fairly easy, when you remove the door panels, you can see the plastic moldings that are holding the trim in place. You have to drill out the plastic and the trim will come out no problem.

The easy part is removing the trim, the hard part is getting them back in here. A combination of hot glue and short screws in to the original plastic moldings worked for me.

If you only use hot glue, eventually with opening/closing the doors over time, the trim will seperate again.

Good luck!
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Old Dec 13, 2006 | 09:48 AM
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The only problem is if you want to do it you either have to buy all new door panels or be lucky to find them in the junk yard with the black wood on them. You cant buy just the door wood pieces. You can buy the center console pieces though.
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Old Dec 13, 2006 | 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by Darkshear
I had my burlwood painted Satin Silver Metallic to match the car.

Removing the pieces is fairly easy, when you remove the door panels, you can see the plastic moldings that are holding the trim in place. You have to drill out the plastic and the trim will come out no problem.

The easy part is removing the trim, the hard part is getting them back in here. A combination of hot glue and short screws in to the original plastic moldings worked for me.

If you only use hot glue, eventually with opening/closing the doors over time, the trim will seperate again.

Good luck!
Can you post any pics of your interior? I'd like to see that. I have the black burlwood trim - so I'm gonna leave mine, I just wanna see how it looks. BTW, anyone know where to get a black burlwood steering wheel?
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Old Dec 14, 2006 | 09:19 AM
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Here ya go, I snapped these just now, it's gloomy as hell out right now so the shine is a bit lacking, but you'll get the idea. They were painted using the SSM color code. On a nice day, they shine like the car, really beat the hell out of the burl/blackwood idea and I even prefer it over the aluminum brushed look.





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Old Dec 14, 2006 | 09:31 AM
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I had considered the black wood, but like kris said, it's hard to find the pieces since they are not available seperate from the door panels via Honda. So this was $220 to get this done, and really added to the sporty-ness of the car. My paint guy said he could paint a wood wheel the same color also, as long as I don't drive with rings on my hand, the paint would hold up forever, but I never got around to it.
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Old Dec 14, 2006 | 09:55 AM
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Looks pretty good. Reminds me of the interior on my buddy's M3. Nice work, and thanks for postin picks.
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Old Dec 14, 2006 | 10:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Darkshear
I had considered the black wood, but like kris said, it's hard to find the pieces since they are not available seperate from the door panels via Honda. So this was $220 to get this done, and really added to the sporty-ness of the car. My paint guy said he could paint a wood wheel the same color also, as long as I don't drive with rings on my hand, the paint would hold up forever, but I never got around to it.
Looks like you need some 303 and clean up them door panels
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Old Dec 14, 2006 | 12:47 PM
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I had a feeling you wouldn't be able to resist saying something, you bastard.
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Old Dec 14, 2006 | 04:03 PM
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I had a feeling you wouldn't be able to resist saying something, you bastard.
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Old Dec 14, 2006 | 10:44 PM
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[QUOTE BTW, anyone know where to get a black burlwood steering wheel?[/QUOTE]

There's one for sale in the black market
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Old Dec 15, 2006 | 01:40 PM
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Why's everything gotta be black all of a sudden???? I'm kiddin I'm kiddin!! LOL
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Old Dec 15, 2006 | 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Darkshear
Here ya go, I snapped these just now, it's gloomy as hell out right now so the shine is a bit lacking, but you'll get the idea. They were painted using the SSM color code. On a nice day, they shine like the car, really beat the hell out of the burl/blackwood idea and I even prefer it over the aluminum brushed look.





Wow- that looks great!

I want to do something similar. The problem is that i have the OEM wood kit (covers the stereo, hvac, etc) And I think it would be overkill if I painted it all SSM. Anybody have any ideas?
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Old Dec 15, 2006 | 04:18 PM
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you could also have the trim pieces wrapped in suede....

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Old Dec 15, 2006 | 05:50 PM
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How much does that suede cost? Looks real nice.
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Old Dec 15, 2006 | 06:22 PM
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how hard to take this out ?
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Old Dec 15, 2006 | 07:15 PM
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You pop the door panel, and there are 4 points where the trim is molded to the door panel. Drill them out (slowly) and they pop off.
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