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Old Aug 23, 2017 | 10:34 AM
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I've been debating between the carbon fiber or brushed aluminum trim, and from the pictures, the carbon fiber trim looks fake? Can anyone confirm if it is real or fake?
 
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Old Aug 23, 2017 | 11:04 AM
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It's real.
 
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Old Aug 23, 2017 | 11:25 AM
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Its a hologram
 
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Old Aug 23, 2017 | 11:26 AM
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Not real, but I'd say it looks better than the aluminum trim.

edit: You can get real carbon fiber center trim though. I think it runs around 1.5-2k in the states?
 

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Old Aug 23, 2017 | 11:39 AM
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I don't know which model or trim level you guys are referring to, but the center dash piece in my SVR is real carbon fiber.
 
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Old Aug 23, 2017 | 11:44 AM
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If this is the trim you are looking at - its real

Jaguar USA Gear Online Catalogue. - F-TYPE - INTERIOR - INTERIOR STYLING - Center Console - Carbon Fiber, LHD
 
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Old Aug 23, 2017 | 12:08 PM
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If I'm not wrong, there's only three types of standard interior trim-- Fake Carbon Fiber, a weird aluminum (not brushed?), and a dark brushed aluminum. Real Carbon Fiber is always an option.
 
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Old Aug 23, 2017 | 10:38 PM
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$857 here
https://www.jaguarlandroverrenoparts...MtMGwtdjYtZ2Fz

I got just the shifter surround on ebay for $100.
 

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Old Aug 24, 2017 | 01:43 AM
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I was talking about the Carbon Fiber trim for $750 on the SVR. I didn't realize there were different types. So to confirm, the $750 carbon fiber trim is fake but I can get real carbon fiber trim linked by ek993 installed by the dealership for around $1000 in the USA?
 
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Old Aug 24, 2017 | 04:13 AM
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Ah. That one is real and likely the same as the $1000 one.
 
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Old Aug 24, 2017 | 04:57 AM
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Some of these replies remind me of this:

 
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Old Aug 24, 2017 | 11:57 AM
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I think it's more like "who's on first?"
The Reno Jag one is the official product, they just sell stuff for less than the official website...
 
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Old Aug 28, 2017 | 12:53 PM
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For the amount of $$$$, it had better be.
 
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Old Aug 28, 2017 | 01:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Queen and Country
Its a hologram
As in we live in a hologram universe? Never expected you to be a nihilist.
 
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Old Aug 29, 2017 | 05:40 AM
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Noting that it's purely cosmetic (rather than serving a useful structural or weight saving purpose), the only reason to care appears to be the amount that's being charged for it compared to the non-fibre reinforced plastic equivalents.

Yes?

Anyway - I thought our entire universe is the subatomic substrate of the next universe up...
 
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