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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 06:12 PM
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Default Auto couture "Gray Birds Eye Maple" Kit

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http://www.auto-couture.com/interior/completegray/

some one please tell me I did the math wrong...is this REALLY 7750.00 USD?????
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 06:23 PM
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$7,475.63 and you were close enough i used a currency calculator
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Old Aug 14, 2005 | 08:53 PM
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Wow , that 's way expensive
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Old Aug 15, 2005 | 08:11 AM
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Come on man, I mean I know some people would pay $1K for tail lights to swell thier heads, but $8K for interior wood is way too much. They make LEXUS OEM look cheap.
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Old Aug 15, 2005 | 02:52 PM
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That is correct I priced this out at the lexus dealer parts and labor install was over $11k.
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Old Aug 15, 2005 | 03:17 PM
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Does anyone know of other options on this type of kit? I wonder if you can get the interior wood panels but in CF............
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Old Aug 15, 2005 | 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by GRAND_LS 4
Come on man, I mean I know some people would pay $1K for tail lights to swell thier heads, but $8K for interior wood is way too much. They make LEXUS OEM look cheap.
yeah thats too much money especially if your house isnt even paid for yet
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Old Aug 15, 2005 | 09:21 PM
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That's a beautiful wood kit but there has to be an alternative. There's no way I'd pay that much for wood trim unless it came with pack of peanut M&M's.
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Old Aug 16, 2005 | 11:16 AM
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Looks great imo.
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Old Aug 17, 2005 | 06:17 PM
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Man I love that interior.
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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 01:22 AM
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just curious, isn't that if you get the white interior, you get the blackwood already? or this is different?
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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 04:42 PM
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That interior wood looks just like the stock interior in my 01 Ultra. 9K for wood is the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by rominl
just curious, isn't that if you get the white interior, you get the blackwood already? or this is different?
It's really a greyish wood, & yes, I thought it looks similar to the one you get for the 01-03 LS430UL with the ecru interior .
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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 05:47 PM
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so meaning for 7k you just get a slightly different color interior? man, that's a lot of money
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Old Aug 18, 2005 | 11:36 PM
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Forget slightly greyish. Its looks exactly the same. I can't believe someone has the nerve to charge that much. If buyers are smart, they should look into a salvaged 01-03 ultra in the US and have the wood removed for 1/100 of the cost!!!!!!!
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