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Old Oct 1, 2007 | 04:55 PM
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What are the chances of any GB happening on these and when or how soon could it happen? Swirls marks are starting to develop on my wood trim and I really want to protect it asap.

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Old Oct 4, 2007 | 10:19 PM
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for the ones from www.wooddashexperts.com i wonder if you can just order certain parts of the kit. Personaly i would only use about 7 of the 33 pieces they include, and their the 7 in the carson kit. I ask this cause i read their website and it says they dont make the kit till its ordered basicy, so if thats the case we should be able to more the order a bit more customized to us right? i mean if we can get this kit for cheaper, it might be to cheap not to try haha under 200
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Old Oct 5, 2007 | 04:18 AM
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Originally Posted by weesped
for the ones from www.wooddashexperts.com i wonder if you can just order certain parts of the kit. Personaly i would only use about 7 of the 33 pieces they include, and their the 7 in the carson kit. I ask this cause i read their website and it says they dont make the kit till its ordered basicy, so if thats the case we should be able to more the order a bit more customized to us right? i mean if we can get this kit for cheaper, it might be to cheap not to try haha under 200
I doubt you will be able to but its worth a try I guess. Honestly order all 33 lol. If you get in in Real CF I might buy some off you. Its the cheapest you will find it. Car-gym.com has the carson kit for 280 without shipping.
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Old Oct 6, 2007 | 10:30 AM
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[QUOTE=Letz250;2937130]Check this out: http://www.car-gym.com/catalog/produ...oducts_id=1327. Judging the pics, it is the same as the Carson Kit, and the special offer is definitely lower than GB price from Carson. I got mine last week. Shipping was very fast: 3 days from Hong Kong to Europe. Quality is excellent! QUOTE]


Got mine in today, the quality is great but it didnt have any tape to stick it on, what kind of tape did u use to put it on??
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Old Oct 6, 2007 | 10:52 AM
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Should be double-sided 3m tape.
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Old Oct 6, 2007 | 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Fiko18
what kind of tape did u use to put it on??
Below is the listing for 3M automotive trim tapes.

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3..._Select_Guide/

And the procedure for application.

http://multimedia.mmm.com/mws/mediaw...eeejjEQ0ABc&B-

Type of tape used.

http://multimedia.mmm.com/mws/mediaw...999AnkLW79LLI-

Type of primer used.

http://multimedia.mmm.com/mws/mediaw...aaa220MYAAAA_-

Type of cleaner used

http://products3.3m.com/catalog/us/e...er/output_html

http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3...izePageHandler
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Old Oct 6, 2007 | 11:23 AM
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Seems like they are using Carson's pictures as well...
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Old Oct 6, 2007 | 11:42 AM
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[QUOTE=Fiko18;2965895]
Originally Posted by Letz250
Check this out: http://www.car-gym.com/catalog/produ...oducts_id=1327. Judging the pics, it is the same as the Carson Kit, and the special offer is definitely lower than GB price from Carson. I got mine last week. Shipping was very fast: 3 days from Hong Kong to Europe. Quality is excellent! QUOTE]


Got mine in today, the quality is great but it didnt have any tape to stick it on, what kind of tape did u use to put it on??
so the car-gym one doesnt come with tape one? that sucks. i was really leaning toward this one also, but can u post some pics on when u get it installed?
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Old Oct 6, 2007 | 12:45 PM
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so the car-gym one doesnt come with tape one? that sucks. i was really leaning toward this one also, but can u post some pics on when u get it installed?
For a price drop from over 400$ to 280$ I have no problem it comes without tape! I even prefer it does not come with so I can choose myself. I used a double sided tape from a brand named "Tesa" -don't know if it's available for you-. It is very thin, (~1/4 mm), 19mm wide, clear and holds up to 20kg/m ! The best is, it leaves no residues on removal, which you cannot be sure of for a preinstalled one!
IMO investing 3€ for tape and 10 min. to apply it should be worth it.

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Old Oct 6, 2007 | 03:08 PM
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I still want to see a clear pic of the weave and most of the pieces.

Mr Mark post some clear detailed pics of your kit from this company. Then post them side by side of your kit form carson. Many poeple here have the carson kit and I am sure would want to see how the two weaves look against one another.
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Old Oct 6, 2007 | 03:35 PM
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im so confused about the tape. haha. idk why this should be pretty simple right? but theres so many different ones. so idk where n which one to buy lol. any help? thanks guys. im having a stupid day
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Old Oct 6, 2007 | 05:21 PM
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i will post some pics when i put everything on, its the same one as carson except w/o the tape, i'm just gona use thin double sided tape
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Old Oct 6, 2007 | 10:13 PM
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To make it easier, buy the 3M double sided tape with the red back. It's pretty thin and stick real well. Just clean the surface, where the tape is going to stick to, real well. I'm not sure if rubbing alcohol will cause nay harm to the wood trim but that's what I would use to clean, then dry it off.
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Old Oct 6, 2007 | 11:22 PM
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which kit did you buy rfx45?
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Old Oct 6, 2007 | 11:35 PM
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Oh no, I didn't buy anything for the IS250, sorry for the confusion. However, I have bought a couple for my Brother and friends so I know a bit about it. Even though the kit I bought for my friends weren't the best quality, the way I installed it has stayed and looks pretty good.

I might be investing on the ones from WoodDashKits though since they have a plain black color. I'm just waiting a bit if MrMark is going to have a GB on it though.
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