Post pics of your wood dash kit here.

i was wondering since i have not really seen a dash kit up close for long enough to inspact it, is it possible to get one and paint it? maybe one of the aluminum ones off of ebay? i donno just a thought. i honestly didn't know they even MADE a real carbon fiber kit, all i've seen if is false carbon kits. looks great! how do i find one of them?

racinfan wrote:

You have beautiful nails.

And your left arm is on the wrong side of your body too.

You guys are really a HOOT!!!!!!

okiedrifter wrote:

i was wondering since i have not really seen a dash kit up close for long enough to inspact it, is it possible to get one and paint it? maybe one of the aluminum ones off of ebay? i donno just a thought. i honestly didn't know they even MADE a real carbon fiber kit, all i've seen if is false carbon kits. looks great! how do i find one of them?

The problem with painting them is that you would be painting over the finish they put on them and would never get it as smooth and shinny as they come. The one in my '95 is real burlewood but the wood is almost paper thin. The 3M backing and the finish that is on it is most of the thickness. This is what it looks like:
https://rivperformance.editboard.com/Other-Stuff-c3/Interior-f20/95-Dash-Kit-t83.htm
This black one looks good and it is not real carbon fiber but there are REAL ones available, I'm sure you'd pay a good bit more for it though.

For what it would cost, I can't see paying for a real carbon fiber kit. For a dash, fake looks and works fine.

AA wrote:

For what it would cost, I can't see paying for a real carbon fiber kit. For a dash, fake looks and works fine.

I don't know about the carbon fiber but my fake woodgrain dash kit looks great. I have only had one person question it and that was when he touched it.

Pics of my 97 Riv's simulated light burl dash kit (taupe interior).
Got it from these folks for $179.


http://stores.ebay.com/DashTrims_Buick-Dash-Kits_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQfsubZ4QQftidZ2QQtZkm

Very NICE. Looks like a Jag. I would say money well spent.

Looks great!

Looks good!

You can thank me for going to the trouble of waiting a year for a dash kit to get one that fits your car. ;(

They sold me a 95 kit because they though all the 95-99 were the same. A year later (and about 124 emails from me) after they finally got the right measurments for the later years they sent me the dash pieces. :O

Looks mad hot!

Did u just put that over the original dash?

I'm thinking about getting this done to my car!

very nice!

¤DoughBoy¤ wrote:

Looks mad hot!

Did u just put that over the original dash?

I'm thinking about getting this done to my car!

It sticks onto the original dash. Well worth the money IMO.

Thanks SpaceBar!!

Yes...I put it over the original dash. Color was very close so I didn't feel the need to remove the itsy bit of woodgrain from around the radio.
Jon

97Riv-Jon wrote:

Yes...I put it over the original dash. Color was very close so I didn't feel the need to remove the itsy bit of woodgrain from around the radio & shift.
Jon

My color is much darker and I didn't take it off. You can barely see it at all.

It looks like an awful lot of pieces for $179? I wonder if they have a light wood in a regular grain pattern?

I'm critical about these appearance mods but I have to say that does look very nice.

97Riv-Jon wrote:

Thanks SpaceBar!!

Yes...I put it over the original dash. Color was very close so I didn't feel the need to remove the itsy bit of woodgrain from around the radio & shift.
Jon

You have to remove it? The new piece doesn't apply on top of the old piece?

NO 4 EVR wrote:

Yes that goes very nice with your interior color. Good choice. It would look horrible in my car with blue interior.

Troy, the kit Jon has might look good on blue?

Or some of their other colors?

Not a bad deal getting it from their eBay Store, their website price is $300 though.

98riviera98 wrote:

hmmmm i cant find any kits on ebay for a 98 !!

Travis, did you look at Jon's post?
He has a link to a nice set on eBay right now.

The more I look the more I like!
Could you put up a pic of the rest of the door, would like to see how that looks too.

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You have to remove it? The new piece doesn't apply on top of the old piece?

No...You do not have to remove it. The new piece does apply on top of the old piece...

99Rivman wrote:

The more I look the more I like!
Could you put up a pic of the rest of the door, would like to see how that looks too.

Ok...Will later today.

99Rivman wrote:

The more I look the more I like!
Could you put up a pic of the rest of the door, would like to see how that looks too.

Here you go...

Jon, you should blur out the license plate number in your sig. You don't want to make it any easier for the scam dogs to get their hooks into you.

AA wrote:

For what it would cost, I can't see paying for a real carbon fiber kit. For a dash, fake looks and works fine.

It's about $400.

I'm debating whether it's worth it or not for real wood vs. plood. I saw a pic of the Enclave interior the other day, which has real wood on the wheel and fake wood on the dash, and the difference was obvious.