Here's a before shot. Who knows were it will end up. I'm open to suggestions......

 

I de-wooded my old RMW and I advise to TURN BACK NOW. You're not into it far at all yet. It's not a lot of effort to pull the trim but there's so many holes and trim studs after you're done pulling the trim, not to mention the removal of all the woodgrain vinyl, to justify it. Unless you're hell bent on a non woody, it's too much effort.

I sold mine no where near completing it after the de-wood and I wish someone had stopped me.

 

Agreed. I did it on an old 92, and I realised I had bitten off way more than I could chew. Not sure if you have started on the vinyl, but if not, and it's in good shape, I say leave it, get the non wooded paint bits repainted or w/e and put the bumper trim back on.

But... saying that, if you want to spend a crap load of money getting the nail holes made invisible, painted bla bla bla go right ahead!

 

in the second picture the car looks great but the wood decal hides alot of dings and dents from the camera lens. if its to the point where you cant stand the way it looks then make the change. as far as removing the wood a heat gun works wonders and can save you hours.

 

How true, when I got my trim off I uncovered some poorly finished bodywork from a prior scrape. The woodgrain came off fairly easy but a few spots had a lot of old glue residue that wouldn't come off except with gasoline. Heat gun and patience are required.

IMO........... it looks AWESOME in white with the woodgrain!

 

Too Late!! I've removed the chrome belt line on one side along with the all of studs and retaining clips. BTW, the vise grip approach WORKS!! Thanks for the complement, Garrison. But this wagon is for sure a ten footer and is in serious need of paint. I'm thinking that I may just keep the wood grain, smooth it out as best I can and re-spray the white.

 

Just do some cool designs with the wood...lol
My whole wagon needs bodywork and paint, so it was a no brainer to de-wood in my case. Don't forget you HAVE to paint to cover up the brown around the fuel door / door handles and rear plate area.

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Just do some cool designs with the wood...lol
My whole wagon needs bodywork and paint, so it was a no brainer to de-wood in my case. Don't forget you HAVE to paint to cover up the brown around the fuel door / door handles and rear plate area.

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If you can save any of those small plastic clips that you see in the upper left corner of the door LMK My CC is missing a ton for the cladding.. It looks like the same white clip I need.. I need the male ones too.

 

i personally like a de-wooded wagon...if its shaved, even better

 

It's personal preference, but to me a de-wooded wagon needs to be shaved and lowered. Simply de-wooding it makes it look like a fleet car, too plain. To each his own, though.

 

Yup, to each there own all comes down to personal tastes and opinion. Shaved and lowered cars are for shows and a de-wooded wagon looks like one that came from the factory without that horribly silly and tacky vinyl stuck to the sides of it to me

The vinyl, I mean wood, does look good with certain colors though.

 

I don't know who did it, but somewhere they de-wooded, shaved and then re-wooded. It looked awesome, especially following the body shape on back where the tail lights used to be.

 

I know which wagon you're talking about, but don't remember the owner's screen name right at the moment. I'm sure it will come to me about 2:00 this morning.

I de-wooded mine, shaved the rear handles, emblems, and rear wiper, and added a roll pan. Then re-wooded with a different color vinyl. It's also lowered with dropped spindles and air ride. So it's a combination of both worlds.

 

^^^^ That is an example of a nice woody wagon.

The other one is NHGONZO (or something like that) and it is shaved to the max

 

nhgonzo is right Thanks.The only updates to date are 245/45r20all four corners , exhaust tips no resonator, redid license plate bracket w/ LED light, mesh style grill w/ 2009 tri shield and matching lower bumper inserts with BI-xenon HID halo projectors,these Pics soon to come.
pics click here shaved woody

 

^^^That is THE one right there. May not be my style but his wagon is a work of art.

 

I like the wood , Now you need to grind all the stubs off and weld all the holes.

 

Crap load? I must be doing something wrong. Less than $100 so far and I have 6 holes left. Granted the Chevy has less studs to contend with, but a little grinding and filling can done by anyone with a brain, lol.

 

Ok, that's a given, a bit of time and grinding, but also filling any pinholes, the bigger holes on each end of the doors (about 1/3 in accross) getting each hole fill level and smooth, sanding the area, then repainting each area, blending well (if it isnt white, blending is even harder).

Just too much hassle for me. I guess some people have more patience!

 

Well.....

I cheated a bit, by swapping the front doors and fenders

Using doors from a 95 saved me the hassle of removing the door mounted mirrors as well.