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Finally finished "WRAPing" things up and some bonus mods

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Old 04-14-2013, 03:33 PM
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Mods look fantastic. Well done.

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Looks nice. For the shifter and the whole little center console was it a whole retrofit or just remove and put a new one in?
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SWEEETTT!! I've been eyeing the DCT retrofit for awhile...Is there a chance of the DCT shifter accidentally going from D on the freeway to R or P since the mechanical shift lock button is now gone?

Also, is the new lower trim piece (now CF Wrapped) from an LCI?
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@bese60 the shifter was a retrofit kit I got from motivemods it's up to you if you want to add the base plate I have or keep the one you have on your car currently the controller I purchases from eBay separate FYI it requires coding and some wiring and the trim piece I purchased separately as we'll but once again if you are changing your shifter or controler you can keep your old center trim but you would have to cut the hole for the new controler
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@balbs thanks I've been considering it for a while with those same concerns unfortunately you DO run that risk !!!! but it's a risk I chose to take hopefully that doesn't happen to me cross my fingers
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Wow man, I like the mixture of the brush aluminum and carbon fiber and the shifter surround piece really pops! Did you wrap it yourself and was it hard? I want to take on a project somewhat similar to this myself buuuuutttt I'm not the most mechanically inclined person.
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Originally Posted by Chief Holley
Wow man, I like the mixture of the brush aluminum and carbon fiber and the shifter surround piece really pops! Did you wrap it yourself and was it hard? I want to take on a project somewhat similar to this myself buuuuutttt I'm not the most mechanically inclined person.
Yeah i didnt expect the color combo to come out so nice and im super happy i went with those colors and yes I did wrap all trim pieces myself some parts easier than others if you've never wrapped before its a learn as you go kinda thing and the more you do the better you get I'm not going to say don't try it but if you do be prepared because there will be some hardships, I know I had a few for example just taking the all the trim pieces off and putting them back on properly can be a hassle all in it self good luck feel free to message me if you have more questions
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Originally Posted by spediegunz
@balbs thanks I've been considering it for a while with those same concerns unfortunately you DO run that risk !!!! but it's a risk I chose to take hopefully that doesn't happen to me cross my fingers
I hear ya...so damn tempting though...
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Originally Posted by balbs
I hear ya...so damn tempting though...
hell go for it you've gone this far already. as far as me now that I did inside (though im still not done I want to get the sports wheel and the illuminated paddles). Its time I start on outside in the least some mtech front and rims for sure maybe some lower suspension too hopefully this time it wont take me a year to finish LOL
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Ha ha!! Yeah, I've been going back to old email threads between motivmods and myself. It's a year ago today was on of the emails. LOL!


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