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Very nice.

 

Schweeeet! please post some details (sources / difficulty) of work. tia.

 

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about time you took some pics! did you do the piano yourself? looks awsome.

 

the results are VERY hip and worth the effort. I got the aluminum trim from a local Austin Audi nut who went with all piano black (THANKS CORBETT for helping with all this â€" iit's much more fun doing this with someone else rather than alone) and I had my console pieces painted at a local custom shop (Rebreu). The painting costs were higher than I expected, but my time is worth a lot of money due to my wife and kids, so that too was well worth the cash.

As for the job itself - the part we stumbled over the most was removing the radio (need radio removal tools - or 4 small metal finger nail files). We ended going to a nearby Best Buy to get the radios out â€" had we been prepared for that in advance and the job will go MUCH faster.

The other hard part is removing the clips from the front dash pieces (that is, once you've uninstall the entire glove box and complete center console â€" including the arm rest portion). The clips on the aluminum trim is more difficult to remove than the wood trim pieces (the wood trim is much higher quality than the aluminum) the pins are metal on the wood trim and plastic on the aluminum, so the clips dig into the plastic as youâ€^TMre trying to pull them off where as they slide off the metal pins more easily. The hardest clip is the one dead center on the big dash piece â€" helps to be young and flexible (which I am neither).

Also the clips on the door trim pieces are completely different between the wood trim and aluminum â€" it helps to have the correct clips depending on which trim youâ€^TMre installing.

The entire job (removing and reinstalling everything in 2 cars) took most of 7 hours from beginning to end (including the trip to Best Buy), BUT if I were doing it again would probably only take 3- 4 hours. The doors and small dash piece can be done in less than 2 hours easy â€" itâ€^TMs that damn large dash piece â€" WOW, PITA!!

 

I know - I'm slow! I took everything to Rebreu also - expensive, but done in one day!

 

read what i wrote to staley and feel free to comment. i know that ya'll are wanting some work done here in the near future, so chime in and let him know that people in austin are wanting to see his work.

 

do you still have your original trim?

 

Nice, now give your boot a quarter turn, it's crooked.