Interior Wood Grain, thinking about a project.

[b34nz]

I made a post before about this and I'm starting to get serious about it.

I want to swap out all of my interior fake, plastic wood grain, with real wood.

I was wondering if anyone here knew much about the interior of the LS and how the parts are attached.

For example, on the door's, the LS has the strip of "wood" by the door handles. How is that attached? How can it be removed? I assume the entire inside of the door panel would need to be removed to get it off? Or is it glued?

My other question is the steering wheel. The wood part of the steering wheel, how can that be removed and re-wrapped in the veneer of my choice? Is it even possible?

If I could figure this stuff out it would be great. I'd like to re-do my interior with either zebra wood or rose wood, those pictures do not do the wood species justice, they are AMAZING in real life. And, I'd like to perhaps stain it same color as my interior or maybe the same color as my paint.


Anyway, if anyone knows how the fake wood trim is attached/comes off in a LS, please let me know. Thanks.

 

[BanginLS]

i ramember the post.. take it to a place and i'm sure they would jus take the parts off and have them covered in whatever material u wanted..

 

[b34nz]

i ramember the post.. take it to a place and i'm sure they would jus take the parts off and have them covered in whatever material u wanted..

Well, I work at a wood shop / Finishing shop, so I have access to all wood and finishing stuff I need. I was just wondering how hard it would be to get those fake wood parts off my LS. I have tried pulling them on, it's like theyre glued or something...

 

[GrayGhost1]

The pieces along the dash just pop off. If you have never had them off then the first time will take some effort. As for the doors, they are bolted and then plastic welded to the door panel. I did a how to on here showing how to take them off and cover them. Do a search on "Carbon Fiber" and my user name. It's on here somewhere.

 

[cpgoodman]

post pics if anybody has changed there interior. i hate the fake wood look and also want to change mine. i saw the silver interior on here and that looked real good. not sure how it would look on a whie LS.

 

[J3FF]

Hey, do you think there is anyway you could do that with the peices covering the radio. It would be an absolute pain in the ass, but it's just a thought.

 

[GrayGhost1]

Here is the link for the wood pieces:

http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/showthread.php?t=7795