2012 IS 350C Carbon Fiber Interior Trim - Project Complete
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2012 IS 350C Carbon Fiber Interior Trim - Project Complete
So I'm going to start off by saying I did not do any of the CF work myself. I am too old to learn a new skill. I did do the removal, dis-assembly, and installation of the parts. The installation took about an hour including re-assembly of the cup holder. The project was to overlay real CF on top of the center console, ashtray, and door trim pieces.
Since My car has that high $$$ (I don't know why they cost so much) blue/gray what looks like hydro-dipped wood trim I did not want to sacrifice them for this project. I managed to source a 2011 center console locally (Dallas) for $100 without the ashtray. The rest of the parts came from Sewell. These were the base black trim pieces and they cost around $80 after the CL discount. I don't have any pics of the center console.
Around the same time I started looking for shops to do the work. I was surprised at how few there were in a city as large as Dallas. I found two places. One in Rockwall I think that does steering wheels and another in Caddo Mills called Southwest Fabrication. The Rockwall place quoted a little higher and SW looked like they had more experience with custom work so I went with them. They quoted me $150 per piece and about a month to do the work while the other place quoted me $900 and I don't remember the time frame. I also had to provide the CF to use. This is because SW does a lot of large structural pieces like engine covers, hoods, and rocket fins and they don't keep the super fine stuff on hand. They did provide me with a supplier that would drop-ship to SW along with a 1-3k overlay CF specification so it was not that big of a deal. FYI if you like what you see I sold them the leftovers so they have material now.
If you're interested try this link and ask for Doug:
http://www.swfabrication.com/
They also go by R & D Engineering and make a lot of VW parts.
The project got off to a slow start while they were determining the best way to lay the CF. They provided a lot of pictures of the work while in process. It ended up taking about 6 weeks which I didn't think was too bad. All in all I think I spent about $1000 for parts, material, and labor to get the results below. If you have to buy the center console from a Dealer you will probably spend closer to $1250. Considering the IFS pieces cost around $3000 I don't think it is too bad of a deal.
Since My car has that high $$$ (I don't know why they cost so much) blue/gray what looks like hydro-dipped wood trim I did not want to sacrifice them for this project. I managed to source a 2011 center console locally (Dallas) for $100 without the ashtray. The rest of the parts came from Sewell. These were the base black trim pieces and they cost around $80 after the CL discount. I don't have any pics of the center console.
Around the same time I started looking for shops to do the work. I was surprised at how few there were in a city as large as Dallas. I found two places. One in Rockwall I think that does steering wheels and another in Caddo Mills called Southwest Fabrication. The Rockwall place quoted a little higher and SW looked like they had more experience with custom work so I went with them. They quoted me $150 per piece and about a month to do the work while the other place quoted me $900 and I don't remember the time frame. I also had to provide the CF to use. This is because SW does a lot of large structural pieces like engine covers, hoods, and rocket fins and they don't keep the super fine stuff on hand. They did provide me with a supplier that would drop-ship to SW along with a 1-3k overlay CF specification so it was not that big of a deal. FYI if you like what you see I sold them the leftovers so they have material now.
If you're interested try this link and ask for Doug:
http://www.swfabrication.com/
They also go by R & D Engineering and make a lot of VW parts.
The project got off to a slow start while they were determining the best way to lay the CF. They provided a lot of pictures of the work while in process. It ended up taking about 6 weeks which I didn't think was too bad. All in all I think I spent about $1000 for parts, material, and labor to get the results below. If you have to buy the center console from a Dealer you will probably spend closer to $1250. Considering the IFS pieces cost around $3000 I don't think it is too bad of a deal.
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