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Made myself a carbon centre console kinda

Old Oct 16, 2008 | 05:32 PM
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Made myself a carbon centre console kinda

How much $15 instead of $459.99









car looking bare

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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 06:50 PM
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Very nice carbon fiber weave for a tape.
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 06:52 PM
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1000 X better then the silver look.
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 07:03 PM
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I tried doing this before but gave up because my arts and crafts skills suck.
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 07:12 PM
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is that a right hand drive rx8? good job!.. i did the same thing with mine.. but i think you had a better looking carbon fiber tape...
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 07:15 PM
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i did this a while ago, after a year the tape bubbled up like crazy. I tried stripping the tape but it left a very nasty residue, i ended up stripping the whole thing, paint included, and repainted the whole thing black
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 07:15 PM
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Avery has a nice "Brushed Aluminum" vinyl adhesive aswell (called Brushed Chrome, although it doesn't look like chrome)... I thought it would look great used for the same application in which you've used the carbon fiber.

The stock silver paint is deteriorating around the same spot my knee tends to sit a lot of the time lol... I think it would make a great replacement.
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 07:17 PM
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i dont really go for carbon fiber but it looks like a nice job
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 08:24 PM
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did this a while back but had problems with bubbles so i ripped it all off and just painted it. hope it works for you
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 08:27 PM
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hahaha
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Old Oct 16, 2008 | 11:48 PM
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Nice purse!

Errrr.....ummmm....I mean, nice work!
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Old Oct 17, 2008 | 07:19 AM
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Where do you get $459.99 from? The fake CF Mazdaspeed trim pieces? Which I know is an outrageous amount for plastic.

I thought about doing that, but I prefer the real CF myself.

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Old Oct 17, 2008 | 07:50 AM
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if you notice his car is RHD, so im assuming that price isnt in USD
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Old Oct 17, 2008 | 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by S1lveRx8
I tried doing this before but gave up because my arts and crafts skills suck.
+1!
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Old Oct 17, 2008 | 09:55 AM
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Ill probably just paint mine. I had an air freshener hanging from my ebrake, and the sun melted it to the plastic piece; when I peeled it off, off came the paint . Ill prob repaint them black over the winter
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Old Oct 17, 2008 | 11:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Renesis07
Ill probably just paint mine. I had an air freshener hanging from my ebrake, and the sun melted it to the plastic piece; when I peeled it off, off came the paint . Ill prob repaint them black over the winter
Believe it or not, it wasn't the sun. It was the chemicals in your air freshener that dissolved the plastic trim.
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Old Oct 17, 2008 | 11:21 AM
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i like the stock pieces. my red LED's bounce off it nice. if i murdered out my black leather interior, you wouldnt even notice hahaha
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Old Oct 17, 2008 | 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Greenblurr93
if you notice his car is RHD, so im assuming that price isnt in USD
I read. Check it - http://www.mazdaparts.org/mazdaspeedrx8consolekit.html
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Old Oct 17, 2008 | 12:24 PM
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what a waste of money. How much was yours?
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Old Oct 17, 2008 | 05:16 PM
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clean job man
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Old Oct 18, 2008 | 03:47 AM
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its $459 on rx8strakes
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Old Oct 18, 2008 | 04:48 PM
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Yup, those are the fake CF Mazdaspeed trim pieces.
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Old Oct 18, 2008 | 05:53 PM
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Not bad looking,

but i dont really dig carbon anything in the interior. if you change the silver down the middle, than you have the accents on the radio / air vents etc that throws it off. Just too much going on.

I would either paint piano black or just leave em alone.
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Old Oct 18, 2008 | 07:01 PM
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thats not real carbon is it? im looking for real carbonsheet in blue for my winning blue rx8, any links?
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