One great way to spruce up the interior of your vehicle is to enhance it with wood trim. You don’t need to have a luxury car to benefit from the visual appeal of wood trim added to your dash kit. These days vehicle owners are always looking for ways to add style and class to their cars and trucks.
Installing the wood trim to your car or truck is very easy. Not only is it easy, it is a great way to enhance the value of your vehicle. Following these few installation tips will provide you a fast easy way of performing your own wood trim dash kit installation.
Step 1. Check the fit and alignment.
You want to be sure the wood trim fits easily into your dash kit before completely installing it. Forcing the wood trim into the dash kits could result in breakage of your wood trim. Most companies that sell wood trim will not give you your money back because you botched the installation. If you try to return the broken piece of trim, the company will be able to tell if it broke due to a mistake in it’s manufacturing or in it’s installation.
You can easily check the fit of your wood trim in your dash kit by aligning the trim to the dash and gently applying pressure. When you do this you should feel a little give from the dash and the trim begins to sink in. If this happens then chances are your wood trim will fit into your dash kit. If your wood trim does fit the dash kit continue to step two.
Step 2. Clean surfaces completely.
You want to make sure your dash kit is nice and clean. Even the newest of vehicles will have dust and possibly a little grime. To remove this it is best to use alcohol pads. Alcohol pads will remove residue, especially residue from tape or glue, more efficiently than regular cleaners. Some over the counter cleaners will clean, but will leave a residue of their own. You can tell the difference in a clean dash kit from cleaners verses a clean from alcohol pads. The biggest difference is in the feel of the dash after the clean. You do not want any oily residue in the surface of your dash kit!
Step 3. Apply adhesive supplied with your wood trim to your dash kit.
Your wood trim kit will come with its own type of adhesive. Some will have tubes others will have pads. The important thing to remember in this step is to try not to get the adhesive on surfaces that will not be covered by your wood trim. Don’t make a mess!
Step 4. Apply wood trim to dash kit.
There are a couple different things you want to do when installing your wood trim to the dash kit. You need to separate your pieces into large pieces and small pieces.
For the large pieces carefully reposition wood trim in place. Carefully pull back top half and remove the liner from the back of the trim. Starting at the middle and working towards the top, carefully press trim into position. Gently lift lower portion and remove the rest of the liner backing. Starting from the middle and working down, carefully press trim into place.
Step 5. Final Step-Press the trim onto the dash kit.
You are now ready to press the wood trim kit onto the dash kits exterior. Do this to each piece contained in your kit. You will have a classy look and feel to any type of vehicle.
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