View Full Version : Brushed Aluminuim or Carbon Black?
Ok i won some 'Black Carbon' trim off ebay. The item was apprently located in london. Ended up being located in germany and taking 2 weeks to arrive. Only it wasnt black carbon that arrived.
So i now have a full brushed aluminium set. Im deciding whether i should send it back for a replacement which will take like a month by the time it gets there and back :mad:, or just keep this one. Will post pic of the set ina bit. Its in good nick except one front door drim which has a small dent.
What you guys think?, Black carbon is the sport carbon cube thingy not geniune carbon fibre :p .
churchwa
06-01-2005, 04:34 PM
For your red car i would send it back, i love brushed aluminum but i think the black would be better on yours
yea im pretty sure its worth like twice as much aswell (the black cube)
Har5ha
06-01-2005, 06:59 PM
Yeah black one is more expensive...
I prefer silver but with ur red car and black interior..the black will def look nicer I think...
:p
yea its a mission communicating with this buyer ...seriously crap english, and im weary of sending it back and ending up with nothing. I asked for them to send me the one they were meant to send me with return postage paid ill just put in the aluminium ones and send it back. That way i can see which looks better neways :D Will see what happens.
rossi46
06-01-2005, 08:33 PM
[QUOTE=Afif]Ok i won some 'Black Carbon' trim off ebay. The item was apprently located in london. Ended up being located in germany and taking 2 weeks to arrive. Only it wasnt black carbon that arrived.
how did you pay the guy? cos they usually accepts wire transfer only, it's free to them and fast.
alot of oversea ebayers pretend that they are in UK, so i usually email them to see if i could pick them up.
pain in the ass buying things from germany [thumbsdow
up to you if you want to take the risk, i would really just keep it.
i think the brushed aluminium would give you some contrast with your black interior.
just my 2 cents.
paypal'd them the money. Im not an experienced ebay user so didnt realise. Ah well you live and you learn. Atleast i got something i can use atleast :D.
Also my dad regularly goes germany so ill ask him which bit he goes to and if its local ill pop down with him and have a word. I have her address :cool: .
Yo Afif how much you want to part with that lot ???
I could well take them off your hands??
not really thinking about selling it at the moment. Either way i need new trim. If i do ill give ya a shout :D.
444bhp Ray
07-01-2005, 04:42 PM
Hi Afif! i think silver to, because it will light up the cabin a bit more,& black & silver do go very well. [cool
im going to put in in tomorrow. Still no word from the seller after she asked for the return so ill put it in the car and see how it looks. Where can i can trim removal tool from? (local halfords says they never heard of a such a thing...retards).
sweet as mate, well the offer is there if you change your mind ;) i do believe that the silver will look good for yah bro.
ANT MAN
09-01-2005, 05:39 PM
Brushed aluminium looks great with black interior cars. Looks very modern and sporty, best BMW trim imo. :) [cool
I want to see how Teddy's silver CF compares though.
Bro if you can get Teddy's CF i would its a phat install [jam
Afif, if you are happy with the silver look will you want to keep the old black trim??
ok i went b n q on the offchance they would have the tool but they dont. Just gonna go at it with a screwdriver now see how it goes.
Bro if you can get Teddy's CF i would its a phat install [jam
Afif, if you are happy with the silver look will you want to keep the old black trim??
Dude my black trim isnt in the best of nick (specially driver's door). Im thinking of vinyl'ing it in the future to a different colour :D cos spraying wont hide the scratches.
I hear yah, i was talking to Teddy about the Cf for the saloon and the best he could do was get my OEM dash trim lamianted in matching CF, which is why i guess i was wondering what you were going to do with yours.
Am thinking about getting a temp trim set while i contemplate the CF costs :rolleyes:
yea i was going to get CF style vinyl but someone was telling me because its hard to apply without stretching a little it may come out looking odd because the design wont be consistent.
Also this might help ??
http://www.e46fanatics.com/howto/howtodetail.php?howto_id=28
thanks ill give it a go after college tomorrow! The flood light i was going to use seems to have broke [hmm.
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The trim is for coupe. That long dash piece is the wrong curvature for saloon :(. Do coupes have trim on the back door? Or is that one dash piece the only difference?
under further investigation [hmm. I think this tirm is for a left hand drive car. argh. Now i gotta goto the hassle of sending it back :(.
Haha the left hand drives strike again.... bugger mate thats got to sux :rolleyes:
dont worry ima return it or get my money back even if i have to go down to her house and beat her door down to get it ;). Its the principle :p
mysticm3
11-01-2005, 10:44 AM
afif looks like you are telling quite a story there lol and can't believe that I missed it from the start!
you don't really need any tools to remove door trims, a torx screw driver and a small flat head screw driver that all you need. Coupe and saloon trims are very different the curvatures are different and trims on coupe should include the whole arm rest replacements. On saloons the door trims (4 pcs) are only small pcs that pop off easily.
Can't believe that the seller sent you LHD trims LOL did he mention in the auction that it was for LHD cars?
I offer a very cost effective and quality carbon fibre lamination service so basically anything apart from ABS can be turned into carbon fibre. I am sending some of my interior bits to the factory to have them tranformed [cool
Teddy keep me informed on how that goes, i would be very keen to see... still very much waying up options.
Teddy whats the pricing on that? (email me) Plus i couldnt really go for a few weeks without any trim.
About the item. She sent me the wrong item. Period. not the one i bid on (right hand drive black cube). Im trying to get it sorted.
Plus i couldnt really go for a few weeks without any trim.
Haha now you see why i was asking about your old trim ;)
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