Interior trim alternatives to painting......

[Whit Macknally 2]

Just curious if anyone has any experience with buying after market interior trim to replace the silver factory trim - rather than painting. I have seen some pictures on the net that looked pretty good. Here is an example of what I have found on the net..... Hopefully the pic comes through.

 

[Travis Munday]

That looks like those items were hydroprinted, which I would stay away from. The rejection and irregularity rates of hydroprinting is just too high to risk my parts....



A few members here have dash kits, LaRue had a nice brushed aluminum one. He had it for a while and didn't have problems with it, hopefully he'll chime in with more detail

 

[John Woodard]

Yea ! LaRue come on in here , let's see what you got , I'm also interested in dressing up my interior .

 

[Dana OBrien]

What is that extra button betweent he rear window knob and fog light button?

 

[Richard L]

Dana,

The extra button is for the rear window defrosters. That would indicate that the photo is of a 1997-2001 Explorer, not a Sport Trac. Also, the Console is different if you look closely at the ashtray and the rectangular compartment to the right.



maroonbully.

I cannot tell what the trim kit looks like? It's dark and could be wood grained or carbon fiber?



A full kit of real wood or real carbon fiber trim will cost about $150 and up to about $300 depending upon the number of pieces in the kit and whether they are flat or molded.



I have molded, real wood dash and radio bezel trim in Dark Burl wood. My kit was for a 2001 Ranger and only included those two pieces for about $120 on ebay, over a year ago. I would have liked more pieces but I have neverseen a kit of molded real wood trim for the Sport Trac, so any other kit would not have pieces that fit around the door/window buttons or console.



...Rich