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Old 12-13-2005, 12:15 AM
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anyone know where i could find a carbon fiber HVAC and headlight control panel? it could either be carbon fiber print, or real carbon fiber. i've got real carbon fiber sheets.......would it be possible to cut them myself, and then just add silver stickers for the different settings for ac/heat/and headlights? i think this would finish up my interior project, i jsut cant find any ANYWHERE!
Old 12-13-2005, 12:29 AM
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I think it would be a cool touch if you made them yourself out of the sheets and just left them blank with maybe some silver hash marks made with vinyl decals. Beautiful in it's simplicity, you know.
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wel after no luck finding anything, i just decided to make my own since i had some extra carbon fiber lying around from other projects. it took a while to cut it out the holes for the ***** bc all i had was a razor blade, but other than that it was pretty easy. i just used some double sided tape attached the pieces.







now...anyone know where i can get my ash tray lid covered in carbon fiber?
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Your interior really looks great!! Only suggestion, relocate that guage dimmer switch!
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yea thats just temporary lol.....where would be a good plaec for it though? i've only got about 2 feet of wire to work with on it
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Ive got the same one. I just set it at a setting I like and stuffed it under the dash.
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Damn, that's exactly what I was talking about in my first post and it came out AWESOME. Good job. Where did you get those sheets from, I may just want to do that with my TA...
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nice little inverse thing we got going on:

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Originally Posted by stoleit
nice little inverse thing we got going on:

that looks badass, you win!...howd yuou go about doin that?
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i got the sheet off of ebay. the sheet was enough to make a batterry cover, fuse panel covers, pc cover, HVAC and headlight control panels, and i've got a little bit left. you just gotta plan out everything before you cut so you can manage your cuts and save carbon fiber. you can also cut out emblems, make sail panel covers, just about anything. the sheet is so thin it can be easily cut with scissors and sliced with a razor blade. heres a link to an auction like the one i got....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Nissa...20795527QQrdZ1

or for something a little cheaper, bigger and thicker, only its not real CF...
http://cgi.ebay.com/Carbon-Fibre-Eff...QQcmdZViewItem

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