The wood is a real wood. Just took off a few pieces of trim just now and it looks cool. on some of the ends you can see the bare wood.

If it can be done, I was going to paint it OEM graphite metalic finish (like our door handels)

Wanted to know if anyone has done it successfully and how was the experience.

Im afraid of it looking gheto too, lol
if body shop says it wont look 100% then i'll buy trim to replace.