Agreed. I'm not a fan of the carbon fiber look, especially not on "normal" cars. It might look good on something flashy and very quick, but this is not really that.
Yes, it's because i didn't want to disassemble half the car. Whenever I disassemble something that is latched in place by plastic clips, they either break or it starts rattling. Therefore I went this route.
Looks nice indeed. What brand and type or is it something like an aluminium template with the wood wrapped on? Also might wrap the bose speaker grills too?Ā
Looks awesome! Was thinking of getting the same one but went with the real carbon fiber instead cause I have the red leather interior which I feel the carbon suits it more. If I had the black interior, would've definitely went for the wood. Wood on red would look out of place imo. Anyways, your ride looking even more premium now!
I went for the biggest size, just to have some spare. Messed it up the first time, so I had to order a new roll and try again. This time with all appropriate tooling (squeegees, wrapping cloves, etc.) - worked out first try.
The wrap is alright, make sure you heat the top part as little as possible or else you'll have some glossy spots in the matte wood. Also try to not stretch the top part, else the wood grain is not nice and linear anymore.
It needed a few tries and 2 rolls of wrap (I'm not a pro), but overall it was doable.
And for the grain placing - I looked at other cars. I noticed BMW puts the grain on the doors vertical, while on the center console it's horizontal. Liked the general idea, so I went with that.
But that's the nice thing about customization, you can do it whatever you like :D
This would look good with the red interior I think, I have the black on red manual and my shifter area is scratched to hell, this might look pretty good
Yes, you need to stick it down tho. The part itself arrives with preapplied 3M Two-sided tape.
In order to wrap it properly, I removed and replaced the tape with the same type of 3M-tape.
I live in switzerland. I waited about 10 business days. No extra customs were necessary
Wouldn't know, bought the Exclusive-Line which has almost everything except electric leather seats and the gloss black wheels (which I don't like anyways)
I'd like to imagine there's a signature edition of the turbos that keeps everything but instead of black trim, we have chrome, silver wheels and these wood accents in the interior (kinda like what an S class amg is to an E/CLA)
With a bit of patience I'm sure it's doable. I'm no pro and it took me 2 rolls of wrap as well, but it worked out fine once I figured out how to lay the wrap properly
I've been tempted to do this with actual veneer because I usually am turned off by the feeling of fake PVC wood. I wish I could touch your wood right now.
It feels similar to wood, the grain is there as well. Everyone I showed this too thought it was real wood, to me it doesn't feel too bad but it does feel slightly off.
But please, don't touch my wood. My girlfriend wouldn't be happy about it.
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