Tools you will need
-Vinyl (whatever color or style you want)
- razor
- screwdriver
- blow dryer


First remove the trim piece you want to cover use a screw driver to remove the clips holding it on, tug hard on in

Disconnect all the wiring and remove the buttons
Next cut out a piece of vinyl larger than the piece that you are covering

Place it loosely on top of the piece you are going to cover

Using a blow dryer shrink the vinyl around the piece. Keep moving the blow dryer as to not melt the vinyl

It will look like this.. Push out any air bubbles that may be under the vinyl. Also smooth it out over the surface by heating the piece up with the blow dryer

Now trim off any extra you may have remember to wrap it behind the back of the piece first so that all ends are covered.. Heat the ends up to stretch it over so it doesn’t bind up

Using a razor cut slits into the holes where the buttons were and using the blow dryer push the flaps inside

Install the buttons and heat the vinyl back up to shrink the vinyl around the edges of the buttons

Rein tall the trim piece, just push hard to get the clips back in..I pulled out the bottom trim piece so that it will fit better




Here is the finial product . If you see any more air bubbles use a pin and poke a small hole in the vinyl and push out the air.. Next I will be clear coating it. Also the radio trim pieces will take a long time took me about 45min to and hour wrapping and trimming all the buttons

I like it and that’s all that matters so please don’t bash I think it looks a lot better than my old CF trim kit that I bought online that only covered parts of the trim pieces..

 

thanks for the how to - looks good.

 

Will heat ever make that stuff come off. Just wondering.

 

ive had it on for about 3 1/2 months and i havent had any problems and my car is NEVER in the shade.. if you feel like it may come off you can apply anytype of spray glue to the back side of it

 

lol... i honestly thought this was gonna be a spoof how-to I thought it was gonna be a bunch of pics of you vinyl wrapping your friend tim. great how to tho... came out great

 

lol HAHAHH i NEVER noticed that lol i'll se if i can change that ... HAHAHAH ROFL

ok all fixed

 

Where can I find vinyl wrap?

 

i got mine off ebay ... google it...

 

i found some at a local pep boyz

 

pep boys here doesn't have it, i ended up getting marine grade leather (vinyl) from a fabric shop. turned out really nice, just requires a little more patience because you don't just stick it on, you have to glue it on the back.

 

it still says tim i also thoughtit was a spoof. lol but nice write up

 

yea it still says time i tried to change it.. ahh they mean what i know

 

lol i was expecting to see a guy vinal wrapped to a chair

 

you need an indash touch screen, not some thing that pulls put, youll b shifting and tear that sob off

 

hey can you give me a link to what you bought so i can read the description about it so i can get maybe the same thing because that sure looks nice. Theres alot of stuff on ebay so i just want to make sure im getting the same material that you got.

 

what are you talking about?... my indash dosnt touch any of the trim..

i have had this on for a little over 4 months and i have had no problems..

 

I believe he was trying to say you need the 2 din full-screen ex. avic-d3 , not the flip-up cause the G-force under acceleration in you F414-GE-400 powered Cobalt might make it tear off,

 

When you did the big piece around the CD player, was it done with one piece of vinyl or 2 pieces?

 

i might get some from murrays. nice

hey can u get a close up shot of the center trim piece. the murrays stuff is only so wide and long and wont cover the whole thing.

 

Follow up question:

On Your climate controls I've seen the new 07's with the black climate controls - did you paint yours and just tape off the symbols? I ask cause they look different hence why I was curious cause I've been toying with that idea as well since its really not a hard thing to do.

 

It was done with one peice.. i just cit and X into the middle and wrapped it under then trim.. no seams what so ever.. and as for the climet control i cheated on that i have the stock silver trim but what i used, was my old Cf overlays i bought from some no name company.. it wa alot easier than cutting it out

 

i tried this and it didnt come out as great. my vinyl had like a sticky side to cover it. so it was tougher to handle

 

yea the stuff i used had one side sticky.. it took some time but i got it