Home Made wood trim, i think i am up to something Options

[NaderG]

So i posted this idea in an older post and no body replied , i have alot of ideas for my car , some are impossible to do without a fat wallet , some are simple , here is one of the simpler ideas :

i want to add custom amde wood trim in my car , in places that it shouldnt be :
RED --> places i want to put it in
Yellow --> maybe , if things turn out well





Here is what i PLAN to do :
I baught a pack of wood veneer , not the best but the wood looks good . i will finish it my self , cut it to size and then the problem begins ( You can buy prefinished, high quality , flexible veneer online for a price ) The problem is how exactly to put it on there , if i just stick it on there using adhesive it would look cheap and the wood would be above the vinyl and ehh , what i am thinking of doing is using a knife to carve out a 1mm deep place for the wood into the vinyl , make a lil bit smaller that the actual wood and make pockets at the end like this /________\ and then squeeze the wood in with some adhesive and i am done , the only thing is that i am afraid that cutting the vinyl would leave marks all over the edges and make it look bad

PLEASE I NEED OPINIONS !!!! help me out with this project !! any ideas of how to put it on without making it look cheap ??? suggestion ??? THANX , i hope this works so that everybody can benefit.

[cochise]

if you are using wood veneer, try soaking it in water when you bend it. then you have to hold it in place somehow till it dries. it is really amazing how much bend you can get when it is wet.