Dash Kit Mods
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I know people have painted the silver part red, blue, etc. but i havn't seen/heard anybody do any fiberglass work if thats what your referring to....sorry i couldn't help.
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i will get some pics up soon, mine will be blue, and include a neon music interface, where the black plastic thing is, no more lumps for heated seats, molded in bracket for cd player, so it is one piece with the silver thing, and include a 7 inch in dash monitor on top, and my alpine deck in the middle.... shall be orgasmic
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very soon i should have my interior pics up. my entire interior was ripped out and redone. dash, seats, rug etc. we gutted the car entirely. so within the next week or so i should have some pics up.
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Originally Posted by badg1rl
very soon i should have my interior pics up. my entire interior was ripped out and redone. dash, seats, rug etc. we gutted the car entirely. so within the next week or so i should have some pics up.
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i painted my dash trim, inside of gauges, and gauge bezel red, and the shroud i clear coated. i also painted all 4 inside pillars flat black.
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Originally Posted by 03gobluecobra
That looks pretty good. Some carbon fiber would be nice too.
thanks man, the only thing is that some of the pieces didn't snap back in as tight as they first were. the radio surround sticks out about 1/16" now, and the DIC buttons sometimes stick, it's wierd. i tried making sure the metal clips were on as good as possible before i reassembled everything but it didn't seem to make a difference. either way, it was really easy to do, only took a day. the color is Duplicolor Cherry Red Enamel, with 4 coats of Duplicolor Clear Enamel.
i wish somebody made the CF kits. not the stick on kind, but the actual pieces. i remember they have them for the 350Z and you send in your stock parts as a core, pretty cool stuff.
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Looks good GS. If you get a dash kit, I would advise against the ones that are the adhesive based. Yes the M3 is probably a good adhesive, but I've heard those kits can't stand up to the heat down here in Texas.
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don't worry about it man, the only way i'd get a CF dash kit is if it were actual pieces of CF, not the overlays--those things suck. hopefully someone will come out with the real stuff soon.
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GSoccer.,... u got more pics?... i was thinking about doing the exact same thing to mine ever since i got it...i tried photoshopping but the **** aint the same...(especially with the middle...cause the firs thting i noticed was that painting the head unit was too hard to b worth it and painting the A/C would b basically impossible...so i wanna see how that looks straight on too)
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I can produce some CF parts
Don't wanna step on any vendors toes though.maybe I'll produce some and see if they'll carry em. I dunno just throwin that out there.
Just some background I'm a senior product design student concentrating in automotive interiors. Heres some of my work.
Think thered be any interest?
Just some background I'm a senior product design student concentrating in automotive interiors. Heres some of my work.
Think thered be any interest?
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Originally Posted by GSoccer24
i painted my dash trim, inside of gauges, and gauge bezel red, and the shroud i clear coated. i also painted all 4 inside pillars flat black.
ps GSoccer24 do you want to come to Canada and do mine
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both my pillars have been smoothed primed, and will be arrival blue by next weekend. also have a dual gauge pod molded into the drivers side, as well as a 3.5 inch speaker on each side..... it isnt to hard to mold 2 or 3 gauges in, and paint them any color you want... i honestly think the screw on pods look tacky, so molded my own in, therefore there is no seams... i will have pics up next weekend
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Originally Posted by italstalnprd86
both my pillars have been smoothed primed, and will be arrival blue by next weekend. also have a dual gauge pod molded into the drivers side, as well as a 3.5 inch speaker on each side..... it isnt to hard to mold 2 or 3 gauges in, and paint them any color you want... i honestly think the screw on pods look tacky, so molded my own in, therefore there is no seams... i will have pics up next weekend
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Its kind of a bad situation. I wish i had all black interior but yet i had to have the G85. i wasnt about to get the blue in the interior. but i have to go with silver probably because of my seats
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dont mean to bring this back from the dead but anyone know where i can get a real aluminum dash trim kit? not adhesive aluminum but the real deal?.. im getting really annoyed with the trim from gm, keeps peeling around the hvac controls.. anyone know the part number for the hvac control piece.