Painted interior trim?
07-23-2015, 04:23 AM
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Painted interior trim?
I want to paint my interior trim white to match my Jeep. I'm worried about the removal of the vent rings. It seems like a really difficult thing to do. Someone on here said it took them 2 hours to take them out! Has anyone done this? Is it a huge pain in the a** to do? I'm going to get the "raw" trim kit from Mopar that's ready to paint so that if I screw something up I'll still have my original pieces. I may not end up doing it if I'll risk breaking something though. Any advice?
07-23-2015, 04:53 AM
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The vent rings aren't that hard to remove you just turn the ring i believe its clockwise if not try the other way. the whole vent assembly will come out and then you have 4 clips to pull and the ring seperates. i removed all 4 of mine in about 30 sec.
07-23-2015, 05:02 AM
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^i second that. Super easy to get the vent rings out. You do have to use a small screwdriver, inside the vent there's a small hole at about the 1:00 position. Just put the screwdriver in there, and the whole assembly will turn counter-clockwise and pop right out. I scuffed mine up with some high grit sandpaper before I painted them. Good luck and post some pics when you get it done!
07-23-2015, 06:29 AM
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That's good to know I'll definitely do it then! Thank You! I'm going to get the "ready to paint" ones from Mopar so that I can keep my factory parts in case I want to go back. So I shouldn't have to sand them I don't think.
07-23-2015, 06:48 AM
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I just finished painting the trim rings this past weekend, to get the vents out there is a hole in vent collar (the part that turns) you need to line that hole up to about the 1 o'clock position then insert a small flat blade screwdriver as straight up as you can then turn the entire vent counter clockwise about 30 degrees and it will pop right out. I would highly recommend that you scuff up the pieces with a fine grit sand paper and clean them up thoroughly before you paint them.
07-25-2015, 05:12 PM
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So I found a video on YouTube of a guy showing how to take the vents out. After I watched that I realized it was SUPER simple. In the video he plastidipped them which I originally didn't want to do but for now it's the cheapest option so I went for it. I love how it came out! I'll probably do it over with real paint eventually but I love it for now! I just hope it lasts.