Hay guys, I'm very new to this forum, pleased to meet yall :D
I have 1999.5 audi a4 v6 Q, wondering where I could get some carbon fiber dash kit.
I did find some on www.wooddashexperts.com and www.lltek.com and I personally liked one from LLTEK.. the difference would be lltek one covers front seats' door handle covers...
If you could direct me elsewhere that I can find dash kits, would be greatful! :D
Also, if you have any carbon fiber dash kit installed A4/S4 pictures.. please Email them to me! :D
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Or you could save the money and just paint your trim - I did it and it came out nicely. Lots cheaper, not difficult, and looks good:)
And just for fun, what I had to go through to get the trim off (believe me, it looks a lot worse than it is - it took about half an hour to get to this point):
And it was worth the effort to get rid of this crappy 80s-Buick-looking-fake wood trim. Most A4s that I've seen have really nice wood trim, but mine looked like ass. The silver is a huge improvement. Here's how it looked initially:
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Nice job painting Jeremy!! Another thought is to find a wrecked S4 and steal the wood trim off of that, looks much better than the A4 wood trim. Here's mine.
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Thank you, and yeah the S4 wood is really nice. For whatever reason, mine looked like crap. I'm kind of glad it did - I love the silver paintwork that I did, and I'd have been much more hesitant to sand and paint the trim if it looked as good as what you posted.
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The longest part of the work was working off the press clips that hold the trim on from behind. The disassembly and reassembly are very straightforward and easy (for a guide, go to Audiworld.com and look in the Tech area, Interior work, and use the guide for "brushed aluminum trim"). As for the painting, all you have to do is sand to the desired texture (I left it just a bit less than smooth, for more of a machined look) and used silver spray paint (I used Duplicolor Radiant Silver from AutoZone). I did probably four light coats on each piece, letting it dry 30 minutes between coats, and then reassembled it. You could do a clearcoat over it if you want a shine to it, but again, I wanted to mimic a burnished/machine finish, so no clearcoat. Very easy to do overall, and it was really worth it - you can see how bad the wood looked.
IF your into wood you could also order wood veneer and veneer the stock pieces your self. Then you just have to sand stain and add clear coat. Would be a medium amount of work but would look incredible :) and you could use some sort of exotic wood so noone would have it be rather unique.
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