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Interior trim kit? (carbon fiber, wood, brushed aluminum)

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Old 05-04-07, 02:07 PM
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Default Interior trim kit? (carbon fiber, wood, brushed aluminum)

Has anyone on the forum ever installed the carbon fiber interior kit from Kazz Sports (pictured below)? If so, how does the quality compare to the other carbon fiber, wood, and brushed aluminum kits out there?

The fact of the matter is, I really want to install a carbon fiber interior kit, but I don’t want it to look like a really cheap lay-over kit.

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that's pretty cool.. has anyone done it? i'm curious too
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that's a sweet armrest!
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That's a right side driver... would they have the left side driver? or it doesn't make a difference? The cup holders are different sides with the gear shift. I really hope that it's not cheap because I saw this rice Maxima today and he had a cheap "carbon fiber" sticker type thing on his side view mirrors... it look like one of those sticky book covers from back in the 4th grade.
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Originally Posted by rayy
That's a right side driver... would they have the left side driver? or it doesn't make a difference? The cup holders are different sides with the gear shift. I really hope that it's not cheap because I saw this rice Maxima today and he had a cheap "carbon fiber" sticker type thing on his side view mirrors... it look like one of those sticky book covers from back in the 4th grade.
i really hope they dont limit it to only the right hand drive aristos.
i saw a kit on ebay for a 2gs but i am afraid that will look like a cheap cover.


If any one out there has installed a dash kit, could you post some pics and comments about how you feel about it?
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It seems all of the high quality sets (japanese brands...like that, or the wald wood set) are for RHD aristos. Almost every piece is different in some small way and probably would be hard to fit right. As for finding a high quality domestic kit, good luck
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IMO the armrest looks weird
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The one posted was JDM aristo and ran $2K. Not cheap. Ebay has some real carbon overlay kits, thats probably your best bet. You can search here too. There is a carbon fiber thread and it has some interior stuff. Basically everything ever made for the GS in carbon.
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Looks good.. You definitley need black interior to pull it off...
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Is there such thing as a wood armrest?
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for the RHD trim pieces from Aristos, the door panels fit with no problem but the center console piece doesn't fit right. It'll be really tight on one side and have a big gap on the other.

If you really want you can have a CF shop wrap your trim pieces in real CF cloth.
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remind me...hoepfully i will post pics in a couple days of my setup
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Originally Posted by svt5150
The one posted was JDM aristo and ran $2K. Not cheap. Ebay has some real carbon overlay kits, thats probably your best bet. You can search here too. There is a carbon fiber thread and it has some interior stuff. Basically everything ever made for the GS in carbon.
damn 2k... could have gotten the JP tail lights and still have some left over. haha
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Originally Posted by svt5150
The one posted was JDM aristo and ran $2K. Not cheap. Ebay has some real carbon overlay kits, thats probably your best bet. You can search here too. There is a carbon fiber thread and it has some interior stuff. Basically everything ever made for the GS in carbon.
Wow!!!, 2 grand.. i had no idea.

Originally Posted by GlobeCLK
for the RHD trim pieces from Aristos, the door panels fit with no problem but the center console piece doesn't fit right. It'll be really tight on one side and have a big gap on the other.

If you really want you can have a CF shop wrap your trim pieces in real CF cloth.
this sounds like the best bet, then i could pick and chose what peices i actually want wrapped, and maybe it will be cheaper than $2k. i doubt knoxville, or tennessee for that matter has a CF shop. do any members from the Atlanta region know of a shop that deals with carbon fiber?

thanks guys
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