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« on: January 10, 2010, 08:56:19 pm »
Has anyone bought/installed any Rvinyl dash kits? I am wanting to start modifying my xB and need somewhere to start. Is the installation process pretty easy? Also, is the product good?
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« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2010, 09:39:55 pm »
They suck Do not do it.
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« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2010, 09:48:13 pm »
Welcome to NSXB!

If your wanting to do an interior upgrade you can easily take off most of the dash/trim pieces and paint them for allot cheeper then buying one of those cheep vinyl pieces.

What are you trying to do right now? If you wanted to paint your dash there are threads on here on how to do it.

Other simple upgrades I would suggest for the interior are light upgrades (changing the light color, or adding LEDS), floormats and steering wheel cover or paint, or you could do a shiftnob, shiftboot upgrade. Theres threads on here for those to. Does that help at all?
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« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2010, 11:44:02 pm »
Thanks for the replies. I didn't know that the vinyl pieces weren't that great. I am wanting to change the interior but not to something that really stands out. I like having a subtle but sleek look to it. I also like the way that carbon fiber looks. If I did paint my panel/dash pieces I don't know what color I would paint them. I also don't want to pay too much for my modifications. If I did paint them is there any colors that people would suggest or have tried? Also, what kind of paint would I use. I read on some posts that people use Krylon. Would that leave an odor in the cabin? Being new to this I really don't know where to start. 
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« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2010, 01:24:02 am »
Dude the ones to get are high end I have a thing for carbon fiber I bought the R vinyl kit and thats why I said it sucks.
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« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2010, 02:03:31 am »
galon98 - Aljay is totally right.

I took advantage of their holiday sale and tried out the carbon fiber dash trim. The texture is great, but the pieces are super thin, making installation harder than it needs to be. I also bought the aluminum dash trim for my wife's Camry, and it was even worse. Fitment is close, but not perfect. But shouldn't you expect perfect from a dash kit? I think so.

I second on going high end. Try carid.com
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« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2010, 04:09:52 pm »
Thanks for the input guys. I checked out carid.com and the products on there look pretty good. It's pricier than Rvinyl but I guess you get what you pay for. Also, the kits come with more pieces so that's always a plus. Has anyone used any of the dash kits they sell on carid.com?
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« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2010, 09:45:11 pm »
I know someone that bought the carid stuff it is top notch.  LOL 09 igloo I did the carbon fiber from R vinyl. I still need to take off the shifter surround and the part around the a/c controls. I might do some sort of painting on mine I am not in a good position to get the carbon fiber stuff from carid yet.
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« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2010, 09:05:41 am »
Quote from: Aljay on January 11, 2010, 09:45:11 pm
I know someone that bought the carid stuff it is top notch.  LOL 09 igloo I did the carbon fiber from R vinyl. I still need to take off the shifter surround and the part around the a/c controls. I might do some sort of painting on mine I am not in a good position to get the carbon fiber stuff from carid yet.

Yeah man, what a waste. I put the tinted tail light kit on my wife's Camry and it turned out great, like the tail light kit for my XB. It's a shame that the dash kits don't hold the same quality. I'm like you, haven't removed everything yet... I find myself peeling away at the kit when I'm stuck at a signal light.  Tongue

I was about to order the car id kit, among other things, but my water heater flooded the condo. Good times.
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« Reply #9 on: January 12, 2010, 11:53:23 am »
After looking at the dash kits at Carid I decided to order the carbon fiber kit. Not the real CF but the synthetic material version. It was shipped yesterday so hopefully I will get it before the weekend. I also ordered the dark smoke head/taillight kits as well from Rvinyl. I actually got them off of ebay and it came out about $4 cheaper than if I bought it from rvinyl.com. It was off the rvinyl ebay store so I know I won't get screwed over. I ordered weathertech visors as well. I'm pretty stoked about all this. I never modified a vehicle before and it's exciting to put some personal touches on my xB. 
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« Reply #10 on: January 12, 2010, 10:32:48 pm »
I am getting the carbon fiber stuff soon as I can I am feinding for that look .
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« Reply #11 on: January 12, 2010, 10:35:14 pm »
Quote from: 09Igloo on January 12, 2010, 09:05:41 am
Quote from: Aljay on January 11, 2010, 09:45:11 pm
I know someone that bought the carid stuff it is top notch.  LOL 09 igloo I did the carbon fiber from R vinyl. I still need to take off the shifter surround and the part around the a/c controls. I might do some sort of painting on mine I am not in a good position to get the carbon fiber stuff from carid yet.

Yeah man, what a waste. I put the tinted tail light kit on my wife's Camry and it turned out great, like the tail light kit for my XB. It's a shame that the dash kits don't hold the same quality. I'm like you, haven't removed everything yet... I find myself peeling away at the kit when I'm stuck at a signal light.  Tongue

I was about to order the car id kit, among other things, but my water heater flooded the condo. Good times.
I am doing the night shades soon as I take care of my warrant .LOL Allready got pulled over once so I need to get that mess taken care of in case they want to give me chit about the tinted tails.
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« Reply #12 on: January 13, 2010, 01:12:49 am »
Did you use spray tint or the rvinyl tint on your tails?
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« Reply #13 on: January 13, 2010, 02:58:58 am »
Quote from: galon98 on January 12, 2010, 11:53:23 am
After looking at the dash kits at Carid I decided to order the carbon fiber kit. Not the real CF but the synthetic material version. It was shipped yesterday so hopefully I will get it before the weekend. I also ordered the dark smoke head/taillight kits as well from Rvinyl. I actually got them off of ebay and it came out about $4 cheaper than if I bought it from rvinyl.com. It was off the rvinyl ebay store so I know I won't get screwed over. I ordered weathertech visors as well. I'm pretty stoked about all this. I never modified a vehicle before and it's exciting to put some personal touches on my xB. 

sounds like you're off to a good start with the mods! Make sure you take pictures of the dash kit!
BTW, did you get the standard black CF, or did you go with a color?

Oh, and for the Rvinyl light tint, make sure you use a good squeegee and a heat gun/hair dryer. I'm sure others here are better at it than i am, but those two things really made the difference for me. I have the same tail light kit and love it. Good luck!
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« Reply #14 on: January 13, 2010, 11:05:25 am »
I got the black Carbon Fiber. I want to keep my interior as dark a spossible. I'm also thinking about picking up some Black CF wraps from rvinyl to do the door panels/A,B and C pillars and the trunk area. I saw it some other post in here and I think it looks really good. It ties into keeping my car sleek and subtle. Kind of nervous about having to remove all the plastic parts though. Do you guys think it will work/look the same if I just used the wraps without disassembling the panels/pillars, etc.? I'm also think about re-doing the door panel fabric to a dark gray argyle print. Once I get the parts in I will definetly take some pictures and post them on here.
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