Here's a few photos to show how the 'wood' is attached and why it's not practical to remove it.
The first 3 photos show the underside of the 'wood' (actually a thin, tin-like metal) illustrating the attachment method of folding over the edge of the 'wood' plate. You can also see that, to remove it, you have to prise the folded edge upwards on at least one long side.
The fourth photo is an attempt to show the damage that this does to the 'wood' side. It doesn't show up in the photo, but there are small cracks introduced into the 'wood' at right angles to the edge.
The last two photos show the underside of the 'wood' panel and the top of the plastic door pull beneath to illustrate that there's not much glue used at all.
I've not attempted to refit a 'wood' panel, but I'd expect that to cause even more cracking to the wood effect.
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2002 Final Edition S8. Ebony black with Silver Grey leather and myrtle wood trim. Current mods: solar sun roof, 20mm rear spacers, 15 mm on front, red brembo callipers, 6k headlights, rear view camera, engine remap, alloy dash dial rings, alloy navi rings, tt/phaeton pedal upgrade, (and custom matching foot rest) dension ipod interface & parrot hands free kit (both fully hidden), av input, tv in motion switched thro' PF switch in blanking plug right of steering column, Audi 'quattro' sill covers, repositioned centre console switches, radio clock, .
Planned mods: auto-dimming rear view mirror, dash cam (as steamship's), fit the ski hatch, refit philips drl's (or maybe not - nope, definitely not - horrible botch!).
Last edited by The_Laird; 23rd May 2013 at 07:21 PM.
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