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Old 04-06-12 | 02:35 PM
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Bought one of these full leather covers from ebay and can't get over how close the color match is and the quality of fit and construction. Even the texture of the leather is hard to distinguish from the original. http://www.ebay.com/itm/LEXUS-GS-300...#ht_500wt_1156
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Ok, here you go. I matched the console to the darker grey tone of the interior instead of the lighter grey it originally came in.

The vinal cover looks real good. Thanks for the advice and the picture, I never though of an upholstery place can do that. Better idea than buying a new console lid for sure!
Hey AZGS4 how do like the shift **** on ur GS?
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Originally Posted by 1sWt2GS
the CF looks good, show a picture with it installed!
interior, with the CF wrapped parts. some parts of my door are wrapped in CF vinyl as well


exterior, the hood is real CF, so i kinda got a thisng for CF

Old 04-06-12 | 08:44 PM
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those CF interior parts looks pretty man. Good job.
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can we get some close up pics of the cf wrap?
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Originally Posted by smooth0033
interior, with the CF wrapped parts. some parts of my door are wrapped in CF vinyl as well


exterior, the hood is real CF, so i kinda got a thisng for CF

The headlights look really kool. I like it a lot. Who made those headlight mate?
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Originally Posted by guod
Bought one of these full leather covers from ebay and can't get over how close the color match is and the quality of fit and construction. Even the texture of the leather is hard to distinguish from the original. http://www.ebay.com/itm/LEXUS-GS-300...#ht_500wt_1156
That's probably the way to go. Real leather>vinyl, I think.

Do you have pictures of it installed?
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Originally Posted by GS4TEK
The vinal cover looks real good. Thanks for the advice and the picture, I never though of an upholstery place can do that. Better idea than buying a new console lid for sure!
Hey AZGS4 how do like the shift **** on ur GS?
The Momo Sphere shift **** has been great. I would like it to sit down a bit lower though, so I may attempt a mod in the future to lower the **** an inch or so. Something like this:

http://www.autotoys.com/New_Tech/DIY...d_shift_kn.htm
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Originally Posted by smooth0033
interior, with the CF wrapped parts. some parts of my door are wrapped in CF vinyl as well.......exterior, the hood is real CF, so i kinda got a thisng for CF
Looks good. Is there stitching and seams on the CF on the console? It is a bit hard to tell from the photos if it is stitched in sections or wrapped with one piece and tucked underneath.
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Originally Posted by AZGS4
The Momo Sphere shift **** has been great. I would like it to sit down a bit lower though, so I may attempt a mod in the future to lower the **** an inch or so. Something like this:

http://www.autotoys.com/New_Tech/DIY...d_shift_kn.htm
Kool... Please post some pictures in the future if u did modify the **** lower..
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I have a tan interior as well and the center console was super bad. Had a local upholstery shop re-do the whole thing, leather, for $60, the did an awesome color match as well, can't even tell.
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I picked up a new center console lid from my dealer a while back. It was cheap.
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Originally Posted by AZGS4
Looks good. Is there stitching and seams on the CF on the console? It is a bit hard to tell from the photos if it is stitched in sections or wrapped with one piece and tucked underneath.
Yea, there are two seams, but we removed the whole console parts and wrapped them.





Originally Posted by justablkv8
can we get some close up pics of the cf wrap?
Here ya go:





Originally Posted by GS4TEK
The headlights look really kool. I like it a lot. Who made those headlight mate?
The headlights were custom fabbed by JLC, they are a vendor on here, search for them in the Lighting section.
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Originally Posted by GS4TEK
The headlights look really kool. I like it a lot. Who made those headlight mate?
What front bumper is that?
Old 07-24-12 | 03:04 PM
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im looking to wrap my interior in CF as well, but i think im going to get the glossy carbon wrap



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