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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 08:58 AM
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I'm thinking about putting a dash kit in. Anyone got any pictures of theirs? Any opinions?
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 09:22 AM
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I just bought bulk Vinyl and put it on myself....

I used some carbon fiber stuff off eBay.
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 09:25 AM
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I just bought bulk Vinyl and put it on myself....

I used some carbon fiber stuff off eBay.
that looks real clean. how hard was it getting it to adhere to the textured vinyl in front of the passenger?
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 02:02 PM
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That panel between the Air bag and glove box, I took it off and did it seprately.. and its the easiest part.

The sides were a bit of a pain because I went all the way to the windshild. But I pulled off all the surounding parts and did it right.. I have now done the center of the IP but have not taken any pictures of it.. the part around the radio went all bad and I had to rip it off.
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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 02:10 PM
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That panel between the Air bag and glove box, I took it off and did it seprately.. and its the easiest part.

The sides were a bit of a pain because I went all the way to the windshild. But I pulled off all the surounding parts and did it right.. I have now done the center of the IP but have not taken any pictures of it.. the part around the radio went all bad and I had to rip it off.

Lol, not laughing at you, just w/ you (please be laughing) haha. I do like how you went to the windshield on the "vent" strip portions of the dash. That was the one thing I hated on the kits, that they never went all the way to the dash. Just seemed weird to have "wood grain" then suddenly the drk grey plastic again. Take some pics of how it looks now... I'd really love to see it. Lookin on eBay for some carbon fiber now... how much did you use so far? including messing up? thanks!
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Old Sep 21, 2010 | 12:51 PM
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Ive used 2 rolls of the carbonfiber from eBay,,,

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/24-x-...Q5fAccessories
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Ive used 2 rolls of the carbonfiber from eBay,,,

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/24-x-...Q5fAccessories

Awesome. Thanks! I got 2 rolls ordered. Gonna do all the dark grey trim in the truck since I already sprayed the light grey black. Hopin this just makes people when my doors open and they see the inside. buddy's already dig the light tan lariat leather top 2tone i have over the cluster... we'll see about this.
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One of the harder points is around the A/C vents by the radio. since that area has a angle from the upper to lower area... I used a heat gun and streached the vinyl to make it work...

Here is a picture but its not real good... I will take some more tonight.
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One of the harder points is around the A/C vents by the radio. since that area has a angle from the upper to lower area... I used a heat gun and streached the vinyl to make it work...

Here is a picture but its not real good... I will take some more tonight.

dude, thats sick! I am so glad I ordered some. any tips other than the radio/ac area? i'll be getting a heat gun... anything else needed?
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The panel around the radio is where I ended up taking it off... I took off the HVAC controls and the Passenger Airbag off Light and did it real nice but the curve down to the power point just would not work.. As you can see I did put some RED accent on the power point area... I want to put some red around the Vents also. I used red to match the outside..


Only thing else you need is to clean the surface good so it sticks...

I installed it on two angles,, the carbonfiber has a pattern to it.. so I went one way on one part and the other direction on the next part. .

Also you will be suprized how fast that place will send you the stuff,,, I got it in like 2 days..
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