No more wood!

OllyM · 25 Oct 2006 at 13:46

I doubt anybody really cares, but I thought I'd share...

I replaced the horrid plastic wood dash trim with nice silver stuff from an ST24.

Makes it look much nicer:

Before:

After:

Pretty easy to do, and cheap, about £20

agw_01 · 25 Oct 2006 at 13:47

Fox will be in here soon... he won't be happy that you've defaced the car

Looks good though. I recently painted my wood trim red to match my seats.

Pajeh · 25 Oct 2006 at 13:49

Think I prefer the wood effect, got it in mine. The silver always makes me think of a horrid fiesta I had.

PeterNem · 25 Oct 2006 at 13:50

Looks good Olly

A definate improvement. The worst thing about the armchair model of the Mondeo is the plastic wood everywhere.

D4VE · 25 Oct 2006 at 13:52

Much better, good work.

Firestar_3x · 25 Oct 2006 at 13:52

Miles better, wood had no place in a cheap car....

hummaia9 · 25 Oct 2006 at 13:56

Firestar_3x said:
Miles better, wood had no place in a cheap car....

Its a taste thing ... I dont like it in my bmw

v0n · 25 Oct 2006 at 14:07

Do something about that bald steering wheel man, leather wheel in that state is more unhigenic than hugging pub toilet on Friday night.

dirtydog · 25 Oct 2006 at 14:09

Hard to say which I prefer tbh. Both look fine to me

Tesla · 25 Oct 2006 at 14:49

Looks good, did you replace the door handle insersts too? I was thinking of changing mine. The wood isn't actually worth much, I think I got about a fiver for mine from the Ghia X.

What stereo is that Olly?

Also, how come you called me the other day. Was it important? I had left my phone at home.

OllyM · 25 Oct 2006 at 14:54

If it's only worth a fiver I won't bother selling it...

The stereo in the first picture was the factory fit satnav unit, I've replaced it with an Alpine unit now.

Oh, and I don't remember calling you? :confused:

[TW]Fox · 25 Oct 2006 at 16:21

Not impressed, plastic sprayed silver effect stuff just looks a bit tacky

Should have gone for the darker wood shade

Tesla · 25 Oct 2006 at 16:23

OllyM said:
Oh, and I don't remember calling you?

Was on the 21st about 19:07. Number starting 07800?

OllyM · 25 Oct 2006 at 17:00

[TW]Fox said:
Not impressed, plastic sprayed silver effect stuff just looks a bit tacky Should have gone for the darker wood shade

That's tacky, and fake plastic wood isn't?

Tesla said:
Was on the 21st about 19:07. Number starting 07800?

That's probably my number... hmmmm. I honestly don't remember calling you!

Sagalout · 25 Oct 2006 at 18:14

Think I preferred the wood trim to be honest, but maybe its better in the 'flesh'.

As an aside, you should put your tomtom back in the middle. By putting it next to the A Post you are increasing the blind spot by a fair amount.

Reppyboyo · 25 Oct 2006 at 18:32

As an aside, you should put your tomtom back in the middle. By putting it next to the A Post you are increasing the blind spot by a fair amount.

Heh, I was just about to post that.
Its quite a danger to us bikers by having a tomtom by the A post.

Duke · 25 Oct 2006 at 18:34

Looks much better, although you need to ditch the Ford radio now

OllyM · 25 Oct 2006 at 18:36

Duke said:
Looks much better, although you need to ditch the Ford radio now

I already have

Replaced it with an Alpine CDE-9856R...

PeterNem · 25 Oct 2006 at 18:50

Reppyboyo said:
Heh, I was just about to post that.
Its quite a danger to us bikers by having a tomtom by the A post.

Surely the blind spot that is of most danger to bikers is the one just over the right shoulder of a driver that is not covered by mirrors or a quick glance to the right... surely the TomTom being where it is doesn't affect this?

HEADRAT · 25 Oct 2006 at 19:01

Plastic wood is revolting in any car, even real wood can look prett naff, best wood interior I've seen is in the Range Rover.

HEADRAT