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  • Traded the wood dash trim for carbon fiber

    So the mod ninja came out again tonight and I know the crappy pics ruin it. This is one of those mods that looks better in person and the pics do it no justice.

    Started at about 9:30pm and finished at 12:30am. The nice part was the main bezel pulls straight off. Everything looks factory-applied and the black is ominous and vaderish, but nice and theme appropriate. Shift knob should be here Monday or Tuesday, but I covered the wood one with Di-NOC for the hell of it (took about 30 minutes just for that experiment).

    Here it is before:


    Bezel pulled out. You need a Torx T25 to pull the vents from it. I'm thinking about XJ vent analog clock mod...


    After. I started with the airbag and did that still on the dash. Used a paper hole punch to make a perfectly little round hole to view the airbag indicator light.


    Here is one of the four door panels. Did these without removing them.


    So this takes some patience, a heat gun, razer blade, credit card or similar to press film into gaps, a picking tool to scrape little pieces of cut vinly out of gaps, small screwdriver and good lighting. This film is mega thick, but easy to work with when hot.

    Aside from crappy pics, what do you think? Keep or remove?
    Last edited by exexpat; 12-11-2010, 04:07 PM.
    My first JDM project after decades of European cars!

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    Usually I'm not a carbon fan, but the wood grain you had was real ugly, imo, so it's quite an improvement.

    Some nice woodgrain, I'd have liked better, thoug... just not the stuff you used to have there.

    '87 Porsche 944 S | Ex-E36 Touring (2009 - 2016) | Daily: '02 Chrysler Sebring

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    • #3
      Danke. Morgen mache ich bessere Fotos...

      Post 100 - auf Deutsch sogar. Der 200 mache ich es auf Chinesisch
      Last edited by exexpat; 12-11-2010, 04:03 AM.
      My first JDM project after decades of European cars!

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      • #4
        Originally posted by exexpat View Post
        Danke. Morgen mache ich bessere Fotos...

        Post 100 - auf Deutsch sogar. Der 200 mache ich es auf Chinesisch


        And it's almost flawless as well.

        '87 Porsche 944 S | Ex-E36 Touring (2009 - 2016) | Daily: '02 Chrysler Sebring

        www.bastienbochmann.de | Tief & Breit

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        • #5
          the wood was mehh.

          keep the carbon look. it looks a billion times better.

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          • #6
            I dont know... Your car screams class.... and to me carbon is a step backwards..... It just vinyl right? If its real carbon, then hell, its gangster as.. but yeah.
            Originally posted by anth
            Lucky they didn't come into your house and disrespect your whole family.

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            • #7
              I thnk the cf looks bettr but it doesnt really go with the theme of the car. But it can always be removed i guess an it looks like u did a good job....

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              • #8
                Grippin grain, switchin lanes...awe not anymore.
                I <3 Poke

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                • #9
                  "grippin' weave, 'bout to leave"?
                  My first JDM project after decades of European cars!

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                  • #10
                    I kinda liked the wood
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                    • #11
                      wood > fake carbon
                      4 Cars, 0 Cupholders

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                      • #12
                        yup i liked the wood better too.
                        Originally posted by Jesus Christ
                        he mustve enjoyed that bj.

                        i know for a fact you chubby bitches could suck the air bubbles out of a brake line

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                        • #13
                          Your wood gave me wood.

                          I have no more wood anymore.

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                          • #14
                            i like the vinyl.

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                            • #15
                              Petis turns the tide again. Just looked at it the morning after. I still prefer it.
                              My first JDM project after decades of European cars!

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