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Replaced my natural brown leather with dark wood peeling/cracked/warped defroster trim with new OEM solid black replacements pieces from Suncoast.
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Any other options and/or experience with upholstery shops to repair these?
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Replaced wood with vinyl reinstalled...
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They came out of leather car.....I used the ones with the stiching on the left, the one in the middle is the one I have for sale, left and right.
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Any other options and/or experience with upholstery shops to repair these?
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Replace wood strip and reinstalling the natural brown trim

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Don't love the contrast, so looking into what my options are for replacing the wood strip and reinstalling the natural brown trim.
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Any other options and/or experience with upholstery shops to repair these?
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Replace natural brown leather

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Replaced my natural brown leather with dark wood peeling/cracked/warped defroster trim with new OEM solid black replacements pieces from Suncoast.
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Replaced wood with vinyl reinstalled...
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Replace wood strip and reinstalling the natural brown trim

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Don't love the contrast, so looking into what my options are for replacing the wood strip and reinstalling the natural brown trim.
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My interior combo is no longer available as an OEM replacement (and impossible to find used), so thought this would be the most subtle substitute.
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They came out of leather car.....I used the ones with the stiching on the left, the one in the middle is the one I have for sale, left and right.
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Replaced my natural brown leather with dark wood peeling/cracked/warped defroster trim with new OEM solid black replacements pieces from Suncoast. http://www.suncoastparts.com/product/9X6DEFTRIM.html My interior combo is no longer available as an OEM replacement (and impossible to find used), so thought this would be the most subtle substitute. Don't love the contrast, so looking into what my options are for replacing the wood strip and reinstalling the natural brown trim. I've read of swapping in solid leather strips? Replacement wood trim? Any other options and/or experience with upholstery shops to repair these? Hoping to keep as close to OEM as possible.

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If you are interested in black ones, I have the right and left piece cheap, $100 shipped for both. They came out of leather car.....I used the ones with the stiching on the left, the one in the middle is the one I have for sale, left and right. But after I read your post again, looks like you already replaced them. Oh well, best of luck!

POST 3Original post

If you have light color leather, like white, or if you use a white first color coat as a starter, you could recolor the brown or any other color with SEM leather color dye just like if you could only buy a black bumper, you could make it any color you wanted by painting it

POST 4Original post

OKB beat me to it. Maybe one of the leather dye companies could mix up a close match. Even on plastic, the stuff works pretty good and is easy to use.

POST 5Original post

yes they match to your sample, at auto paint stores

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You should give Bob a call at Classic 9 Leather shop: www.classic9leathershop.com I had him recover my dash and he did a excellent job.

POST 7Original post

if I was doing it, I would buy a good part with the right wood on ebay and color the leather what ever color I wanted

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Replaced wood with vinyl reinstalled... Wood trim stripped bare and vinyl wrap applied

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