Overhead console: walnut upgrade completed
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I've always wanted a walnut panel for my overhead console. I got a somewhat poor condition overhead console with wood panel off ebay for $50 since all I really wanted was the wood panel. I swapped the wood onto my console and it looks great.
I recommend this upgrade, it's not a big deal but it's much nicer than the plastic tan panel.
I recommend this upgrade, it's not a big deal but it's much nicer than the plastic tan panel.
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I've always wanted a walnut panel for my overhead console. I got a somewhat poor condition overhead console with wood panel off ebay for $50 since all I really wanted was the wood panel. I swapped the wood onto my console and it looks great.
I recommend this upgrade, it's not a big deal but it's much nicer than the plastic tan panel.
I recommend this upgrade, it's not a big deal but it's much nicer than the plastic tan panel.
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I've always wanted a walnut panel for my overhead console. I got a somewhat poor condition overhead console with wood panel off ebay for $50 since all I really wanted was the wood panel. I swapped the wood onto my console and it looks great.
I recommend this upgrade, it's not a big deal but it's much nicer than the plastic tan panel.
I recommend this upgrade, it's not a big deal but it's much nicer than the plastic tan panel.
$50 well spent.
Graham
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the jaguar factory price for a new wood trim piece by itself is $115, some online dealership parts departments are selling it for $90something. it's cheaper to buy a used one off ebay and swap it yourself
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yeah it's not a difficult project, but the panels are glued onto the console unit with some sort of substance similar to what a new credit card is secured to the paper they send it with, but stickier. I used a small screwdriver and then a butter knife to carefully separate the wood from the used unit and my tan part from my original console unit. I then used "rubber cement" to glue the wood part onto my original part, and clamped the wood on there for a few hours to get a good solid connection. also beware that the wood part has 4 small metal "fingers" that you need to bend up to allow the wood part to be removed from the console.
of course if you get a nice condition entire unit, all you have to do is swap the entire part and re-program your garage door buttons, or swap your garage door module etc. everything detaches with small screws.
of course if you get a nice condition entire unit, all you have to do is swap the entire part and re-program your garage door buttons, or swap your garage door module etc. everything detaches with small screws.
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But, it is also a good time to bodge an antenna upgrade while the unit is out.