kamilclk430

Hey Guys,

does anyone know or have a DIY on removing the wood trim from the door panels and the dash around the radio safely??? I don't want to damage anything.

Thanks

KAMIL

okbarnett

completely dissassemble the center console, and remove door panels

FLSL55

okbarnett, that as a worthless post dude.

I would like to know as well since Carbon Fiber will be going in.

RaFFi ///AMG

Actually, I think he may be right. I'm pretty sure the only way to remove the trim on the doors is to pull out the panel itself. As for the center console, that might be the case also.

FLSL55

I'll post up a DIY soon.

maxabo

For what it's worth, I can't do it mysylf, but I have seen it being done on my cars. Twice.

The door panels have to come of, since the wood is attached from the inside with metal "locking rings" sort of...
As for the center console, it does NOT have to be totally removed. Just the sides towards the carpet. One on each side.
And the wood have to be lifted at the back end first!
The gear ***, you just pull the leather over it's head. That reveals the twist mechanism underneath the ***.

The first time this can take a while, but the second time (once you know the drill) it takes about 30 minutes to remove it all,
and 30 minutes to get it back in...

Good luck to you.

NEMES1S

any pics would be helpful, I also plan to go the cf route in the next few months

andy_meng1024

Those locking rings for the door trim are PITA to remove. I bent a few when I took mine off for CF wrapping. Center console is pretty easy tho.

kamilclk430

Any pictures of the carbon fiber wrap on the interior?? Does it look cheap or good??

andy_meng1024

Looks pretty good in person. Kind of like the new BMW carbon cloth.

NEMES1S

wow that does look good, I think the only issue I would find is the steering wheel, did you cover that too?

carlosamg50

Yeah i agree that does look good, what CF wrap did you buy to do that & does it come in a darker colour ?.

Cost & procedure ?.

Id also like to know if you did the steering wheel & gear shifter as i have the spec option for wood & leather on both.

Thanks

Carl

andy_meng1024

Thanks. No, I didn't cover the steering wheel.

I used the 3M CF wrap that I got from another forum. Quite a few sponsors here are selling the wraps, too. It looks darker in person actually, and matches my black/grey interior pretty well. Wrapping on hard parts is pretty easy, but I don't know how to wrap the soft parts like the steering wheel and shifter. I asked DCT motors if they can do the steering wheel and shifter to matte CF to match the parts I wrapped but they haven't got back to me on it.

DCTMOTORSPORTS

center console removal is not too difficult!
the spiderweb-like cables are the headache ...but overall, it is 2stars out of 5 as difficulty level for a handy man.
click here for a good reference!

SL R230 center console removal

We are also selling the 4 pieces REAL CARBON interior set for $1250 (+shipping) with core exchange now!
3M wrap is another solution, but we have many core returned already have 3M wrap on it, I assume the R230 owners who wanted carbon look would try the wrap first, but in the end, the 3M don't really give you the sleek look of real carbon!

FLSL55

So, $1,250 + shipping for the real deal or $50 for the DI-NOC 3M Carbon wrap....

Here is my car with the DI-NOC. It's not cheesy at all. It looks like it came from the factory that way. Unless you knew about dinoc you wouldn't know it was a wrap.

kamilclk430

Where is the picture??? PLZ POST AGAIN

FLSL55

Now....?

NEMES1S

wow, that wrap really doesn't look bad, I'm very impressed. I am just worried about getting my wheel wrapped

kamilclk430

Around how much would a shop charge to do the wrap??? Any ideas??? I'm talking about the center console and the wooden trim on the sides as well.

Let me know what you guys think.

FLSL55

It took me forever to do. It WAS a PITA. I am very meticulous though. It HAS to be perfect. It took me maybe 6 hours from start to finish with a bunch of breaks thrown in and friends coming over....

It was my first time though. I could do it now without breaks in maybe 3 hours but that would be pushing it.

andy_meng1024

When I did my 350z it took me a long time, too. I finished my SL in 3 hours.

andy_meng1024

We have exactly the same interior now.

kamilclk430

does anyone have a DIY on the side panels??? to remove the wooden trim from there as well??? if you do please post it up. I want to do the sides as well.

johnkocak1

I'd like to order a set pls!!! Message me pls!!