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Looks great. I'm in the Bay Area also. I'll be by before noon. Do you have the carbon trim interior? Wondering how this matches the factory trim. My daughter has a Cricut. How steep is the learning curve?
I have the Birch Gray-Brown interior - the combo looks good. See pic below. If you'd like to try it with your daughter's Cricut, DM me and I'll email the SVG file to you.
This looks great. Did you have to remove the console in order to apply the wrap? If not, how were you able to make all of the cuts?
No removal needed. With the vector file I created, the Cricut just cuts out the removable vinyl film in the exact right size. The pain was making the templates - started with newspaper (since I could cut that with my fingernail, and created the first revision of the SVG file based on that (similar to creating an AutoCAD). That file allowed me to cut out a new template on the cricut (first with construction paper, then cheap drawer-liner vinyl). With each new template I'd hold it on place in the car to markup where adjustments in the vector file were required.
The photo below shows the progression from first rough template to usable product. The newspaper was cut by hand, whereas the other three were cut by the Cricut.
I paid a shop to wrap the piano black console with the Xpel Stealth Matte PPF while they were wrapping the front clip of my RS5. They charged me $80 and had a cut out for the console from Xpel. It turned out looking really good!
My 2018 A4 was Black Optic Package. All Piano Black Inlays. Yeah they look great… but one day I vacuumed my vehicle and the vacuum tube slid across the middle console inlay. The vacuum tube was covered in dust and tiny rocks/dust particles. The inlay was so scratched up I almost considered purchasing the Gray Oak inlays from the dealer. The addition you made looks great!
I ceramic coated my shifter trim. I was ceramic coating the car and decided to go ahead and do all the black optics trim as well as the interior trim. It isn't invincible, but hopefully this will give it a little more life. I do like the idea of being able to change the color/type of trim surround though and have a cricut. Very cool and thanks for posting!
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