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Terry C
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Wood trim?

Post by Terry C » Sun Jul 16, 2017 7:17 pm

Hello.

Does anyone know where I can get the passenger side air bag cover panel in wood?

Cheers.
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Re: Wood trim?

Post by hammond » Sun Jul 16, 2017 7:28 pm

I'd like a nice one in red if they are available too. Unless anyone's had experience of spraying them?

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Re: Wood trim?

Post by Geoff.F » Sun Jul 16, 2017 9:39 pm

I have never heard of a Cover in Wood. We have the full OEM Wood Kit and the Original sales brochures.At the same time, I have never seen an aftermarket kit.
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Re: Wood trim?

Post by Rob Bell » Mon Jul 17, 2017 4:48 pm

Mike Satur had them made back in the day. I don't believe that they are readily available now though.

Painting it should be straightforward enough - it's just moulded ABS plastic. Should be possible to get good results with some elbow grease, sand paper and suitable primer.

For wood, might be possible to find some self adhesive stuff on the bay of fleas? No idea how good a match that'd be with what trim you currently have. An alternative would be to have the panel covered in a transfer. Needs a nice flat surface though...

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Re: Wood trim?

Post by hammond » Tue Jul 18, 2017 10:52 pm

Rob Bell wrote:
Painting it should be straightforward enough - it's just moulded ABS plastic. Should be possible to get good results with some elbow grease, sand paper and suitable primer.

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Does it come off easily enough or would it be better to do it in situ?

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Re: Wood trim?

Post by BodgeItAndScarper » Wed Jul 19, 2017 9:59 am

hammond wrote:
Rob Bell wrote:
Painting it should be straightforward enough - it's just moulded ABS plastic. Should be possible to get good results with some elbow grease, sand paper and suitable primer.

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Does it come off easily enough or would it be better to do it in situ?
Assuming you're using rattle-cans, I think it would be extremely optimistic to hope to contain the overspray if you paint it inside the car. However hard it is to remove the bit you want painted, it'll be a lot less work than cleaning paint off _everything_.

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Re: Wood trim?

Post by Rob Bell » Wed Jul 19, 2017 2:33 pm

The trim comes out easily - and would be much better to paint outside the car. In fact, might be worth getting a spare off the bay of fleas (or elsewhere) and prep/paint at your leisure! :D

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Re: Wood trim?

Post by hammond » Thu Jul 20, 2017 7:18 pm

Thanks for the tips guys, I may just give it a go on a spare one first! :thumbsu:

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Re: Wood trim?

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Re: Wood trim?

Post by beefio » Sat Jul 22, 2017 5:19 pm

This is what you want...shame it has a chip...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/332314442760

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Re: Wood trim?

Post by hammond » Sun Jul 23, 2017 10:46 am

Loving the first link shame it's NFR and not solar red though :thumbsd:

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Re: Wood trim?

Post by Terry C » Mon Jul 24, 2017 9:27 am

Hello everyone, and thank you for your replies especial thanks to Beefio this is exactly what I wanted though without the chip and scratches.
I am fairly confident that after further research I may have found a new source of supply.
Watch this space.

Terry.

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