We Will start talking about the BAD, IE China carbon parts

Difficulty? PITA!

Every single piece had fitment issues. The poles for screws were in the right place, but the pilot hole would be slighty off, not perfectly vertical or drilled the wrong size...

Piece by piece breakdown:

Cluster Hood: The pole for its alignment was too large of a diameter, solution cut it off. The tabs holding the spring clips were weak only the 2 outer ones clipped in nice the center snapped.

Cluster Hood to face, gapy as hell used shims and time and got it to look nice.

Cluster face: took me a good 15 mins to get the cluster is sit centered in the holes. These screw poles had the best fitment aside from them making the cluster not set level without bending the whole piece slight so the top two cluster holes could be mated. The top two cluster hole tabs were as brittle as a flower, did not dare to use a screw used double sided tape and a zip tie, holds nicely.

Cluster to ac surround, gap not uniform sits rather level and ok otherwise.

AC surround, DEAR GOD the buttons were a major PITA i almost went no ac lol. half the poles werent in the right spot or angle. button holes too tight. Every pilot hole was too large for the stock screw to be used. took a lil over an hour to get the buttons on. They however are in solid now and all function.

Surround to center console, best gap out of the bunch.

Center console, tabs flimys as hell did not use the metal clips as they would stick on because the tab was too thin. Used the hook side of velcro on both sides of the tab and it goes in and out flawlessly. Buttons fit pretty good. Was the easiest Chinese piece to use.


Door inserts from evo-r NO HEADACHES, poles were mounted in reinforced and correct no headaches and fit perfectly.

Over all opinion:
I think it was worth it, looks better than an overlay, dynoc, or the stock plastics. Was major PITA but for its price you pay for it. I would rather pay 1.xk for a really good kit that would have went in no issues but oh well im good now.

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Cuddles tiem meow?

Thanks for the pictures and the write up so others may make an informed decision.

 

Good to know, thanks for posting, have always wondered about that kit!

 

Which company did you buy these from? Link? ty

 

some ebay, all the cheapo ones come from the same factory

 

What kind of shift **** is that?

 

^^^ Looks like a Mustang shift ****, not sure though

 

interested to see a link as well, out of curiosity... ive only ever seen the stick on or wrap type stuff... never seen actual carbon interior pieces on ebay.

did you take any pics of the pieces before install, like the backside of them?

looks like they dont include the map pocket door... did you get a passenger side door handle trim or no?

 

its a pro 5.0 shifter,, car has a ls3 in it.

Its fiber over thin fiberglass. I did get the passenger but forgot to photograph it,, evo-r makes a map pocket delete in CF i jsut got it in last week ill be putting on soon with new photo.

 

any link to where/who you purchased the kit from?

 

great look !!!

 

PM'd

 

finally put in the map pocket delete.. also added a ebay shift ****

 

could you buy this kit and go and refiberglass the backing to make it more sturdy? Also from the time you ordered how long did it take to show up. I was gonna order this months ago but was unsure about delivery time or if it would even show up.

 

When I ordered the Chinese pieces I got them in ~6 business days. I dont see why not on reinforcing them

 

this is the China company right? http://www.aliexpress.com/store/8043...-LHD-4PCS.html

Looking into getting this when I get back from my deployment. Sucks that there isn't a more reliable company out there. Most my interior plastics are broken and brittle from age. This would add a nice touch and be somewhat sturdy compared to aged plastics.

You have a link for the door inserts?

 

Looks good. I have the same dash kit sitting here for over a year. Still did not put it on. I'm afraid will make lots noises.

 

That appears to be the same stock photos, however it is ~100$ more than what I paid a while ago.

Door inserts are from this guy right here --> fd3s777

You should re-make them but studier! and have all the holes line up!

 

ah ok, thanks for the info

 

Nice write up thanks!

 

looks like ****! in my opinion.
I offer 3m vinyl wrapping service in my group buy interest. The vinyle looks better in my opinion and I easier to make straight lines. And wont cratch like the clear coat or gel coat of carbon fiber

 

Not ragging on vinyl wrapping, some people just want to have real fiber panels. Plus I like the gloss finish. To each their own

 

no im not knocking cf parts. I use to make cf parts but im so picky that i rarely make them anymore. Im just surprised the weave is so scraggly. I hope the clear or gel coat dont yellow

 

I see you have a Engine Start button. Where did you get that?

Thanks

 

evot23 put it in while he owned the car, it is an S2000 push start button that was wired in.