Wood dash trim kits

[WhiteOut]

So I was looking around on the net and it looks like I can get a decent wood trim kit for the cutlass for around $150. I know I'll probably get ragged on for this, but hey, I go in for the whole "nice car" thing (in fact I almost got a 98' Riviera instead of my Cutlass, but the Cutlass won out since I've wanted one since I was 12). Anyways, has anyone ever bought one of these do it your self kits? How did it look, and was it worth the money?

[NORBI]

I acutally was thinking about those in my 88 CS but never done it yet, i saw CS with wood trim in it and it didnt look that bad just where the ashtray is in the car i thought that there was too much wood in one place but i still think i would do it. I have real wood trim in my 02 Aurora and i love the looks of it, so i would say go for it and maybe one day my CS will get it too.

[MemphisMan]

Did you ever get the wood trim kit? If so, how does it look? I was thinking of getting the one from B&I.

[Addicted to eaton]

please Dont do it. Carbon fiber! Or stock

 

Edited:

OMG old post LOL! i did not even notic

Edited September 20, 2010 by Addicted to eaton
lol date

[MemphisMan]

lol, yeah it's an old one, but if I would've asked the question in a new thread, somebody would've said that I should've posted here instead of starting a new thread.

 

Has anyone put one on a post 94 Cutlass?

[Addicted to eaton]

not that i can remember. Using the search feature is GREAT! but, if you cant find anything in the last 6months to a year. (Start a new one) members come and go, Few stay around for years. and it will be hit and miss. last time he logged in was 2007

[GnatGoSplat]

I've never seen one that didn't look like a cheap stick-on.

I guess the problem is they ARE all stick-ons which is why they look that way. It wouldn't look factory unless you had custom parts made.

[MemphisMan]

B&I will take your factory pieces and 'custom dip' them to give you a wood finish with a clear coat. Sounds costly and there's no going back if you don't like it. I think it would look good on my cutty which is green with tan top/interior.

[MemphisMan]

Are there any pics around that show one of these kits installed? I've looked online, but no joy.

[MemphisMan]

Thanks. I'll keep that in mind. lol, that post was older than dirt!

[94 olds vert]

Here ya go this will give you an idea of what it looks like.

 

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3251983

[visitor]

Seems a good place to post this-

http://www.tvhydrodip.com/

[intern8tion9l]

that car looks pretty good. on the outside

[MemphisMan]

Thanks. I was hoping to find one installed on a 95. The B&I kit is an 8 piece kit and sells for around $144. It looks like from the diagram online that the piece that covers the passenger air vent only goes about 3/4 of the way to the bottom and just stops. Weird.

[MemphisMan]

That process looks pretty slick...and expensive. Only bad part is not being able to remove it if you don't like it.

[visitor]

  MemphisMan said:

That process looks pretty slick...and expensive. Only bad part is not being able to remove it if you don't like it.

 

It was 75 dollars to do a 4 piece set on a fiero, just as an example! he will be doing a lot of my prix stuff!

[MemphisMan]

Wow, that's not as expensive as I thought. An 8 piece "sticker" set is around $144.00. Were you happy with the outcome of their work? How long ago did you have the work on the Fiero? Thanks for turning me on to this site and process in general. I didn't even know this process existed. I've since seen a few others online who do the same stuff. Hell, I could make my entire interior wood grain if I wanted too!! But on second thought, maybe I'll just do a few pieces

[visitor]

  MemphisMan said:

Wow, that's not as expensive as I thought. An 8 piece "sticker" set is around $144.00. Were you happy with the outcome of their work? How long ago did you have the work on the Fiero? Thanks for turning me on to this site and process in general. I didn't even know this process existed. I've since seen a few others online who do the same stuff. Hell, I could make my entire interior wood grain if I wanted too!! But on second thought, maybe I'll just do a few pieces

Very nice stuff. Ill see if i can dig up a few pics as soon as i get a second.

[MemphisMan]

That would be awesome! I'd really appreciate that, thanks.

[virtuetovice]

I would like to see some good pics of this too.

[visitor]

Not my pics *dontkillme!* This is BEFORE the clear is added, thats the last step..

http://myfiero.com/uploads/23429_.jpg[/img]

 

If i remember correctly he has a free shipping thing going on now too

[jake91]

now im wanting the the blue carbon fibre

[MemphisMan]

That looks really good on the Fiero parts. I think some wood pieces on a green/tan/tan Cutty vert would look good, but the trick would be not over doing it.

[MemphisMan]

I don't want to go with the wood dash stickers so I started collecting parts that I would want to have hydrographed in a semi-dark burl wood pattern with clear coat. I didn't want to use the stock parts to do this project because I want all changes to this car to be 100% reversible. I got all of the parts I needed thanks to Ghoul and the local jy, so I snapped a pic of the parts and sent them to dip-tech.net to get an estimate. There are 8 pieces total, but I don't think I would actually use the door handle surrounds...I think they'd need to stay black. I also want the main gauge cluster surround to remain black. Here is a pic of all the parts:

They want $650 dip these parts! WTF?! Needless to say, I'll be getting more estimates. I'll try tvhydrodip.com next. $650, geeez...

[PaulBennett]

  WhiteOut said:

...I can get a decent wood trim kit for the cutlass for around $150.

 

Do me a favor please. With so many people have trouble digging up payments...take that $150 to a coin shop, buy a 1/10 ounce gold coin like an American Eagle...hold it for as long as you can stand. Then when you go back to that coin shop to redeem it for $400, think of me.