Trying to remove the chrome lining on air vents

Anybody knows how to remove the chrome lining on the air vents on a 15 tundra?

 

Yes same situation here tired of the sun reflecting on it

 

The center by the shifter i got it out

 

After wondering this myself for a while, and then seeing this thread, I decided to go at it.

It was a lot easier than I expected.

1) Gently pry up the instrument panel register subassembly.

2) Remove the three Phillips head screws.

3) using your fingers, gently lift the 3 side locking tabs.

That's it.

I haven't done the other ones yet, but I assume it won't be much harder.

 

No worries! Thanks to Joe C for reminding me to get off of my keister and figure this out. While I had this trim piece out just now, this is what I did:





Now time to take the dog on a walk and pick the kids up at the pool.

 

looking good

 

Looks great! Thank you. This has been on my list. What type of paint did you use?

 

Thanks guys on the compliments, and sorry to hijack your thread Joe C.

Got the idea from Roboots21 over at Tundratalk.net.

This is the 3M brushed steel vinyl wrap he suggested and I used.

$23 3M 1080 BR201 Brushed Steel 5ft x 1ft (5 Sq/ft) Car Wrap Vinyl Film

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00HVER57Y/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Very please with it so far. Already did the cup holder and the 1 vent.

 

In the words of Imorton Joe...u shall ride eternal shiney and chrome! Looks great good job

 

No worries BRNG ITT I didn't know that everybody wants to do this. Thank you for the share.

 

If I have to paint it what kind of paint that is good or adhere to it.

 

nice job, I couldn't wait to get rid of the chrome trim. The 2 center trim pieces are a little more difficult and time consuming. 3/4 of the dash has to be removed to get the one on either side of the radio.

 

Where and how did you make your shifter look like that!! That looks so cool, looks like you have a manual tundra

 

Looks good planning to dechrome those vents and gear panel, cant stand the glare anymore..

 

Joe, how did you get this out? I Plasti Dipped the cup holder and want to do this too.

 

I wrapped the ac vent bezels with pressure wrap to get rid of the chrome

 

Someone needs to make a sticky with all the interior disassembly information.

 

The iPhone mirroring installation video for the 2015 Tundra here may help. There is a section on taking apart the radio area of the dash. http://www.beatsonicusa.com/if02ep.html

 

I'm curious as to how you made your shifter knob look like that as well!

 

That's pretty much all there is to it! Took the pieces off earlier. Wish I would have seen the linked video first. Lol. There are 18 plastic clips on the gray bezel piece that hold it on. I will get all of my photos and try to put together a DIY thread for all of the chrome trim pieces for future one stop shopping.

Thank you ChucklesToy for the video.

 

http://www.tundratalk.net/forums/in...-shift-boot-mod.html#/topics/322890?_k=qjgisg

 

Not 100% sure I'll be able to get to the write up this week (getting ready for the F1 races in Austin this weekend!), but I did find this condensed write up with some good pictures that should suffice for now. Overall, not too difficult, but quite a few pieces/panels need to be removed to get the center trim piece out.

http://www.tundratalk.net/forums/tu...-nav-hd-radio-surround-accent-vinyl-wrap.html

 

I've always thought this was funny. Guys that buy nice trucks look for ways to get all the chrome off (me included sometimes), meanwhile guys that buy basic trucks without ANY chrome are looking to upgrade some of their trim to add some chrome.

 

I find it funny too, but I think it is a balance and sometimes there is just too much chrome on certain models. I like the balance of the Platinum as well as the badges (or lack of them). In the case of the center console, I wouldn't mess with it except that the reflection on a sunny day is very blinding and distracting.

 

The motivation for me was the blinding sunlight reflection off the cup holder surround. The minimum amount of 3m textured pressure wrap was a 1' piece cut from a 4' roll, so for about $25 I had enough to do over 30 cup holders. The AC bezels were the easiest, the Toyota emblem in the middle of the steering wheel the most difficult (really not happy with the results of this).

 

How did you pull the silver thing by the shif knob the one that you painted.

 

Awesome! What kind of black did you use to paint that dash?

 

dupli color truck bed liner.

 

Pictures!?

 

It’s been over a year and a half now. Holding up pretty well. Zoom in and you can see the texture that matches the factory stuff on each side of the head unit