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View Poll Results: which dash kit should i choose, brushe alluminum or wood
brushed alluminum
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i need help choosing between aluminum and wood dash kit pleasse help decide

Old Apr 25, 2005 | 07:14 PM
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i need help choosing between aluminum and wood dash kit pleasse help decide

well im torn between the look im going for, wich is more racer lookign, considering i got the aniversary pedals, momo aluminum ebrake is coming, brushed aluminum flip out screen, and im def gettin black and grey leather, but the oem wood look gives the car soooo much class, but i dont think i can mpull it off without the car clashing, call me a chick i guess but i just like my car having 1 specific look


that is the wood and you all know what the brushed alluminum kits look like
Old Apr 25, 2005 | 07:16 PM
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if there weren't so many pieces on that kit, it would look a whole lot better....I, personally, like the aluminum look better, especially with a black or gray interior, but i don't like it when they're overdone...just my .02

edit: and since you have all those other aluminum 'accessories' i really think it would be best if you got an aluminum molded kit...I, too, wouldn't like to have my car 'clashing' especially on the interior
Old Apr 25, 2005 | 08:44 PM
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you have aluminum, stick with it. I think it will fit nice with the black interior. If i had money to blow i would get it as well
Old Apr 25, 2005 | 08:46 PM
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aluminum look better
Old Apr 25, 2005 | 08:47 PM
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yeah def the aluminum the wood will look cheesy and more like you drive an old mans car...
Old Apr 25, 2005 | 08:51 PM
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ure 17 man..wood shouldn't even be a choice..more like cf or aluminum
Old Apr 25, 2005 | 09:06 PM
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aluminum and don't go for one with as many pieces as the kit in your picture. it's overkill.
Old Apr 25, 2005 | 09:09 PM
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Id only do like a burlwood if I had a tan interior. (or other colors that werent available on the Max)

Go with the aluminum
Old Apr 25, 2005 | 09:41 PM
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aluminum, definitely aluminum
Old Apr 25, 2005 | 09:55 PM
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aluminum for sure...im gona get rid of my woodgrain as soon as i scrape up enough cash..alot of people like it but ya i think it looks like for a old mans car...im gonna get carbon fiber
Old Apr 25, 2005 | 09:57 PM
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If you want wood... anyway...get the aluminum dash...wood is you aren't 60 right?
Old Apr 25, 2005 | 10:52 PM
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I have a wood interior and everybody likes it. I bought it like that and the the inside looks pimped, but i might change to aluminum idk yet. Go for the aluminum it'll look better with all them things you listed.
Old Apr 25, 2005 | 11:04 PM
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aluminum man, get wood trims when you get older like 30ish..
Old Apr 25, 2005 | 11:09 PM
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Originally Posted by nismo0604
... call me a chick ...
You're a CHICK!
Old Apr 26, 2005 | 04:48 AM
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thanks for the feedback to sum...and to others u guys hurt my feelings but all in all thanks, ive made my decision on the aullmuinum, i always thought i was guna get that just thought the wood was nice looking if i drove a nicer car, but im guna buy my mom the burlwood dash kit for her g35 for mothers day
Old May 6, 2005 | 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by nismo0604
thanks for the feedback to sum...and to others u guys hurt my feelings but all in all thanks, ive made my decision on the aullmuinum, i always thought i was guna get that just thought the wood was nice looking if i drove a nicer car, but im guna buy my mom the burlwood dash kit for her g35 for mothers day
yeah i think it would be a LOT better to get the aluminum....and make sure not to overdo it (as in too many pieces)
Old May 7, 2005 | 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by meccanoble
aluminum, definitely aluminum
My interior is tan leather and the factory wood looks nice - but if you have a gray interior then go with the aluminum. Also depending on the color of your Max... wood is good with white, green, blue, tan... and aluminum with black, gray, silver
Old May 8, 2005 | 03:45 PM
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Fake aluminum =
Get a molded kit too...flat kits look wack in person
Old May 8, 2005 | 04:02 PM
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in my opinion wood grain isnt "luxury" its "old man"
which is why got a molded brushed aluminum kit to cover up the wood grain in my old GLE
it looked good with the pedals and door sills

Old May 8, 2005 | 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Triple8Sol
Fake aluminum =
Get a molded kit too...flat kits look wack in person
fake woodgrain =
Old May 8, 2005 | 04:04 PM
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and that picture at the top has WAY to many pieces..its even on the steering wheel controls!!!!
Old May 8, 2005 | 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Maxima-Ness
Id only do like a burlwood if I had a tan interior. (or other colors that werent available on the Max)

Go with the aluminum
I agree with this 100%. Aluminum with your black dash, chief.
Old May 8, 2005 | 07:50 PM
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From the poll results... I guess aluminum it is... ?

It def looks better... considering the "theme" of the rest of your car...
Old May 8, 2005 | 07:50 PM
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Aluminium.
Old May 8, 2005 | 07:53 PM
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where are you getting the kit from? i was thinking about getting one myself.
Old May 8, 2005 | 10:19 PM
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I have a GLE and seeing the switch to aluminum from wood, I may want to do this... Aluminum is what i had in the 99 Se-L, and looks like a weekend project for the GLE...
Old May 9, 2005 | 06:26 AM
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aluminum

Just a matter of personal opinion. The OEM factory wood seems a lil cheap to me, the brushed aluminum looks great... It's all over the Infiniti G35 and I think it makes the Maxima interior more elegant ESPECIALLY on the black interior....
Old May 9, 2005 | 07:54 AM
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Carbon Fiber Fawkers......lol...j/k

still cf....
Old May 9, 2005 | 08:11 AM
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that wood trim kit looks like crap IMO.....get the aluminum
Old May 9, 2005 | 01:38 PM
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anyways, the brushed alluminum kit is alredy at my house so might as well close this thread mods
Old May 9, 2005 | 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by nismo0604
anyways, the brushed alluminum kit is alredy at my house so might as well close this thread mods
Please tell me you got the molded kit.
Old May 9, 2005 | 02:03 PM
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anyways, the brushed alluminum kit is alredy at my house so might as well close this thread mods
i wanna see what that ish looks like.
Old May 9, 2005 | 02:08 PM
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nismo check your pm. thanks
Old May 9, 2005 | 07:35 PM
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brash alummium

brash aluminium
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