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Old 12-20-2010, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by ghettomike
my bad i missed the pic of it around the car-puter.
No probs. Adding my best interior shoot so far - much more subtle than the rest and the Di-Noc doesn't jump out at you as much:

 
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Old 12-20-2010, 12:15 PM
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I received a sample of the di-noc material jeremy used, and I guarantee his interior looks even BETTER in person! I'm quite impressed by this material.

Finely cutting around all of those details is incredibly labor-intensive. I am not looking forward to doing my gloss black project, especially because 'bubbling' is going to be the largest issue to deal with. Since there are such large broad areas of black, it will have to be FLAWLESSLY applied, or it will look terrible.

Fantastic work jeremy.
 
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I received a sample of the di-noc material jeremy used, and I guarantee his interior looks even BETTER in person! I'm quite impressed by this material.

Finely cutting around all of those details is incredibly labor-intensive. I am not looking forward to doing my gloss black project, especially because 'bubbling' is going to be the largest issue to deal with. Since there are such large broad areas of black, it will have to be FLAWLESSLY applied, or it will look terrible.

Fantastic work jeremy.
The thickness of the Di-Noc material gives it natural bubble resistance. With heat it is a good material to work with also. Still not easy, but I've been doing stuff like this for years with vinyl, leather, carpet and just about anything else you can stretch over a surface.
 

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Seriously though, your car just keeps getting better and better. It makes all the difference 'completing' the CF treatment. I can't find a wood kit that matches the stock stuff in mine. I want to do the same thing when I replace the HU in the summer.

You must have a nice heated garage right?
 
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Originally Posted by ufoz8mycow
Can I haz daytime pics?
U can haz them.




BTW: my garage isn't heated. That is why all of my heater control pics say 13 degrees outside ambient (in Celsius) - so it isn't terribly cold either. The furnace and hot water heater keeps it pretty warm and I have new Home Depot front lips on the bottom of the garage doors - where they belong. (I bet Allen is the only person who gets this reference)
 

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Front lips?

my driveway is not completely plat under my garage door so in places there is like 3/4 of an inch gap. And the wind actually whistles under it. WTF are these lips you speak of? Not to hijack the thread of course but this is important!!!!!!
 
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Front lips?

my driveway is not completely plat under my garage door so in places there is like 3/4 of an inch gap. And the wind actually whistles under it. WTF are these lips you speak of? Not to hijack the thread of course but this is important!!!!!!
The $9 garage lip you can buy on ebay for $30.

http://www.google.com/#sclient=psy&h...989c6c17f79c85
 
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Home Depot front lip- BOOM!


Not to be outdone.. I went with a Red Bull catch can and hockey stick hood prop in my old Camry.
 
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you went old school with variant 1 home depot lip. the new variant 2 model has surpassed this with garage door foam seal. posting from my phone else I would throw up a pic.

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Here is variant 1 home depot cove base lip on my old Volvo (it really depends on the execution, not the idea)


Here is the variant 2 garage door seal - currently all the rage
 

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Really?
 
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Looks like a factory lip on the Volvo. Just because a mod is cheap doesn't mean it's ghetto..
 
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LOL! I had the same thing on my SC430!!! Looked better after i painted it, but I have no 'after' pics...
 
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minus 10 respect points for Mr. Bond - purely based on execution.
 
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Originally Posted by exexpat
minus 10 respect points for Mr. Bond - purely based on execution.

Yup. you could see the 3m tape. looked great after it was painted though...
 
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Sick SC! Why'd you get rid of that? Mille Miglia wheels? If they would have made those in a 6 speed there would be one parked in my garage
 
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This threadjack is epic! Keep it coming - I need to see pictures of unicorns and stuff.
 
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Originally Posted by ufoz8mycow
Sick SC! Why'd you get rid of that? Mille Miglia wheels? If they would have made those in a 6 speed there would be one parked in my garage

Buying an XKR to replace her. Thanks for the kudos. The SC had Tein coilover kit, SRT intake and chip, full catback exhaust with electronic cutouts, upgraded brakes and S&S headers. a beautiful V8 engine....13.1 with mickey thompson's on

I plan on doing the same look with the XKR... black-on-black-on black....

Jeremy, threadjack's are a vital part of the communication age.... plus, there's so few of us members here, I don't think it matters... Unicorn!
 

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Originally Posted by j_bond
Buying an XKR to replace her. Thanks for the Jeremy, threadjack's are a vital part of the communication age.... plus, there's so few of us members here, I don't think it matters... Unicorn!
Indeed - xmas has come early.

 
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Bond, I can't wait to see the XKR! That's funny we are talking about the home depot lip, I never though this would be a subject on this forum lol. Two of my friends have them actually. On a volvo 850 and on a Mazda RX8. I'll try to post some pics sometime.
 
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What XKR are you looking to get? I'm actually kind of partial to the older body style. The newer one is nice but damn those 06s look good on the 20" Cremonas
 


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