Photos of Aluminum Dash kit...

[Woody]

I completed install of my "brushed aluminum" dash kit. In general I can rccommend these types of stick on kits. The 3M material is pretty remarkable. Once you heat it up it becomes like a soft rubber, after it cools it hardens and does stay on the dash plastic. My kit was from exotic wood dash. The fit was maybe 95% corect. I had to do surgery on a couple pieces.

Before...

http://home.comcast.net/~bkail/ELAN_INT1.jpg
After...
http://home.comcast.net/~bkail/ELAN_INT3.jpg
Before...
http://home.comcast.net/~bkail/ELAN_INT2.jpg
After...
http://home.comcast.net/~bkail/ELAN_INT4.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~bkail/ELAN_INT5.jpg

Also my modified accord short ram...

http://home.comcast.net/~bkail/ELAN_INTAKE.jpg

- Woody

[JacksonJ]

Those are lovely Red X's

[Woody]

trying to fix...

[SuperGLS]

Well, we need more pics than that. Oh and smaller pics wouldn't hurt.

Looks ok for a stick on kit. Keep up the good work.

[GTSTISL]

Looks good just take off that black and yellow warning label on the left side of the dash http://home.comcast.net/~bkail/ELAN_INT3.jpg

[only1db]

i was thinking of getting this kit....but i'm just going to paint the dash instead....nice install none the less

[Need4SpeedXD]

I think it looks terrible.. I was thinking of getting it but now that I see it on your car, I'm going to spray paint mine. Maybe it's just a bad pic. Maybe you can post a High quality pic? The aluminum looks greenish... Sorry for being harsh, but I'm being honest

[Woody]

Need -

Its the picture. There is no green tones. It is a liquid silver. I had some trouble because I had to reduce the size of the pictures to fit the screen - this made them grainy.

See normal size below...

http://home.comcast.net/~bkail/BIG_XD_1.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~bkail/BIG_XD_2.jpg

Take it from me. They look nice, but there is a certain thickness to the material - maybe 1/32 of an inch.

But if you want to paint...be my guest.

- Woody

[Jlivan]

I actually like it. Good Job :)

[Woody]

Need4speed,

I have a sliver of the dash material left over. If you want to see it as a sample, send me a private message. I'll send it to you.

- Woody

[Need4SpeedXD]

Hey woody, thanks for the bigger pics, it actually does look better with in those pics. It seems to have a nice luster, am I correct. Thanks or the offer to send me a sample of the dash. That's really nice of you. Maybe you can take a up close pic of it for me instead. If just the peice so I can get a better idea of how it looks. I want to post pics of my car, how did you post the pics? thanks.

[Woody]

Need4speed,

Yes. It does have a luster to it - almost a liquid quality to it. As far as posting pictures, the tricky part is uploading your piscures to a web site. I happen to have a web site of my own, so I ftp my pics up there, then when you post you click the "insert image" button, and you have to give the url address to the picture.

I don't think I can do better pics than the last ones. I can still send the small sample if you want, but I know some vendors supply samples for free on request.

Good luck,

- Woody

[vsolo]

I think it looks terrible.. I was thinking of getting it but now that I see it on your car, I'm going to spray paint mine. Maybe it's just a bad pic. Maybe you can post a High quality pic? The aluminum looks greenish... Sorry for being harsh, but I'm being honest

Did you ever hear if you have nothing good to say keep your mouth shut
:eek:

I love when anyone does a mod there is always someone who :"HATES" it. Each car & mod is an expression of ones self. Are you just ignorant or what ? Quit be so honest you turd, oh wait I'm just being Honest !!!!! sorry for being so harsh I'm just being honest :rolleyes:

PS Woody , it looks good

[vsolo]

If he didn't want opinions he would not have posted the pics to be judge now would he?

Quit acting all e-thuggish and let people speak sheesh

so this is your Honest opinion ? :tongue:

[Elantra2.001]

How about back to the topic and no more *****ing back and forth?

[Woody]

Thanks Spike. I think it does come down to money vs. time, and also the colors you want to do. I had a little bo bo and had to paint the 2 fake buttons below my trip/computer button. I got a spary can of "Aluminum" color at my local Checker, and the color is very close to the "brushed aluminum" dash kit. (I cut viny motorcycle race number material to size, then primed, and painted the small piece, and then stuck it over the 2 fake buttons - it doesn't have that liquid like quality of the dash kit, but color is near perfect match.)

For what its worth, my feelings were not hurt by Need4Spped's comment. I posted the pictures because I could not find many good pics of dash kits in the forum, so I thought it would help others. I guess I was secondarily interested in comments, but that was not my main goal. I had seen ads for these stick-on dash kits for a number of years, but was worried that they would not stick on the dash, or that they would be of cheezy material. After shelling out about $140, I'm happy with the results, and can reccomend these types of dash kits that use the 3M material.

- Woody

[04 elantra cvvt]

That is what I am looking for also. Where did you come up with the kit for the 04?

[Need4SpeedXD]

It's nice to see Woody is a mature individual, unlike some other people. The reason for him posting was to get a response, either good or bad. Woody, glad to see you're not a child. As far as the other individual, it's people like you who create problems in forums, if you want to create problems I suggest going somewhere else. :headshake

Hey woody ,see you have a newer elantra, do you think they have these kits for my 2001?

[XTRAWLD]

I was contemplating buying the kit from exotic wood dash for a while before I just decided to paint it instead. Let us know how the long term holds up. My concern was yellowing with time due to the sun as I am unsure if it is UV protected.

[obsidiangls]

I have the same kit on my 03 It's been on since Spring time and it hasn't peeled or discolored in any way.

[Woody]

Guys,

This is where I got the kit:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7933960912

It says for auto, my car is manual, but I could use every piece except for the center piece for the auto shift knob.

- Woody