Woodgrain from Crosstour?

[sitandthink]

Originally Posted by BigAnt1969

Today I installed the 3 Crosstour dashboard pieces in my sedan.
IMO, the darker woodgrain dash looks good leaving the door panels with the silver trim.
I ordered the parts from G1Parts.com Monday night and they came by FedEx Friday morning.

The parts came packaged really good

Total for the 3 pieces was $69.62 with free shipping.

I took pics but it seems I'm past my limit for uploads.

can you plz share where did you order that? thanks

[native.texan]

Originally Posted by HikaruAccord

IMO the good grain look really good on beige interior, but I am not feeling it on black interior.

Definitely agree. Looks good on beige, but it kinda gets "lost" - for lack of a better word, in the black interior.

mike.

[spatel133]

wood grain = old folks =D

[BigAnt1969]

Originally Posted by sitandthink

can you plz share where did you order that? thanks

In post #28 I said I ordered the parts from G1parts.com

total was $69.62 fort the 3 dashboard pieces.

[BelizeBill]

Glad to know this is yet another tweak we can make to our Accords, but how exactly do we remove/install the three parts? I saw the instruction PDF on h and a accessories,but it doesn't really specify: Is it simply a matter of unclipping the trim pieces by hand or are pliers or a special body tool necessary?

[shogun]

I picked up my order yesterday...Installed the 3 pieces within 5 minutes. Now when I get tired of the wood I can switch back to the silver trim. Anybody know what else we can switch out from the Cross Tour besides the shift knob & door trim?

[ksills]

Originally Posted by BelizeBill

Glad to know this is yet another tweak we can make to our Accords, but how exactly do we remove/install the three parts? I saw the instruction PDF on h and a accessories,but it doesn't really specify: Is it simply a matter of unclipping the trim pieces by hand or are pliers or a special body tool necessary?

Just pull it off. Right to left.

[next_milenium]

I'm waiting for mine. Should be here in couple of days.

I tried tugging on the silver trims and I can feel it will pop out with some force. However, I don't want to damage anything so do I pull from underneath? Side to side? Top to bottom? Better to use a flat head screwdriver wrapped in cloth?

[BigAnt1969]

Originally Posted by next_milenium

I'm waiting for mine. Should be here in couple of days.

I tried tugging on the silver trims and I can feel it will pop out with some force. However, I don't want to damage anything so do I pull from underneath? Side to side? Top to bottom? Better to use a flat head screwdriver wrapped in cloth?

I wrapped some electrical tape around a very small thin knife,
inserted the knife at the top portion of the trim where it meets the dash and lifted the trim just enough to grab and gently pull with my fingers ... (pull towards you and slightly upward)
Work your way from one side to the other one clip at a time until the piece is off.
The pieces are held on with tension retainers 3 or 4 on the small piece and about 6 or so on the large piece.

When putting on the new pieces, make sure the felt edge gets tucked in before snapping the trim in all the way.

I had pics for a DIY of all the steps but I'm past my limit for uploads.

[ksills]

Originally Posted by BigAnt1969

I had pics for a DIY of all the steps but I'm past my limit for uploads.

It's the new host, no posting unless you pay. Plunked down my $20, no more problems.

[BigAnt1969]

Originally Posted by shogun

I picked up my order yesterday...Installed the 3 pieces within 5 minutes. Now when I get tired of the wood I can switch back to the silver trim. Anybody know what else we can switch out from the Cross Tour besides the shift knob & door trim?

V6 owners can also use the Crosstour engine cover.

[next_milenium]

Originally Posted by BigAnt1969

I wrapped some electrical tape around a very small thin knife,
inserted the knife at the top portion of the trim where it meets the dash and lifted the trim just enough to grab and gently pull with my fingers ... (pull towards you and slightly upward)
Work your way from one side to the other one clip at a time until the piece is off.
The pieces are held on with tension retainers 3 or 4 on the small piece and about 6 or so on the large piece.

When putting on the new pieces, make sure the felt edge gets tucked in before snapping the trim in all the way.

I had pics for a DIY of all the steps but I'm past my limit for uploads.

Thanks for the info. I'll definitely use the knife wrapped in tape/cloth method for sure (as screw drivers are too narrow so it can do some damage).

Also, I thought you can still upload pics if you can upload them first on other hosting sites like flickr or somthing and then use links.

[next_milenium]

I received the wood trims and installed them. The install was fairly easy and took me about 20 minutes. I do like the look but wish they made the same wood trims for the doors. The wood and silver don't clash but they don't flow well together either, IMO. Overall, I'm happy knowing I can always switch back to silver trims.

Regards to install, I'd like to make a few points:

1) Becareful when removing the silver trims. I used a butter knife whenever I could to loosen the trim so I can pull it out. You don't want to scratch up the silver trim incase you want to go back.

2) The large silver piece on passenger side is easy to remove. Open the glove box and the bottom of the trim is exposed. You can just use your hand to gently pull it off.

3) The hardest one to remove was the driver side piece. I had to use a butter knife at the top gap and gently work my way side to side to loosen the trim.

4) Both the silver and wood trims have rather sharp edges so becareful when you're moving them around in your cabin. I was careless and scratched the bottom part of my dash in couple of places (our plastic scratches very easily).

[BigAnt1969]

Originally Posted by next_milenium

I received the wood trims and installed them. The install was fairly easy and took me about 20 minutes. I do like the look but wish they made the same wood trims for the doors. The wood and silver don't clash but they don't flow well together either, IMO. Overall, I'm happy knowing I can always switch back to silver trims.

Regards to install, I'd like to make a few points:

1) Becareful when removing the silver trims. I used a butter knife whenever I could to loosen the trim so I can pull it out. You don't want to scratch up the silver trim incase you want to go back.

2) The large silver piece on passenger side is easy to remove. Open the glove box and the bottom of the trim is exposed. You can just use your hand to gently pull it off.

3) The hardest one to remove was the driver side piece. I had to use a butter knife at the top gap and gently work my way side to side to loosen the trim.

4) Both the silver and wood trims have rather sharp edges so becareful when you're moving them around in your cabin. I was careless and scratched the bottom part of my dash in couple of places (our plastic scratches very easily).

I had some notes written down from when I first looked into doing the swap.
The part #'s I have below are for the crosstour "door" woodgrain with black interior.

Also,
G1Parts.com offered free shipping and was a few dollars less than bernardihonda. If I remember right G1Parts was around $63 each and bernardi around $66.
I'm not 100% sure the doors are the same in all Accords, make sure it will fit before ordering.

Crosstour
Front Right Door - 83504-TA5-A31ZD
Front Left Door - 83554-TA5-A31ZC

Crosstour
Rear Right Door - 83704-TA5-A31ZD
Rear Left Door - 83754-TA5-A31ZD

[next_milenium]

Originally Posted by BigAnt1969

I had some notes written down from when I first looked into doing the swap.
The part #'s I have below are for the crosstour "door" woodgrain with black interior.

Also,
G1Parts.com offered free shipping and was a few dollars less than bernardihonda. If I remember right G1Parts was around $63 each and bernardi around $66.
I'm not 100% sure the doors are the same in all Accords, make sure it will fit before ordering.

Crosstour
Front Right Door - 83504-TA5-A31ZD
Front Left Door - 83554-TA5-A31ZC

Crosstour
Rear Right Door - 83704-TA5-A31ZD
Rear Left Door - 83754-TA5-A31ZD

Thanks for the info. I did order from G1 parts and they were great. As far as the doors, I don't think the crosstour will fit on mine because I have a coupe.