C70: brushed aluminium trim

[ash0t5]

has anyone got the brushed aluminium trim for a 1998 c70 t5 auto, i have a wood trim and want to change it, i think the aluminium trim looks much better, heres a photo, also has anyone changed this trim before? is it hard to do?

[Jim Haseltine]

The glovebox trim is dead easy, the console trim around the handbrake and gear levers is a bit more difficult and unless you remove the lower part of the fascia the radio/heater trim is a job for a contortionist with multiple joints in their arms.

Couldn't get hold of any of the aluminium trim so I removed the pieces, sprayed them with silver wheel trim paint topped off with a couple of coats of clear lacquer and you'd be hard pushed to tell that they aren't the ally trim without touching them.

[ash0t5]

Originally Posted by Jim Haseltine

The glovebox trim is dead easy, the console trim around the handbrake and gear levers is a bit more difficult and unless you remove the lower part of the fascia the radio/heater trim is a job for a contortionist with multiple joints in their arms.

Couldn't get hold of any of the aluminium trim so I removed the pieces, sprayed them with silver wheel trim paint topped off with a couple of coats of clear lacquer and you'd be hard pushed to tell that they aren't the ally trim without touching them.

thanks, i think this is what i might have to do, have you got any pics? i also thought about getting some vinyl but dont know how good it would look

[AcidicDavey]

Originally Posted by Jim Haseltine

The glovebox trim is dead easy, the console trim around the handbrake and gear levers is a bit more difficult and unless you remove the lower part of the fascia the radio/heater trim is a job for a contortionist with multiple joints in their arms.

Couldn't get hold of any of the aluminium trim so I removed the pieces, sprayed them with silver wheel trim paint topped off with a couple of coats of clear lacquer and you'd be hard pushed to tell that they aren't the ally trim without touching them.

You see, that's just a fab idea! I'd quite like to do it to my V70 although I'd have to do it in an interesting colour like blue or something.

How exactly do you remove the trims?

[deathrider311271]

i have the ally trim ready to fit to mine TBH u would probably get just as good a job from a wrap or spray and it looks like a right b4strd of a job to do

[jjd101]

I'm lucky enough to have the aluminium trim in mine. I will be needing to remove the radio/heater surround in the none too distant. Any help offered with this will be appreciated

[a1damuk]

To remove the trim section around the radio heater for spraying do we have to remove the complete dash board or is there another way??
Thanks

[deathrider311271]

well looking at the new trim it looks like u have to remove everything as there are screw holes everywhere lol, i counted 15 lust on the piece where the stereo and heater sit!!!!!!

[t5frankie]

Originally Posted by ash0t5

has anyone got the brushed aluminium trim for a 1998 c70 t5 auto, i have a wood trim and want to change it, i think the aluminium trim looks much better, heres a photo, also has anyone changed this trim before? is it hard to do?

to get the centre part round the radio off you have to have monkey fingers lol i ended up breaking mine off but didn't cause too much damage to replace with the aluminium. There are two different types of aluminium one you will find in a c70 which is slightly darker which is fitted into my v70r now it was the light wood (yuk) and there is a lighter aluminium which you get standard in the v/s 70r's which i have in my s70r the slightly darker style looks better to me.

[Jim Haseltine]

I managed to do the radio one without removing the fascia but it was so complicated and painful to do it that way that if I was every to do it again I'd take the fascia out. My left hand still has the scars even though I did the job a couple of months ago.
I'll see if I can post some pics later this week.