I've spent hours searching for this answer but haven't been able to find the answer to my question.

I'm in the US and am looking at a RRS with Rhodium trim... I'd like to replace the trim with wood, however, I'm not sure if the door panels can be swapped out since they have a black section and stamped Land Rover Logo instead of wood and Land Rover Badge. Beside that, it looks exactly like the door with wood trim so I'm wondering if it can be swapped easily. Has anyone done this? I know you can easily swap out wood for wood... but is the Rhodium package swap as easy?

Thanks,
Danny

My car was delivered with the rhodium trim when I had spec'd wood trim, the dealer had to replace the door card and then peel off the silver trim from the centre console, it can be done with heat to soften the glue.
Sorry I don't have any pics of the car with the job completed the SWMBO is away with the car until easter
There is a supplier in the US that sells kits to replace the trim, alas I dont have the url here. Sons of dogs come hither and get flesh
Clan Cameron

You can swap the trim strips on the doors, without removing the entire door panel.

Have a look at the excellent instructions given by jbrac25 in posts 7 & 9 on this thread......

http://www.rrsport.co.uk/forum/topic7032.html?highlight=

Also the “hockey sticks” on the centre console are seemingly quite easy to swap out too.

Rupert wrote:

You can swap the trim strips on the doors, without removing the entire door panel.

Have a look at the excellent instructions given by jbrac25 in posts 7 & 9 on this thread......

http://www.rrsport.co.uk/forum/topic7032.html?highlight=

Also the “hockey sticks” on the centre console are seemingly quite easy to swap out too.

Ah didn't know that

However, I wonder did they need to peel off the trim on the centre console ??

They might have been able to swap it out like the wood trim. Certainly would have saved the pain of the glue proceedure

Alicatt wrote:

Rupert wrote:

You can swap the trim strips on the doors, without removing the entire door panel.

Have a look at the excellent instructions given by jbrac25 in posts 7 & 9 on this thread......

http://www.rrsport.co.uk/forum/topic7032.html?highlight=

Also the “hockey sticks” on the centre console are seemingly quite easy to swap out too.

The rhodium comes with leather panels in the door and no mounts for wood trim, the whole door card has to be replaced. I watched the tech doing it to my car.

mavromatis wrote:

Even on a US spec cars?

the leather panel is part of the door card, where the wood trim is screwed onto the door card. I don't have any pics of the wood trim, but I'll have a look to see what I have of the leather panel. Sons of dogs come hither and get flesh
Clan Cameron

Alicatt wrote:

the leather panel is part of the door card, where the wood trim is screwed onto the door card. I don't have any pics of the wood trim, but I'll have a look to see what I have of the leather panel.

I looked in Microcat and I don't see different door cards... it's one part number.

VBA500100 -- FRONT, RH
VBA500110 -- FRONT, LH
VBA500120 -- BACK, RH
VBA500130 -- BACK, LH

However, it does say to give vin number for trim... are you sure it's a different panel for a US 2006-2007 wood vs. rhodium?

Here are some photos of the wood and plastic doors:

Wood Front:


Wood Back:


Wood Closeup:


Plastic Front:

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I'd like to know too. I bought a US one with the leather (2008) instead of wood trim because I plan to swap it out with Overfinch Piano Black trim. Thanks.

Any updates to this?

Anyone figure this out?

Evidently not  

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