As promised, here are some pics and my review!
Shipping and Packaging 10/10
Exactly 8 days after I bought the trim on eBay, I received the package. It was delivered via USPS, and my wife was home when it was delivered. She did have to sign for the box, so if nobody had been home, it may have been longer before I actually received the package.
The packaging was very good. The items were delivered in a large box, which was also wrapped with shipping paper and taped well. Within the big box, each trim piece was individually boxed (in boxes that looked like knock-off Audi/VW oem part boxes). There was packaging material holding the individual boxes in place within the outer box, and within each individual box, the trim pieces were carefully wrapped with bubble wrap and taped. It actually took several minutes to unwrap everything. Nothing had been damaged in shipping. The seller had wrapped and packaged everything as well as could be done. After unwrapping everything, I set them on my counter and snapped a few pics:
Product Quality 8.5/10
As you can see in the pictures above, the quality is very good. No, it's not perfect, but it definitely exceeded my expectations. My complaints are very minor:
You can see in this picture that the finish isn't quite perfect. If you look closely, it has some swirl marks. What you can't tell in the picture, is that from certain angles, and only in direct sunlight, the finish does have a small bit of cloudiness in some areas. I don't want to overstate the issue though, I would've never noticed except that I was inspecting them very closely. If I had bought them thinking they were genuine OEM parts, and they had the same minor defects, I wouldn't have complained. The defects are that minor.
Another very minor issue I had was that on one of the door pieces, the aluminum trim wasn't glued well to the carbon fiber piece. Nothing was broken. I just dabbed a bit of glue on it and popped it onto the car. This wasn't a big issue, and after a bit of glue, it looked perfect.
The carbon fiber looks fantastic. I don't have the OEM pieces to compare to, so I can't say if the weave is exactly the same, but it looks great. Only upon very close examination did I notice a few spots where the weave wasn't 100% straight. Again, I'd be shocked if anyone else EVER noticed. It's minor, but I'm trying to be complete here! Overall, I'm very impressed with the carbon fiber. It has that fantastic 3D depth to it that I was hoping for.
Fit 10/10
All pieces came with all tabs intact. Nothing broken. Everything snapped right in place and fit perfectly. Nothing else to say regarding fit!
Overall 9/10
Overall I'm very pleased with the product and glad I bought them. Brand new OEM-looking pieces (they include the aluminum trim around the door and dash pieces, unlike other aftermarket items) for a reasonable price and shipped to my door in 8 days? I'm glad I took the risk. I ordered them thinking there was about a 50/50 chance I'd end up returning them and eating whatever shipping costs I'd incur shipping them back to China (I'm sure not cheap), but I'm definitely keeping them.
Installation sucked. I did go buy some interior trim tools, and I think they helped. I managed to remove and re-install without any broken tabs. The center console piece is a bear to install. The entire center console has to be removed from the car. Unfortunately, I got it all back together and then realized I'd forgotten to re-connect the plug for the power outlet in the center console- the one I normally use to charge my phone.
So yep, I'll be pulling it out again to reconnect the power source. Let me know if you have any questions!
). Finding a car with all that was pretty lucky, but it was missing the carbon atlas interior trim that I wanted. I kept thinking I'd pick up a set on the classifieds eventually, but just couldn't bring myself to pay the prices being asked.
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