Brushed Aluminum Trim

[Matt@H2OTuning]

Anybody have it? Who sells it? Is there a way to turn our existing wood trim into aluminum like the A4 guys do:
http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...minum-look-DIY

[4ringAR]

maybe you could use some of that "metal tape" that you can buy at HD or similar stores? if its too shiny you could try and scotch-brite that. if it looks like ass i imagine you could peel it off easily.

[Matt@H2OTuning]

I will buy a cheap ebay "dash" kit before I do the tape thing.

[FrankA6]

Brushed Aluminum trim looks really cheap and ugly.

[Matt@H2OTuning]

Brushed Aluminum trim looks really cheap and ugly.

To each their own. I would love to do a silver carbon fiber but just out of my budget at $700.

[B6JoeS4]

BMW guys live for the 3M stuff: http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=783931

[btsline04]

Brushed Aluminum trim looks really cheap and ugly.

+2...i'm in the process of doing mine with carbon fiber cloth....heres a teaser...i'll be posting up finished product when i'm done....

[4ringAR]

^^^looks good.

this thread is making me motivated to do away with the woodgrain.

[VinnyMac]

Been wanting to take the woodgrain dash out of mine too! Nicely done btsline!

[btsline04]

thanks guys...i had that dark red wood trim b4...so much better than b4....i'll post pics up when i'm done....

vinnymac....sent u a pm....

[Aye6]

I've contemplated the aluminum trim but have thought against it, although it doesn't look too bad in that link B6JoeS4 posted. I'm most likely going with silver carbon fiber (maybe black), but not the real stuff. Here are some links I found a few weeks ago.

Coarse brushed aluminum
Fine brushed aluminum (Doesn't look amazing, that's just what I found)
3M silver carbon fiber

I ordered a pack of 7 carbon fiber samples provided by Metro Decals and 3M looked and felt the best to me out of all of them.

[JediJoker7169]

I'm fine with my wood interior trim, but I'd like to lose the chrome on the exterior in favor of a brushed or anodized look. Has anyone done this? Is it possible to modify the stock trim this way? My understanding is that most pieces are plastic with a thin chrome plating, which worries me.

[btsline04]

for the exterior i used that matte black vinyl...that stuff is pretty clutch...durable against the elements

[Aye6]

Well since you don't live in a snowy area, I think you can make any vinyl work. Maybe the link that I posted? I haven't wrapped my trim so not positive it would work.