took my wood grain kit off what do you think
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took my wood grain kit off what do you think
hey guys... well i put my woodash kit on my gta when i was 19.... well im older now (23) and it looked out of place and a little ***** so i took it all off, sanded my panels and painted it black...... what do you guys think.. i think it looks much better and looks more muscular this way.. the only thing i regret is spending 200 dollars on that dash kit lol.... the only thing i have is the white faced gauges and white hvac overlay....
it went from this
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it went from this
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to this
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Re: took my wood grain kit off what do you think
thanks man.... it took me 4 years to figure that out lol.... i guess when you get older you start to see things differently..
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Re: took my wood grain kit off what do you think
wow... wood grain kit made it look like a damn Winebago..
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Re: took my wood grain kit off what do you think
Wood grain looks good in some vehicles but the black looks better in your car. The wood was much to light and just seemed out of place. I have a wood grain kit in my truck but would not even think about putting it in my Bird.
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Re: took my wood grain kit off what do you think
Burn that wood grain kit and take a video of it, post it on youtube.
Woodgrain is the devil!
Woodgrain is the devil!
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Looks better without it, but your woodgrain was garbage period. Looks really generic! I had a dark cherry wood grain on my hardtop that looked alot better. No disrespect dude, just saying.
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Re: took my wood grain kit off what do you think
thanks everyone... it was sunny at 70 degrees in nc today and i realized how much better it looked without the dash kit.... i dont know what i was thinking putting that kit on lol....
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Re: took my wood grain kit off what do you think
a MILLION times better. Makes me feel better about mine, as I have the identical GRANT steering wheel also Well, mines got another slotted hole in it, but it matches well with the rest of the interior.
No more hoosier stuff, ok? Haha.
No more hoosier stuff, ok? Haha.
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Re: took my wood grain kit off what do you think
Yes. It just is totally out of place in a car that revels in its 80's plasticness the way third gens do.
Even if there was something that made it seem right, dash overlays will always look like a Lumber liquidators truck dumped its load through your tops. It's so obviously added on.
Even if there was something that made it seem right, dash overlays will always look like a Lumber liquidators truck dumped its load through your tops. It's so obviously added on.
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Re: took my wood grain kit off what do you think
Looks great now! wow nice black dash If I had a higher milage GTA I would be tempted to paint the gauge surrounds black like you did. very muscular looking. The white gauges pop! looking great!
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Re: took my wood grain kit off what do you think
It all depends on the wood grain color. I have seen the darker color "wood" and it didn't look so bad. It all depends on one's own taste. I have it on my car but not by choice. The only wood left on my car is on both the right and left A/C vents and the dash above the climate controls. I installed a new center console and its related parts so out went that wood.
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Re: took my wood grain kit off what do you think
The light yellowy color of that wood grain is out of place to me. The problem with the real wood kits is that they will sun bleach out. The fake wood kits just look cheap and definitely not like real wood.
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Looks a lot better. I had to laugh when you kept saying you're older. What I wouldn't give to be an "older" man of 24 again.
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I guess a repaint may be in store for me. I thought it was awesome and made it stick out. Sorry to bring up an old thread but it sucks that you guys hate wood grain. Ugh. It will never get bleached out in the sun. Car has 40k miles on it and as far as I know has never been in the rain or snow, always garaged. Been babied.
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Re: took my wood grain kit off what do you think
Dude...... If you like your wood grain then you should keep it, Don't let people on a board sway you. If everyone done everything the same way there'd be alot of boring people/cars floating around.
Besides..... It's YOUR car......
Besides..... It's YOUR car......
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I agree 100% with Rob. You are the one that gets in the car and drives it, none of them. If you like it, keep it. I had an 84 SC with saddle interior I actually thought about making my own wood inlays for. I have access to some of the more desirable domestic wood though, persimmon, cherry, walnut, hemlock. The car went away and I never thought about it again. My 86 has black int now and it will not work unless its ebony, which would be a huge expense. Wood grain done tastefully and in the right interior does not look bad. Picture this grain as wood inlays.
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some don't like my rims black. screw em its my car and I love it! do what you want to your car!
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Re: took my wood grain kit off what do you think
Yeah dude if you like the way it looks keep it... As everyone else stated ITS YOUR CAR.
Just dont put anything bigger than 16 inch rims on it tho because than nobody will like you
Just dont put anything bigger than 16 inch rims on it tho because than nobody will like you
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LOL MY car has 16" IROCS, my DD Grand Cherokee has 16" factory's. Just saying the larger wheels look good on some of the cars I've seen members have. It's often needed to squeeze the larger brakes in. The pic I posted was one of the bad examples of 24's. I hope you didn't think I liked that.
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LOL MY car has 16" IROCS, my DD Grand Cherokee has 16" factory's. Just saying the larger wheels look good on some of the cars I've seen members have. It's often needed to squeeze the larger brakes in. The pic I posted was one of the bad examples of 24's. I hope you didn't think I liked that.
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