In 2011 Jeep changed the interior and added some silver accents to the new panels inside. A few people have pulled these and painted them the same color as the outside of the Jeep. I decided that I would just paint in the letters on the vents and the grab handle.
Additional
Parts:
Paint of your Choice
Tools
Needed:
Small flat tip screwdriver
6mm Allen wrench
Trim Removal Tool
Vent Painting:
1. Feel inside the vent for a small square hole. The hole will rotate with the vent diffuser.
2. Position the small hole at about the 1 o'clock position in the vent. It will line up with a similar hole in the housing.
3. Insert a small flat tip screwdriver up into the hole at an angle. Pull up on the end of the screwdriver so that the tip press the release on the locking tab for the vent.
4. While holding the screwdriver, rotate the vent counter clockwise (to the left).
5. Pull the vent out.
Painted
Grab Handle Painting:
1. Remove the two screws from either side of the insert with a 6mm Allen Wrench
2. Carefully pry out the insert with a trim removal tool. Work it out slowly, it's in a piece of rubber that doesn't really want to let it go.
Painted
Door Trim Painting:
1. Carefully pry out the insert with a trim removal tool. Work it out slowly, it's in a piece of rubber that doesn't really want to let it go. The Allen heads are fake in this piece.
Removed. You can see the tabs that hold it into the door.
Miscellaneous:
While I was at it, I filled in the Jeep name on the gas cover.
