Centre console paint/coat group buy

Bund said:

Thanks G2 & Phil, the fairmile meet may work well for a talk through if I'm struggling as wont collect car till early March and I'd like to source and swap in the paddle shift first. 👍🏼

Were the types of plastic tools in the carbon tutorial required?

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G2 said:

Bund said:

Thanks G2 & Phil, the fairmile meet may work well for a talk through if I'm struggling as wont collect car till early March and I'd like to source and swap in the paddle shift first. 👍🏼

Were the types of plastic tools in the carbon tutorial required?

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Yes. Torx for the screws of various sizes and better to use the plastic splitters when separating the gear knob surround bits. I bought a set off amazon for about £15 but was doing a few van installs etc around the same time.

I disconnected the battery with the key in position 1 for the alarm (not sure it's 100% necessary but there are a few connectors to unplug so belt and braces and all that.

Phil might know if the battery is necessary.

Make sure you book the job in with wicked in advance (if using them) as it can take a while for them to schedule it around other work,

Edit: if PDK, make sure to leave the car in neutral before removing the console as it won't clear the obstructions.

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Bund said:

G2 said:

Thanks for the reminder to give them a shout as I wanted to check about prices/times etc.

After doing it do you have any advice on colour combos or oem finish as I've always proffered extended leather to the paint finish but the cost difference is about £500 it seems? Do they offer the leather stitched oem look?

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Wicked don't do leather. They are a specialist coatings company.

What colour is the car and interior ?

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Bund said:

Thanks G2 & Phil, the fairmile meet may work well for a talk through if I'm struggling as wont collect car till early March...

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G2 said:

Bund said:

G2 said:

Thanks for the reminder to give them a shout as I wanted to check about prices/times etc.

After doing it do you have any advice on colour combos or oem finish as I've always proffered extended leather to the paint finish but the cost difference is about £500 it seems? Do they offer the leather stitched oem look?

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Wicked don't do leather. They are a specialist coatings company.

What colour is the car and interior ?

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they do a soft touch finish similar to oe but with any colour base so you could for instance have a dark or light grey soft touch or even red :grin: or the standard high gloss finish to match the bodywork. or even a carbon dipped finish like the first one I had before going body colour , the one I had was a blue carbon dip but its avail in all colours :thumb:

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Phil 997 said:

personally I would do it meteor grey :thumb: but its down to your personal taste .
After all I did this to my gen1 :grin: :grin: :grin:

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MaxA said:

I'm curious as my centre console is looking a bit tatty ... and sorry about the stupid question, but can you still drive the car when the centre console is removed? Does it leave the gearlever and handbrake in situ?

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weebz said:

MaxA said:

I'm curious as my centre console is looking a bit tatty ... and sorry about the stupid question, but can you still drive the car when the centre console is removed? Does it leave the gearlever and handbrake in situ?

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Yes you can still operate the car, it's only a trim part :thumb:

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