JL Wood Dash Insert (Visual Attached)

[Pig-Pen]

It would be much cooler if you had matching wood panels on the exterior door panels

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[Jillybean1]

Second. I would pay a premium for that If it looked quality. Great idea.

I agree! I love the wood look!

 

[TX_Ovrlnd]

The wood grain looks awesome! I’d like to see how ash or zebra wood looks. Those who say it looks terrible probably think the red dash looks great (it doesn’t).

 

[Heimkehr]

woodgrain is out of style. Adding on faux woodgrain is even worse and never looks good imo, even when it was in style 20 years ago.

Then on top of this adding fake woodgrain to a jeep.

I'll take a mildly different tack here and suggest that things don't go out of style so much as their execution changes in such as way as to affect consumer perceptions.

A solid wood dashboard on a classic British sportscar, esp. one with a tasteful grain, won't ever go out of style. Plastic wood trim that still looks like what it is, no matter the quality of manufacture or the installation, won't ever enjoy the same timeless appeal.

Any automotive design element can have permanency if it's done correctly. Sometimes, that means not doing an individual thing unless there are complementary aesthetics that provide synergistic outcomes.

 

[toku]

Update!

I installed wood steering wheel trim to

match the wood dash interior so let me share some pictures again!

 

[RudeJeepin]

Update!

I installed wood steering wheel trim to

match the wood dash interior so let me share some pictures again!

Nice work, I could get behind that steering wheel. Haha.

What is this on your vent?

 

[Punkn89]

I have the Sahara leather dash, but if I had the silver or red dash that came with the other trims, I would be super tempted to do the wood grain look, I dig it.

 

[toku]

Nice work, I could get behind that steering wheel. Haha.

What is this on your vent?

That’s a cup holder!

 

[toku]

Nice work, I could get behind that steering wheel. Haha.

What is this on your vent?

That’s a cup holder!

 

[RudeJeepin]

That’s a cup holder!

Excuse my ignorance, but what cup holder is it?

 

[Mike A]

I really wish Jeep would offer more of a tan interior, plastic included. All of the wood accents would look fantastic again tan.

 

[dragoneggs]

To each their own… love all the different looks. I’m okay with my red so far. That said I could see me modding that once I get through with other cool and performance mods. On wood… as a woodworker, I would probably try to do some exotic real wood. But that would be a serious project.

Getting my hands on throw away OEM dash pieces for the ’form’ would be a huge start.

 

[Deke]

Excuse my ignorance, but what cup holder is it?

Just type "wrangler JL cup holder vent" into any internet search engine.

Seriously, it looks like this one from Amazon: Amazon.com: Timilge Air Condition Outlet Vent Cup Holder Folding Air Vent Coffee Water Juice Tea Cola Cup Bottle Mount for Wrangler JL JLU JT Gladiator 2018-2021 : Automotive

 

[roaniecowpony]

To each their own… love all the different looks. I’m okay with my red so far. That said I could see me modding that once I get through with other cool and performance mods. On wood… as a woodworker, I would probably try to do some exotic real wood. But that would be a serious project.

Getting my hands on throw away OEM dash pieces for the ’form’ would be a huge start.

Nice work, I could get behind that steering wheel. Haha.

What is this on your vent?

I like it. It hits me as retro...which the whole jeep vehicle has that retro vibe. At least to me.

 

[roaniecowpony]

I'll take a mildly different tack here and suggest that things don't go out of style so much as their execution changes in such as way as to affect consumer perceptions.

A solid wood dashboard on a classic British sportscar, esp. one with a tasteful grain, won't ever go out of style. Plastic wood trim that still looks like what it is, no matter the quality of manufacture or the installation, won't ever enjoy the same timeless appeal.

Any automotive design element can have permanency if it's done correctly. Sometimes, that means not doing an individual thing unless there are complementary aesthetics that provide synergistic outcomes.

I have another analogy. My wife wanted me to paint the dining room many years ago. So, I kinda developed a theme for the room. I wanted it to be a warm western feel. I had seen many ceilings in western bars, hotels, and restaurants, in old mining and cattle towns. Overwhelmingly, these 1800s built places had stamped metal ceilings that were copies of classic wood and plaster ceilings from the east. These became popular in the wild west, because it was the industrial revolution when metal stamping manufacturing became widespread, craftsmen were few and far between in the west, and these would survive shipping.

So, I installed a metal stamped ceiling, which is really a faux copy of carved plaster or wood ceilings created by craftsmen of early America. When people see it, more often than not, they love it, even though it's "fake".

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