Change carbon fiber interior trim for wood possible?
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Change carbon fiber interior trim for wood possible?
Hi - wondering if anyone knows how hard it is or isn't to swap the carbon fiber trim for wood? Including the steering wheel, dash pieces, console pieces, door pieces...
2021 G63
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Last edited by wickswalk; Oct 30, 2022 at 03:18 PM.
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Anything is possible just depends on how much you want to spend. I remember looking earlier and I want to say despite carbon fiber’s cost at delivery, those pieces were actually cheaper to buy than wood through the parts department.
The two pieces likely to be a PITA is around the center console and by the screens. CF helps with resale so unless it drives you crazy or you are keeping it forever I’m not sure the effort is worth it?
The two pieces likely to be a PITA is around the center console and by the screens. CF helps with resale so unless it drives you crazy or you are keeping it forever I’m not sure the effort is worth it?
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But for this heavy *** off-roader SUV? Not so much.
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I agree with these sentiments. Carbon Fiber has been over-played so much that it now seems unexceptional. What's interesting is that folks who normally shun and criticize the migration of interior buttons and trim to plastic, enthusiastically embrace CF interiors and fiberglass exterior mods, and cough up premium bucks for them. Both CF and fiberglass are nothing more than fiberized carbon or silica bonded with polymer resins (aka "plastic). For me personally, I own 2 carbon fiber bicycles that I've cranked countless on-road and off-road miles through Colorado mountains at high altitude. The sight of carbon fiber triggers a visceral Pavlovian reaction of burning lungs, searing leg cramps and euphoric hypoxia, none of which I'm willing to pay an up-charge to re-live in an otherwise fun and pleasurable truck (lol).
But back to the OP's inquiry -- I think I've seem elsewhere on the forum owners who have installed interior trim wraps to upgrade their interiors. Applying a wood veneer over the CF might be easier and less expensive than replacing it, and will look indistinguishable.
But back to the OP's inquiry -- I think I've seem elsewhere on the forum owners who have installed interior trim wraps to upgrade their interiors. Applying a wood veneer over the CF might be easier and less expensive than replacing it, and will look indistinguishable.
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