How do you install a dash kit if you have stock wood trim?
#1
How do you install a dash kit if you have stock wood trim?
I have a 1997 Maxima GLE that came with stock wood trim. How do I install an aluminum dash kit? I took off a piece of the dash to see if i could remove the wood trim, but I can't figure out how to remove the wood trim. Anybody got any ideas? I tried a heat gun and it didnt seem to do anything.
#3
you cant. you would have to switch the dash to the black plastic and then put the dash over it. i have the same problem. i have both 99 and 97 maxima gle black on black leather, and want to change one of them because they look exactly the same. you gotta switch to the black plastic dash found in the lower models.
-vinny d
-vinny d
#6
Originally posted by Larcenist
Any ideas where I can get the black dash for cheap?
Any ideas where I can get the black dash for cheap?
Good luck!
#7
Originally posted by Dayle97SE
the wood trim/finnish in the GLE is actually molded into the plastic and cannot be removed.
the wood trim/finnish in the GLE is actually molded into the plastic and cannot be removed.
#8
I am not sure about this, but I heard from someone that you could use a heat gun to heat up the wood trim and remove it. Instead of getting a dash kit, I am going to paint my dash gunmetal gray. I think it looks better and its a lot cheaper.
#9
I don't think you can do any of the methods mention above if you have a real wood dash kit that came stock with the maxima. By just lookin at the kit u can tell its not black under the wood. The heat gun method doesn't work either.. Theres nothing to lift up. I may be wrong, but I had no success with the heat gun.
#11
IM a 98 max GLE Owner with the Aluminum Dash kit. The woodgrain can not be removed from the plastic, its molded. Do what I did, Sand all the woodgrain pieces down, Buy some Flat Black Spray Paint and paint all the pieces, then stick on the dash kit. Mine looks fine, and there is no spot of woodgrain anywhere. Had it like this for almost a year now.
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