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predator Grand Master

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Came across this site.. Had a range of different dash coverings to rice up your 'line. Looks to a bit cheaper than the full replacement dashes I've seen (which to me look pretty crap imo).

Brushed aluminium could be sweet.

Anybody tried any of these and know what the quality is like?

http://www.importscene.com.au/category20_1.htm

Some other ok stuff on there as well.

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yeah, probably! it still would probably be cheap looking :D Just looking at the motorshow last night, most of the cars are dressed up with silver touches and the like, and none of it looks that classy - just looks like you could do the same job with a $5 spray can!

Unless you pay over like 100k for car these days you get like cheap looking dash if you ask me. They all look the same, but I forgive the 350zx one :)

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Anybody can spray the plastic parts once you learn the basics and come up with a professional job I think. Can do it for $30 or so yourself. Mines got a few scratches and things so i'm considering it.

I've done other plastics with the spray cans to good effect (pc, xbox, etc). Its really not that hard.. Still a proper plastic finish could be better depending on the quality - still $600 or so !

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