So after getting the chrome bits on the outside on the car wrapped, I thought I'd give the interior a go myself to get rid of that champagne colour. I decided to go with 3M black brushed steel and it's turned out great, I'm not a fan of chrome but I think it goes well with the black vinyl. The parts I've done so far were pretty easy (still have the steeling wheel and door handles to go), the only tricky part was the strip around the screen/controls. Here's some pics.
That center console, and all of it, looks awesome. I haven't even got my summit yet and I'm trying to figure out the best way to get rid of the champagne/copper colored trim.
What's the install process with the vinyl? Is it heat shrink, stretch to fit...?
Thanks guys. Damn Dude it’s sorta both, the vinyl is sticky on one side so once you stick it to the part it’s just a matter of using a heat gun or hair dryer to heat the vinyl up so it becomes flexible, then you can stretch it and mould it to the part. The vinyl has a memory so once it cools it will hold it’s shape. It pretty amazing stuff but it’ll leave you with tender fingers from all the heat. There’s quite a few ‘How to’ videos on you tube that are helpful. Rob I removed all the bits I’ve done so far, the centre console pulls apart very easily. Here’s a link to removing the interior trim http://www.wk2jeeps.com/wk2_interior_trim.htm The steering wheel and door handles I will have to do in place unfortunately, I’m a bit nervous about putting a heat gun and knife near the leather trim on the doors.
Hey Snuke, I didn't really pay much attention to it but now that you mention it I don't remember seeing the reflection of the vents at all, I'll have a closer look for you when I get back home.
The work done looks great even before getting my SRT I wanted to do something with the chrome interior. I thought the vinyl wrap on the vent surrounds would not work so I was planning to having it Hydro Dipped instead and am in the process of arranging it. But the work you have done has made me think if trying to wrap it my self first I can always do the Hydro Dip later.
Thanks motor351, I'd never heard of hydro dipping before, I just looked it up and it looks pretty cool. The vinyl is a cheap option though and super cheap auto sell 'desginerwraps' kits that have everything you need except for the hair dryer and like you said if it doesn't work you can always go down the hydro dip path. The vent shrouds were actually the easiest part to wrap once I got them out, the door handles will be the hardest part as they can't be removed from the rest of the door trim unless you break the plastic welds.
Wow that hydro dipping has a really nice finish, I love that glossy look too, nice job. I was looking at decalFX blue carbon fibre vinyl that has a similar gloss look to it before settling on the brushed steel.
I never would have thought to do those plastic bits under the bonnet, I have some 4D white carbon fibre at home, I think I might have to steel your idea, Cheers.
Snuke the only reflection I can see now is from the chrome around the vents. Today I managed to do the passager side door and the steering wheel. To do the door handles I ended up taking the whole door trim off, I couldn’t remove the champagne plastic part from the rest of the door, it’s pretty frustrating what jeep has done, the bottom part clips into the rest of the trim but the top portion is melted into it (see pic), what’s the point if doing this? Anyway it is doable to do the doors, just abit frustrating and some care is required. I took some pictures at various stages to give an idea of how the wrapping is done. The 3rd pic is with the wrap just stuck on, the 4th pic is with heat applied. I was able to remove the champagne plastic from the rest of the steering wheel which made it a lot easier to do but overall it was a pita of a job, getting it all back together was a pain. If anyone decides to do this task, make sure you have the steering wheel turned so it’s upside down, take some pics of how the wires are run on the back of the steering wheel to make it easier to put back together and most importantly disconnect the battery and what at least 2 minutes before touching anything on the steering wheel. Sorry about the crappy iphone pics.
With one of my previous cars a EL Falcon when i was adding a competition sound system and ford melted the map pockets to the rest of the door skin.
To remove the map pockets to add more speakers i used a soldering iron to re heat the melted tabs and when it got hot enough just pull the peice off. In your case the door handle surronds.
To put back on just use the soldering iron to re melt the tabs as they were to begin with.
Not 100% sure it would work in this case as your photo gets to blurry when i zoom in to much.
But i will be trying this to my interior trim so thank you for posting your ideas and techniques.
Cheers
Fantastic work. It really does look so much better than the off-champagne colors that don't compliment anything about the car's interior.
I'll definitely be looking into doing something similar to remove it all. Thanks for all the great process info and photos.
*Also looking to cover that "Since 1941" in stencil lettering on the steering wheel. I see where they were going with it, but it just looks gimmicky and out of place to me.
Thanks, I got a 5ft x 5ft roll off eBay (autovinylsolutions), I used pretty much all of it but I wasted a fair bit with my first attempts at the centre console..
Holy shit that looks so much better! As much as I like the interior upgrades on the 2014, I can't stand the copper colored interior trim accents and have wondered if Jeep will change it by the time I'm ready to purchase a newer model. If not, I'm going your route- very well done! :thumbsup:
Looks great!! Without seeing this post, I was researching this just this week contemplating either 3M 1080 Brushed Steel or Brushed Black Steel. Glad to see someone put the hard yards in for the rest of us.
How did you get the door to the cubby in the lower dash out? It doesn't appear to be covered in the PDF from wk2Jeeps about trim removal.. Or I'm missing something..
Thanks for sharing your wrapping job, it inspired me to have a go too. Got my shifter bezel done tonight, same finish as yours, and while it was a bit tricky for a first-timer I'm happy with the result.
Keen to get onto the cubby door next and then who knows what else after that, that brushed metallic look shits all over the stock plastic!
Simon
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