Stereo Surrounds / Dash

gazeek · Post by **gazeek** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:43 pm

Hey guys , im looking to replace my stereo surround and possible some other area's of my dash ... im starting with stereo coz it looks easy to remove

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iv been looking at this --> http://cgi.ebay.com.au/MITSUBISHI-FTO-1 ... dZViewItem

WHat do you think ? .. A bit too Yum cha ? or ok ?

Post by **Bennoz** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:48 pm

Benn covered many times... search is your friend

SILVERFISH · Post by **SILVERFISH** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:54 pm

they're just stickers dude... you won't need to take out your stereo
they just go over the top of your existing trim... not a bad result for the price

and i agree with bennoz - try searching before posting

<from an earlier post>
couple of happy snaps for ya...
(sorry bout the pic quality... taken on my phone)

gazeek · Post by **gazeek** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:55 pm

Yea i did .. I found heaps , i was more wondering if there's an abundance of dodgy stuff out there I need to avoid .. like whats in the eBay auction .. or whether its all pretty standard ? ... I noticed there was a group buy going a while ago that was $150 for just the stereo surround , where as this eBay one was $140 for the entire interior trim almost .. no doubt its probably just painted , but still , a good deal ?..

gazeek · Post by **gazeek** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 2:58 pm

Stickers ?? .. oh right .. ok I get it ... meh , think i might give it a miss then

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Cheers for the help ..

kid_dynamite · Post by **kid_dynamite** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 3:22 pm

If you don't want to apply stickers, you can get it colour dipped to give it the look of CF / woodgrain / whatever you want.

Look up MODICOAT and AQUADIP. Two most common places in Sydney who can do it for you. Probably looking at about $400 or so to get all your interior pieces dipped.

Post by **Bennoz** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 3:36 pm

The other one is http://www.dashboardcentre.com.au/

Post by **dstocks** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 5:38 pm

My advice, dont go the stickers. I did this and was quite disappointed with the result. They dont cost that much and to be honest, you get what you pay for. The effect itself doesnt look too bad, but the fit is crap and there are joins in really obvious places. Save up the extra money and get it done properly. I threw away the stick on ones I bought and got mine dipped at the dashboard centre (URL Bennoz posted above) and the result was fantastic. Just like a new car

http://www.completefto.com.au/FTO_showcontent.asp?aid=331

khunjeng · Post by **khunjeng** » Thu Feb 01, 2007 11:36 pm

I was against stickers

then I saw Silverfish's result in the flesh and it was quite good actually.

Post by **dstocks** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:15 am

Maybe im just picky....

Post by **dstocks** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 7:18 am

Maybe im just picky....

But then, there is a set you can get from UAS and a different one from Ebay. I got mine from Ebay. Not sure what the UAS one is like - maybe its better.

Mine curled up at the edges in the hotter weather and there were large gaps between pieces that sat next to each other. Not to mention the fact that the pieces did not go to the edge of the surfaces they were covering. Certainly looked better than stock (at least to start with), but still wasnt good enough for what I was looking for.

boarsai · Post by **boarsai** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 11:23 am

LOL @ some of the coatings.

There was a chick at the last car show I was at and she had the license plate: I SPIT. Very stylish... ugh. Anyway I figure she needs the following coating for her car.

http://www.modicoat.com/id68.htm

Personaly I'm holding out for Cow hide

heh I'd love to do my interior with something. Don't like how the black plastic goes with my colour scheme...

Edit: oooer one of them is in qld. Awesome.

Post by **BorepYano** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:20 pm

boarsai wrote:Edit: oooer one of them is in qld. Awesome.

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boarsai · Post by **boarsai** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 12:21 pm

I thought both the companies listed were in NSW/VIC but it turns out modicoat is in Bris

Unit 4
57-63 Shore St
Cleveland
Brisbane,QLD
4163

Mel_star_1 · Post by **Mel_star_1** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 7:41 pm

Hey this was a great site: http://www.dashboardcentre.com.au/
but do you know of any that do the same stuff in Adelaide any where?

Post by **dstocks** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:10 pm

Nup,

But I sent mine there from Canberra. Took about 10 days to turn it around and cost me $30 in freight (insured of course), so I thought that was quite good really.

mg_213 · Post by **mg_213** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:02 am

With the ebay sticker kits, does anyone have photos of how it looks with silver / brushed aluminium?

alku83 · Post by **alku83** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:46 pm

Dwayne, what did you get dipped and what did it cost you?

Edit: Never mind, found your pics on their site ( http://www.dashboardcentre.com.au/produ ... cts_id=218 ). Just wondering how much it cost though?

Post by **dstocks** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:46 pm

Cost me about 700 (which includes postage), but it depends on how many bits you get dipped. It averaged out at about $35 per part at the time (and it was pretty much a flat price per part irrespective of size when I got it done!)

It does cost more (considerably), but having done both now (stickers and dipping), I think the dipping is definitely worth the extra money.

oodLes · Post by **oodLes** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 2:58 pm

I saw the dipped parts in the car, and they definately were better than the stickers. It looked really really good.