if you have the REAL brushed aluminum dash kit then please post some pics of it and also mention where you bought it from and how do you like it. im thinkin about brushed aluminum dash kit for my black leather interior. i think its gonna look nice but some of the dash kits look very cheap.

thanks in advance...

 

Hey how about painting the dash and all the color of your car....that would look hot I think.

 

yeah i saw a pic of that here a few days ago and it was sickk. the thing is that i dont have the time, the skill to begin with. and slappin on a dash kit is so much easier :P

 

Your car looks too immaculate to start sticking on stuff all over the interior. Those stick on kits never exactly fit perfectly, real or simulated brush. I'd say do it right the first time and take your time with it. If my car isn't pebble beige, then I'd paint the dash too. I don't really know what color of interior to do with my pebble beige. There should be a write-up somewhere about painting your own dash. I'm just waiting for all the rain to stop because I have a lot of modding to do: intake, AE headlights, tint bumper lenses, gotta finish a piece for my sub box, more.

 

there is a write up on how to paint the dash
http://www.vqpower.com/v2/modules.ph...howpage&pid=55

 

there's a couple, got it from someone ont he org, think he got it from evolution auto design or whatever. they WERE the kits sold through Custom enterprises. any imperfections u see were from installing ... just make sure u dont pend them at ALL cuz they will NOT bend back. and if u're in the market for a good dash kit check out This Group Deal they look good quality and great prices. good luck man

-Brendan

 

very nice, i like what i see

 

old pic, i now have the white faced reverse indiglows.

yeh i painted it chrome instead of silver since no ones ever gonna touch it.
for the dash, i used silver.

 

Here's some pics of my gunmetal kit from Shadow...any imperfections were done during installation...

 

95maxrider that looks GREAT

 

Thank you

 

wow, 95maxrider, you're avatar is really gay ... and the saying under your name and your avatar are quite contradicting. your saying admitting that u are not clever, but u're avatar implying that u are, when in reality u are really quite lameeeeeeeeeeeeee

-Brendan

 

First- Shut up.
Second- I owned a 1995 Maxima GLE before I bought my I30, hence my name
Third- The avatar is a joke that I stole from I30Mike that you wouldn't understand since you've only been here such a short time.
Fourth- Thank you for contributing so much to the thread.
Fifth- Leave now

 

1. your an idiot
2. your nickname is from the movie hackers...nuff said
3. you just got owned
4. sell your max and go buy a honda. i hear they like idiots like you on there forums. we don't.

 

Welcome to the Jungle Brendan. Hope you brought your **** lube

 

lol this ought to be intresting. btw 95 maxrider, how much does that kit go for? it looks real nice i want one

 

That is one tight car. Mad props.

 

To be honest, I forget. PM Shadow and he can tell you.

Thanks Konak

 

And you are important why?

 

the blue steering wheel cover is now black!!!

 

That shift **** looks.....

95maxrider, dash looks good. What imperfections?

 

In person, the gaps aren't perfect, but it's not really noticable in pics I guess.

 

The imperfection in the upper left corner of the middle panel doesn't look like it has anything to do with installation. Is that how all of Shadow's kits align? Looks like it's pretty much spot-on for the right edge but not cut properly to align on the left.

 

shouldnt there be more of it 95amxrider? like for around the guages and around the clock and center vents?

 

Just like maxrider. Any imperfections were done during installation.

 

From Jeff aka Shadow of Evolution auto design.

 

The more I see these kits, the more I prefer the subtle stock look. Clean look > * IMO

 

i agree, but sometimes it gets boring with the plain old black

 

after seein those i think i wanna paint it myself... seems like itll look much cleaner

 

Unless you sand it down and prep it right. The painted surface won't be gloosy. It would just look like spray painted surface.

 

Mine is glossy:

 

mzmtg, can u send me a list of exactly what u bought to do that urself... i like the metallicish lookin silver u used... and what u bought for clearcoat and whatnot... paint codes or brandnames, whatever u can give me to help... thanks!!

 

Can you read the FAQ?

 

ok well i wasnt sure if u used the same thing as everyone... urs was the first ive actually seen done and i love it... just askin bro...

 

Well, from what I remember from the install, I could have done a better job if I had taken the dash out instead of trying to do it in the car. It seemed like the kit could fill out the spaces a little better, but to me the fitment seemed fine. I was just in a rush to install it.


2 da max- Yes there are more pieces to the kit, but due to the layout of the I30 dash, I can't use them all. I also chose not to install the gauge bezel because I already had gauge rungs. If you wanna buy the bezel for cheap, it's just sitting in my basement....

Ben's painted dash looks far better than any I've seen so far. But you can still see a big difference between painted and real aluminum. But why didn't you paint the piece around the AC?

 

I didnt think I could do it in a way that didnt look half baked. I dont think I could do a good enough job of masking it and painting to where it would look decent. So I just left it black.

Better that than a sh!tty paint job.

 

So I assume you can't remove the face from the controls?

 

That definintly looks good, maybe alittle to much "chrome" for MY TASTE, but I cant bash it, it really makes everything stand out alot more.

 

You can. But, the fan speed numbers and duct selector LED lenses are built into the face.

 

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