hi fellas, just wanted to know if any of you have taken off and painted the stock woodgrain? the a/c-radio panel is not difficult, but what about the doors? i would love any help.

 

There are bajillons of aftermarket 'stick-on' replacements. Happy surfing and searching. You shouldn't have to go far.

 

Let me know what you decide to do. I don't like the aftermarket "stick-on" covers for the ugly wood-grain, and would like to know what I can do about the Lariat wood-grain before I buy a new 06 Screw Lariat. I would rather have the XLT or FX4 trim than the wood grain. Can that be done on a new truck, either ordered or purchased?

Scott

 

In the imortal words of dzervit, "Id rather have my pancreas dug out with a wooden spoon" than have the fake woodgrain trim! Buy an FX4!
(where has HE been lately anyway????)

 

On the door panels, you'd probably be best off by masking the area and sanding/painting in place. The trim pieces CAN be removed, but reattaching them might prove to be tricky. The trim pieces have a plastic "rod" that protrudes through the backside of the door panel then mushrooms out to hold it in place, similar to a pop rivet. You could cut the mushroom head off and remove the trim piece but then you'd have to figure out a way to reattach it by melting something back into the now headless rod, hotgluing something to it, krazy glue, etc. I don't know if I'd really like to do something like that, but if you think about it, it's not like it's a load bearing point or anything. All it does is keep the trim piece from falling out.

 

hey thanks for the info. i was just going to pull on them til they came out (oops!) glad i'm not going too.