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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 11:37 PM
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dezau's Interior Revamp

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From RedlineGoods.
Black Alcantara (9040) and Medium Blue thread.

Short Review:
The boot is in really great quality, OEM perfect fit.
Much, much better than I thought. Granted this "authentic" alcantara boot costs $75 with shipping after a discount, It is not cheap by any mistake.
However for someone who'd really want to upgrade their looks of their interior, this is a MUST have!
The medium blue is a little darker than I thought, then again turquoise might look weird in the dash, so I'm not upset about that.
Overall a really good purchase if you can justify the price.
Their regular leather boot sells for like 40 I think.
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Yes, it's ricey, but I honestly can't think of any color that'd go nice, the Gloss black on my B-Pillar looks really obvious that it's a vinyl so it wouldn't fit well in the interior.

So I figured what the heck, but it turned out great imo. :D

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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 11:40 PM
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That looks really good actually.
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Old Apr 1, 2012 | 08:14 AM
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I actually think it looks good with the pre-06 models, as the seats have the ribbed leather. Well done, IMO
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Old Apr 1, 2012 | 09:39 AM
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ive wanted to do this for so long but taking off the center console looks like a pain in the ***
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Old Apr 1, 2012 | 03:41 PM
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Thanks guys haha.

Originally Posted by Rotary-RX8
ive wanted to do this for so long but taking off the center console looks like a pain in the ***
Actually it's surprisingly easy. I live in an apartment so I did it in my parking spot and taking it out took like idk what 10 mins? It was like 10 screws...
It's on page 141 (i think) of the shop manual (body)
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Old Apr 1, 2012 | 04:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Rotary-RX8
ive wanted to do this for so long but taking off the center console looks like a pain in the ***
Originally Posted by dezau
Thanks guys haha.



Actually it's surprisingly easy. I live in an apartment so I did it in my parking spot and taking it out took like idk what 10 mins? It was like 10 screws...
It's on page 141 (i think) of the shop manual (body)
That looks great dezau and yes, taking the console apart is surprisingly easy. I took mine apart yesterday since I want to paint the interior pieces with something similar to piano black. I searched around the site and found some useful info. Here are some pics I found on how to take it apart: http://www.hi-impact.org/ryang/modif...8_console.html
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Old Apr 1, 2012 | 07:21 PM
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I did this last year and the carbon fiber wrap has held up great. Mine looks just like yours.
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Old Apr 1, 2012 | 10:45 PM
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The carbon fiber looks good on it, nice job.
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Old Apr 2, 2012 | 07:42 AM
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man that looks awesome i almost did this a while back still have the materials but never got around to it lol
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Old Apr 2, 2012 | 12:40 PM
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Great work man!
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Old Apr 2, 2012 | 01:15 PM
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looks good i did this to my wifes LY but used yellow vinyl...

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Old Apr 3, 2012 | 09:47 AM
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that looks good!!!! me like it.....
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Old Apr 3, 2012 | 09:59 AM
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^ love it
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Old Apr 3, 2012 | 08:34 PM
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that looks amazing bro
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Old Apr 3, 2012 | 10:40 PM
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Great job man! I also love the shift position indicator above the shift **** looks cool!
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Old Apr 4, 2012 | 04:03 AM
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lol thanks guys, and that indicator came with my shift ****
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Old Apr 4, 2012 | 06:26 AM
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Looks good. I've used the 3M Di-Noc CF before. You can put a couple of light layers of clear coat on it to make it look more real.
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Old Apr 12, 2012 | 07:31 PM
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well... real CF is matte anyways lol and i kinda like the texture so idk... i've put it on anyways lol too late...

here's an update!
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