Wrapped my interior trim! Avoid carid remin kits!

[1Hokie]

So a few weeks ago I bought the remin trim kit. The full $300 set. It's an overlay system that covers all the wood trim and vents and more... supposedly.

Thing is, it's way off for our cars. Carid wouldn't work with me when I gave them pictures after pictures of how it was missing several pieces to be considered "complete". As in it would cover only 3/4 of the door trim while they claim "the original trim can sometimes be visible" disclaimer. Yeah I expected it to peek through some areas but what I'm talking about is far from that. It's utter crap and a waste of time.

You can see from my pics what I mean.

So, I ripped it all off. Took off all my trim myself. Spent $40 on wrap and did it myself. The only sad hard part was breaking the trim off the panels bc they're all melted on.

[1Hokie]

Here's the remin kit on the center console which is pretty good. The only pieces that were good quality and fitment. Doors and side pieces were both missing sections

[cruisingdownthestreet]

can you show me where to insert the trim tools and step-by-step process? i always feel like i'm about to break them. i hate my ghastly dark and dingy wood grain

[cruisingdownthestreet]

what color design would go well in an all black interior?

[1Hokie]

Originally Posted by cruisingdownthestreet

what color design would go well in an all black interior?

For the center instrument panel dash you need to take off the full thing preferably. Screws located in radio well, under side in the globe box and on the passenger side door. Then you have to slowly pry it off and you'll see all the small glued ring straight pop off. The center console around the shifter comes up without breaking anything. The door panels have to be broken off and take a bit of force. The bicker side has pegs you can pry up. the the sides next to the handle is what is mostly glued. The headlight switch has one screw located on the side panel u have to get to

I think matte solver carbon looks amazing. Same as to what the msport package comes with if u don't have it. If u have the silver cf I'd keep it. But that's personal preference conpletely

[Tangent]

Holy crap that's just atrocious fit; especially the piece around the door handle. That's well beyond a reasonable "original trim sometimes visible", that's "we made this kit based on what we remembered the original trim looking like when we saw it that one time". The job you did looks way better. How did you resecure the pieces you had to break off the melt-on fastening?

[1Hokie]

Originally Posted by Tangent

Holy crap that's just atrocious fit; especially the piece around the door handle. That's well beyond a reasonable "original trim sometimes visible", that's "we made this kit based on what we remembered the original trim looking like when we saw it that one time". The job you did looks way better. How did you resecure the pieces you had to break off the melt-on fastening?

Sections without tabs I used 3m exterior auto tape. Going to see how that holds up for now. If not I'll take it off and probably use some epoxy I heard was recommended on a forum post somewhere

[jake169]

That looks amazing. I am trying to remove the center console by the gear box and I am getting stuck because the leather cover around the gear lever is attached to the silver trim. Can you please tell me how you removed your center console by the gear. I am able to pull it off the clips but not able to lift it high enough due to the gear trim in the way to take out the wiring under the idrive/roofcontrols.

Thanks,
Jake.

[1Hokie]

Originally Posted by jake169

That looks amazing. I am trying to remove the center console by the gear box and I am getting stuck because the leather cover around the gear lever is attached to the silver trim. Can you please tell me how you removed your center console by the gear. I am able to pull it off the clips but not able to lift it high enough due to the gear trim in the way to take out the wiring under the idrive/roofcontrols.

Thanks,
Jake.

Pop off the gear surround first. Disconnect the dct cable u less u have 6mt. Then pull off the shifter and you can remove the trim and get to all the cables under

[VailM3]

Well done regarding the effort to remove the panels, but why actually do a CF skin instead.

[jake169]

Originally Posted by 1Hokie

Pop off the gear surround first. Disconnect the dct cable u less u have 6mt. Then pull off the shifter and you can remove the trim and get to all the cables under

Hey thanks for the reply. I have the DCT, I did not see any DCT cable, could you possibly point me to where the cable is. Does the shifter itself come out too.

[mrkoven]

oh man i'd lose sleep over that door piece misfit looks good otherwise though

[1Hokie]

Originally Posted by jake169

Hey thanks for the reply. I have the DCT, I did not see any DCT cable, could you possibly point me to where the cable is. Does the shifter itself come out too.

Pull up the surround around the dct shifter. You'll see a cable underneath connecting it. Press in side tabs and pull up cable. Then yank shifter straight up and smack your hand on the ceiling bc it's on tight

[1Hokie]

Originally Posted by mrkoven

oh man i'd lose sleep over that door piece misfit looks good otherwise though

Ohh man you should have seen the words from my mouth on the phone with them after their bs excuses

[jake169]

Originally Posted by 1Hokie

Pull up the surround around the dct shifter. You'll see a cable underneath connecting it. Press in side tabs and pull up cable. Then yank shifter straight up and smack your hand on the ceiling bc it's on tight

Thanks, I will try it out tonight, although I mush admit I am nervous...

[keithro]

very nice work!!! Did you happen to take pics of the backsides of all the pieces while they are off so others can see where the attachments are???

[1Hokie]

Originally Posted by keithro

very nice work!!! Did you happen to take pics of the backsides of all the pieces while they are off so others can see where the attachments are???

Good idea but unfortunately I wasn't thinking about that to do so :/

[jake169]

Originally Posted by 1Hokie

Pull up the surround around the dct shifter. You'll see a cable underneath connecting it. Press in side tabs and pull up cable. Then yank shifter straight up and smack your hand on the ceiling bc it's on tight

Thank you so much. I was able to pull out the gear shifter and take out the Center console.

[jake169]

Originally Posted by 1Hokie

Pull up the surround around the dct shifter. You'll see a cable underneath connecting it. Press in side tabs and pull up cable. Then yank shifter straight up and smack your hand on the ceiling bc it's on tight

That worked like a charm thanks. How did you take out the dash trim by the light switch. I can't seem to figure that one out.

[1Hokie]

Originally Posted by jake169

That worked like a charm thanks. How did you take out the dash trim by the light switch. I can't seem to figure that one out.

Take off the entire switch. Believe there's a screw on the side panel after u pull up the shroud there

[jake169]

Thanks much, there is a tiny screw hidden on the side. I was able to take off the pieces. Thanks once again.

[cruisingdownthestreet]

Originally Posted by 1Hokie

For the center instrument panel dash you need to take off the full thing preferably. Screws located in radio well, under side in the globe box and on the passenger side door. Then you have to slowly pry it off and you'll see all the small glued ring straight pop off. The center console around the shifter comes up without breaking anything. The door panels have to be broken off and take a bit of force. The bicker side has pegs you can pry up. the the sides next to the handle is what is mostly glued. The headlight switch has one screw located on the side panel u have to get to

I think matte solver carbon looks amazing. Same as to what the msport package comes with if u don't have it. If u have the silver cf I'd keep it. But that's personal preference conpletely

are these tools enough? they're pretty chubby and they don't fit in the gaps of the radio (battery for scale)