Carbon Fiber Interior Trim??
11-24-2007, 06:22 PM
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I have 545i with gray interior and dark wood. Just doesn't thrill me. I think a lighter wood or even carbon fiber interior would look better. Does anyone have Alpina interior or carbon fiber interior trim? Pics? Sources?
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11-24-2007, 08:20 PM
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My Ride: 2004 545i titanium grey 6 speed manual with light grey interior. Nav, L7, cold weather, sport, sat. Modifications: suede headliner, pianno black interior trim, Ipod dock, Mtech front bumper, Angel Eyes, and flat black kidney grills.
Originally Posted by mhs525' post='498645' date='Nov 24 2007, 07:22 PM
I have 545i with gray interior and dark wood. Just doesn't thrill me. I think a lighter wood or even carbon fiber interior would look better. Does anyone have Alpina interior or carbon fiber interior trim? Pics? Sources?
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11-24-2007, 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by thedreamshop' post='498678' date='Nov 25 2007, 01:20 AM
Here is my 04 545i with grey interior with light brown wood before and and piano black wood after.
11-25-2007, 11:39 AM
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My Ride: 2004 545i titanium grey 6 speed manual with light grey interior. Nav, L7, cold weather, sport, sat. Modifications: suede headliner, pianno black interior trim, Ipod dock, Mtech front bumper, Angel Eyes, and flat black kidney grills.
Originally Posted by DRANGED' post='498679' date='Nov 24 2007, 09:22 PM
Never seen this before. Looks awesome!! Where? How much?
I painted my original wood trim with black automotive paint and clearcoat and color sanded and polished it like you would an exterior part. It took 1.5 days including drying time. Polishing the pieces was difficult since there is not much you can do to hold them in place while using a high speed 3 stage liquid polish process. I did it myself so I only paid for it with my time. I would recommend that you buy new black trim pieces from BMW and have them installed. Unless you do it yourself it will be cheaper and turn out better by just buying black trim if it is available. By the way the shift knob and e-brake are from Bimmian and the iDrive wheel is off an M5. Also the other thing I did that added luxury to the interior was the suede headliner that I added. I think suede only comes stock on the M5 so I just re-upolstered mine myself ( not the first time I have done this either.)
11-25-2007, 11:57 AM
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Nice! 
But why didn't you paint the part under the DVD-player?
But why didn't you paint the part under the DVD-player?
11-25-2007, 12:04 PM
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My Ride: 2004 Cadillac XLR // Silver with Black Interior
2002 Lincoln LS // Silver with Grey Interior
[En Route] 2008 Black Sapphire Metallic 535xi // Black Nasca Leather // 18" Star Spoke Wheels // Sport, Premium & Cold Pkg // Bamboo Anthracite Trim & Headliner // Comfort Access // Head-up Display // Navigation // Logic 7 // HD Radio // Ipod // Sunshades
Maybe I'm seeing things... or maybe it's an artifact of the picture... but on the un-modded headliner... are those water stains I see?
11-25-2007, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by DynaSpy' post='498900' date='Nov 25 2007, 04:04 PM
Maybe I'm seeing things... or maybe it's an artifact of the picture... but on the un-modded headliner... are those water stains I see?
11-25-2007, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by nyceric03' post='498912' date='Nov 25 2007, 04:53 PM
Yea I see that too?! Im guessing its a photo that got wet and he scanned it up?
Maybe he left it open in the rain or if it was a leak maybe he got it fixed? Ahh screw it why don't we just wait for him to tell us 
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I think that's the way suede looks under flash. I'm pretty sure that normally, it looks fine and not so pronounced.
Does anyone know how much piano black trim pieces cost? Or is anyone also thinking of doing this?
Does anyone know how much piano black trim pieces cost? Or is anyone also thinking of doing this?
11-25-2007, 01:33 PM
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[En Route] 2008 Black Sapphire Metallic 535xi // Black Nasca Leather // 18" Star Spoke Wheels // Sport, Premium & Cold Pkg // Bamboo Anthracite Trim & Headliner // Comfort Access // Head-up Display // Navigation // Logic 7 // HD Radio // Ipod // Sunshades
Originally Posted by the chang' post='498922' date='Nov 25 2007, 05:30 PM
I think that's the way suede looks under flash. I'm pretty sure that normally, it looks fine and not so pronounced.
Does anyone know how much piano black trim pieces cost? Or is anyone also thinking of doing this?
Does anyone know how much piano black trim pieces cost? Or is anyone also thinking of doing this?