05 Cobalt LS Xtreme makeover part 2!!
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Grim, the car looks AMAZING!!!! the interior looks great done professionally. I did mine with color match spray paint and the imperfections drive me nuts. your's looks incredibel... +rep for you
Camera phone but hopefully you get the idea... definitely agree you should do this Grim.
Last edited by OrngBalt; Oct 16, 2007 at 10:05 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
Its not too difficult. Start with the peice on the right side of the dash:
Open the glove box, wedge your fingers underneat the trim and just pull firmly but carefully. Its just cliped in, so is everything else.
Do the same thing with the knee bolster but only the top part then you can pull both peices around the steering wheel.
The peice around the stereo comes off last. same thing just pull firmly but gently so you dont bust anything.
For the peices in the doors if you look into the hole for your hand you will see a cap. Take it off theres 2 screws pull em out then wiggle the trim off starting at the end you took the screws out of.
For the shift knob and around the shift boot:
The silver part of the knob pops off if you just get your nails underneat it and pull up a little. the shift partern is doublesided taped on so that also pops off.
For the ring around the boot pull the trim up around the Ebrake first just like the dash peices then pull the trim with the boot. Look up the "how to" for changing shift knobs theres good picks on how to take off the leather part of the knob so you can pull the trim out of the car.
Poping all the trims took me about 15 mins including poping all the switches out. If you have never done anything like it before it might take you an hour or so. Just take it easy and you wont break anything.
Yea thats the main reason i did mine. GM sure cheaped out in some places and thats one of them. A simple coat of clear woulda made them much more durable. What color is your interior? I think it would look pretty sick with a black car to do the trim up with a big flake silver with a high gloss clear. I saw your dual side exhaust post. I like it. ;-) Those tips are perfect.
Open the glove box, wedge your fingers underneat the trim and just pull firmly but carefully. Its just cliped in, so is everything else.
Do the same thing with the knee bolster but only the top part then you can pull both peices around the steering wheel.
The peice around the stereo comes off last. same thing just pull firmly but gently so you dont bust anything.
For the peices in the doors if you look into the hole for your hand you will see a cap. Take it off theres 2 screws pull em out then wiggle the trim off starting at the end you took the screws out of.
For the shift knob and around the shift boot:
The silver part of the knob pops off if you just get your nails underneat it and pull up a little. the shift partern is doublesided taped on so that also pops off.
For the ring around the boot pull the trim up around the Ebrake first just like the dash peices then pull the trim with the boot. Look up the "how to" for changing shift knobs theres good picks on how to take off the leather part of the knob so you can pull the trim out of the car.
Poping all the trims took me about 15 mins including poping all the switches out. If you have never done anything like it before it might take you an hour or so. Just take it easy and you wont break anything.
Yea thats the main reason i did mine. GM sure cheaped out in some places and thats one of them. A simple coat of clear woulda made them much more durable. What color is your interior? I think it would look pretty sick with a black car to do the trim up with a big flake silver with a high gloss clear. I saw your dual side exhaust post. I like it. ;-) Those tips are perfect.
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Its gone for a 4 wheel alignment. Inspection is tomorrow. ;-)
I like it a lot i've been thinking about doing this also. It looks really cool but how does it affect visibility? still the same or worse? I guess just getting brighter bulbs probably would correct that? Some cars are now finally comming like that stock. I guess the dealers are seeing that tuners where right all along. I like that way better than getting aftermarket headlights. You can always pull your trims back off an do them again. Its nothing that can't be sanded off. Thanks for the rep! ;-) back at cha
Yea man totally. ;-) just make sure you use a high gloss clear. I dont have much experience with areosol clears but probably something made by proform wouldnt be bad. put several coats on in case you need to wet sand some dirt nibs out.
Mine are color matched... I'll see if I can get a pic
Grim, the car looks AMAZING!!!! the interior looks great done professionally. I did mine with color match spray paint and the imperfections drive me nuts. your's looks incredibel... +rep for you
Camera phone but hopefully you get the idea... definitely agree you should do this Grim.
Grim, the car looks AMAZING!!!! the interior looks great done professionally. I did mine with color match spray paint and the imperfections drive me nuts. your's looks incredibel... +rep for you
Camera phone but hopefully you get the idea... definitely agree you should do this Grim.
Yea man totally. ;-) just make sure you use a high gloss clear. I dont have much experience with areosol clears but probably something made by proform wouldnt be bad. put several coats on in case you need to wet sand some dirt nibs out.
Last edited by Grimsaviour; Oct 16, 2007 at 11:59 PM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
Its gone for a 4 wheel alignment. Inspection is tomorrow. ;-)
I like it a lot i've been thinking about doing this also. It looks really cool but how does it affect visibility? still the same or worse? I guess just getting brighter bulbs probably corrects it no problem. Some cars are now finally comming like that stock. I guess the dealers are seeing that tuners where right all along. ;-)thanks for the rep! ;-) back at cha
Yea man totally. ;-) just make sure you use a high gloss clear. I dont have much experience with areosol clears but probably something made by proform wouldnt be bad. put several coats on in case you need to wet sand some dirt nibs out.
I like it a lot i've been thinking about doing this also. It looks really cool but how does it affect visibility? still the same or worse? I guess just getting brighter bulbs probably corrects it no problem. Some cars are now finally comming like that stock. I guess the dealers are seeing that tuners where right all along. ;-)thanks for the rep! ;-) back at cha
Yea man totally. ;-) just make sure you use a high gloss clear. I dont have much experience with areosol clears but probably something made by proform wouldnt be bad. put several coats on in case you need to wet sand some dirt nibs out.
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ok you caught me its an LS. I gotta admit i had no idea there was SS/SC out there until after i bought the car. It has 28000 KM. Dunno how much that is in miles maybe 18000 not sure. Its low milage here anyways. Most ppl commute 20-25k a year here.
Last edited by Grimsaviour; Oct 17, 2007 at 12:17 AM. Reason: Automerged Doublepost
Man you never know how its gonna turn out until you try. If you take all the precautions possible to keep the dust off it should turn out like a million bucks. You can always do a practice run on a peice of plastic or something.
ok you caught me its an LS. I gotta admit i had no idea there was SS/SC out there until after i bought the car. It has 28000 KM. Dunno how much that is in miles maybe 18000 not sure. Its low milage here anyways. Most ppl commute 20-25k a year here.
ok you caught me its an LS. I gotta admit i had no idea there was SS/SC out there until after i bought the car. It has 28000 KM. Dunno how much that is in miles maybe 18000 not sure. Its low milage here anyways. Most ppl commute 20-25k a year here.
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Hey thank you very much! ;-)
So i got all the paper work. It passed the inspection and wheel alignment like a breeze. So i'm pretty stoked. I still need to finish cleaning it up but i will put insurance on it tomorrow anyways. ;-) I'll be posting some final pics soon. ;-) I found out at the dealer theres an outstanding recall. I need to find out what its about tomorrow when i go pick up the car. I hope GM will cover it. They also didnt seem to know wtf i was talking about when i said i wanted my pcm reflashed and updated. I talked to another mechanic and he recomended another stealership instead. So thats where its at. ;-) i'll post some pics later in the week!
So i got all the paper work. It passed the inspection and wheel alignment like a breeze. So i'm pretty stoked. I still need to finish cleaning it up but i will put insurance on it tomorrow anyways. ;-) I'll be posting some final pics soon. ;-) I found out at the dealer theres an outstanding recall. I need to find out what its about tomorrow when i go pick up the car. I hope GM will cover it. They also didnt seem to know wtf i was talking about when i said i wanted my pcm reflashed and updated. I talked to another mechanic and he recomended another stealership instead. So thats where its at. ;-) i'll post some pics later in the week!
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