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Exciting carbon news!
Given my car is off the road waiting for the cams from BMW (a wait which has been on-going since the end of July
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23-11-2015, 12:23 PM
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put me down for a rear centre console please
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23-11-2015, 01:00 PM
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Might be interested in a rear console
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23-11-2015, 03:26 PM
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put me down for a rear centre console please
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23-11-2015, 07:21 PM
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A bit off topic and I have emailed our resident carbon guy....
I've got a knackered plastic dash from a Clio cup. Looking for a fibre glass or carbon copy getting made up as a replacement. Is it something your guy can do? If so what sort of money? It's just a thin plastic trim, i would like it with no pod opening. Usual upside down photo... Last edited by s.mac; 23-11-2015 at 07:27 PM. |
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23-11-2015, 08:23 PM
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CSL Front bumper
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would be interested in the vorsteiner nose 
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24-11-2015, 08:50 AM
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24-11-2015, 08:56 AM
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I would be interested in a trim set if it is an EXACT match to OEM radio cover and centre console.
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Really want to just do CSL specific items to an OE equivalent or better standard. Might come at a later date (if the demand is there), but not in the immediate future. The things that are being done / have been done are: 1. Flippers (available). 2. Rear centre console (imminent). 3. Strut brace (before end of year). 4. Vorsteiner front lip (before end of year). 5. Front bumper (next year).
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