Ghia woodgrain leather trim question

[sirchAU]

Just got a quick question for Ghia leather trim owners: when the woodgrain spears on the doors are removed, are there any holes or markings in the leather door cards underneath? How are they attached? I'm guessing they're screwed into the door card?

I'm after a set of charcoal leather front door trims. Would prefer XR as they're exactly as I want them, but it seems there are a fair few more Ghia ones available out there. I'm not too keen on the woodgrain spears, so just wondering if when you remove them they look like non-Ghia trims, or are there drill holes/markings underneath? If there is holes, I guess I can just re-paint the wood grain bits black to match the rest of the interior.

Thanks in advance,
Chris

[BHDOGS]

Yes there will be holes

[Pub247]

id get them painted in a high gloos black or easier yet wrap them in carbon fibre vinyl or the like

[sirchAU]

If i got them i'd be thinking of going with a matte black finish. I quite like the carbon fibre wrap look, but would want to do some other interior bits and pieces too to get it all to match better, so probably just go with the painting.

With the lights in the door, would they be a straight plug and play into the existing connectors in the doors?

Cheers

[BHDOGS]

Depending on your model my fairmont has the white plugs in the front drivers door loom but not the back my au xr6 also has the front white loom to but not back doors so id say take of the trim and check for the white plug

[lotus]

This is what I did to mine as I wanted something different.







Had them done by Modicoat but you could paint them as well.

Mabye this will give you some idea on what you want to do.

[lotus]

Originally Posted by sirchAU

With the lights in the door, would they be a straight plug and play into the existing connectors in the doors?

Cheers

My SER1 XR8 had the connections for the trim lights already in the loom. Just connected them up and worked fine.

[sirchAU]

Originally Posted by BHDOGS

Depending on your model my fairmont has the white plugs in the front drivers door loom but not the back my au xr6 also has the front white loom to but not back doors so id say take of the trim and check for the white plug

I've got an S pack, front power windows only, hence only getting a front pair. Had a look underneath the trims, they do have the white plug in there. Hopefully it's all just a straight plug and play installment.

Going to go have a look at a pair of Ghia trims this arvo, and if they're in good enough nick, pciking them up.

[sirchAU]

Originally Posted by lotus

This is what I did to mine as I wanted something different.

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Had them done by Modicoat but you could paint them as well.

Mabye this will give you some idea on what you want to do.

Mate that looks sex!

[BHDOGS]

Yeh if it comes with the doors the lights will plug straight in failing that the newer Mazda cars have lights identical to the au door lights grab em
From u pull it :p to save a few bucks that's what I did

[sirchAU]

Got my Ghia trims today, although ended up getting front and rear as the guy didnt want to seperate them.

Anyone want a pair of rear Ghia door trims???