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Old 07-02-15, 04:28 PM
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Default Wanting To Ditch the Woodgrain Interior

Ideally I'd like to swap for nice aluminum(?) stock pieces but, so far I haven't found those for sale. Only thing I've found is carbon fiber wrapping which is nice but, I'm not in the market for anything that exotic. What options are available? Thanks!

-Alex
Old 07-02-15, 04:52 PM
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Brushed aluminum vinyl wrap would work. You can take it off too when you want to switch things up.
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What I did with my trims I had them custom real carbon fiber on my OEM trims. This is not dipped or wrapped. Here's the link
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/clu...-fiber-30.html
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Originally Posted by SilvaIS350
What I did with my trims I had them custom real carbon fiber on my OEM trims. This is not dipped or wrapped. Here's the link
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/clu...-fiber-30.html
I saw that but, a bit out of my price range and more so, don't want to have to send my window switches and stuff out for a few weeks to wait for the completed process. Does look awesome though.

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Originally Posted by Toretto
I saw that but, a bit out of my price range and more so, don't want to have to send my window switches and stuff out for a few weeks to wait for the completed process. Does look awesome though.

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It's basically its core exchange. So you don't have to drive around with no trims.
Old 07-02-15, 06:18 PM
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Originally Posted by SilvaIS350
It's basically its core exchange. So you don't have to drive around with no trims.
Ah okay gotcha!

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Old 07-03-15, 07:32 PM
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I did a matte aluminum 3M wrap on mine. It actual looks really good.

I even got into an argument the other day because a friend of mine didn't believe me when I told him today my car came with wood grain. He couldn't tell it was a wrap, even upon close inspection.
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I was getting tired of my woodgrain aswell, decided to wrap my center console with cf wrap. There were small bubbly area so I might take it off and redo it again. Here's a pic of it

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CF Wrap or any color wrap would do, it's easy to do on your own!
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Damn that looks ****ing awesome! Are you all getting this wrap from Ebay, or a vendor here?

-Alex
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Thanks, yeah I just bought it on ebay for like $20 for a 60x24 roll.
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Originally Posted by JV6
Thanks, yeah I just bought it on ebay for like $20 for a 60x24 roll.
Looks like it was factory that way. Did you have a difficult time getting in the edges by the chrome shifter bezel?

-Alex
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Originally Posted by JV6
Thanks, yeah I just bought it on ebay for like $20 for a 60x24 roll.
do u have a link to ebay and a link for a diy?
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Originally Posted by Toretto
Looks like it was factory that way. Did you have a difficult time getting in the edges by the chrome shifter bezel?

-Alex
Yeah I did, you can prolly see some imperfection around it but from outside looking in it's not really noticeable. Beats having woodgrain

Originally Posted by Primid
do u have a link to ebay and a link for a diy?
I have link to ebay but not a diy link, I just use a flat head and pop both silver trim on each side and slowly pop the center console out. Once center console is out there will be 2 wire plug that you have to disconnect, it's pretty straight forward and don't hesitate to use some force when yanking it off lol

Here's ebay link
http://www.ebay.com/itm/5D-Top-Grade-Shinny-Gloss-Glossy-BLack-24-x-60-Carbon-Fiber-Vinyl-Wrap-Sticker-/161705021350?hash=item25a65ecfa6
Fast shipper and usa seller, took only couple days for it to arrive at parcel pick up for me.

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Originally Posted by Primid
do u have a link to ebay and a link for a diy?
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from...+wrap&_sacat=0

I saw a red option I would consider for my all black interior.

-Alex


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