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Old Oct 26, 2005 | 09:19 PM
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Anyone making a black center console/bezel replacement that blends in with the rest of the dash?
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Old Oct 26, 2005 | 10:45 PM
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Good idea. I'd buy one. The silver plastic looks cheap and scratches easily. Even better, make it match my grey leather seats.
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Anyone making a black center console/bezel replacement that blends in with the rest of the dash?
Like this?
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Old Oct 26, 2005 | 11:14 PM
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Nah, I'd like matte black.
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Old Oct 26, 2005 | 11:37 PM
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Nah, I'd like matte black.
Agreed. Same material the rest of the dash is made of would be great!!
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Old Oct 26, 2005 | 11:43 PM
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Someone had a really nice one posted the other day from Mid America. I found it here:

http://www.madvet.com/shop?frame=1.50.6393
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Good idea. I'd buy one. The silver plastic looks cheap and scratches easily. Even better, make it match my grey leather seats.
Thats what I had done (center console covered with same material seats made of), just haven't had the time nor the camera to install it and get some pics. As soon as I do I'll post.
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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 02:54 AM
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Originally Posted by haljensen
The silver plastic looks cheap and scratches easily.
People keep saying this, but after 16,000 miles of not so careful daily use, mine doesn't have a single scratch. What are you guys doing that's scratching the console?
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Originally Posted by shopdog
People keep saying this, but after 16,000 miles of not so careful daily use, mine doesn't have a single scratch. What are you guys doing that's scratching the console?
Not a scratch here...
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Originally Posted by shopdog
People keep saying this, but after 16,000 miles of not so careful daily use, mine doesn't have a single scratch. What are you guys doing that's scratching the console?
hehehehe wouldn't you like to know let's just say the stock console isn't as rugged when someone is on it
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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 09:32 AM
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The silver looks pretty good in a silver car with ebony interior.
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hehehehe wouldn't you like to know let's just say the stock console isn't as rugged when someone is on it
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People keep saying this, but after 16,000 miles of not so careful daily use, mine doesn't have a single scratch. What are you guys doing that's scratching the console?
Not just a scratch. I have a scratch that I tried to rub out using a scratch remover product and it took off pieces of the coating. Now I have not only a scratch but a few black spots where the finish came off. It seems to me that some of these consoles were not properly prepared for painting and the finish is fragile.
I intend to replace ASAP with a gloss black console piece that is sold by Mid America Corvette. I never did like the silver anyway!
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I'm still looking for a REAL brushed aluminum console trim..., not that cheap stick-on stuff...
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I'm still looking for a REAL brushed aluminum console trim..., not that cheap stick-on stuff...
Me too!
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Originally Posted by railgun
The silver looks pretty good in a silver car with ebony interior.

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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by stinky
Thats what I had done (center console covered with same material seats made of), just haven't had the time nor the camera to install it and get some pics. As soon as I do I'll post.
My stock console already matches the seats/dash/door panels, what I want is the plastic "waterfall" or dash bezel, the piece that extends from the console to the top of the dash. All the links posted so far are for painted or carbon fiber, I want either the black vinyl dash material or the grey "leather" seat material to replace or cover the stock plastic waterfall. IMHO there are already too many colors/ textures/materials in the interior.
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Originally Posted by SCModerator
Nah, I'd like matte black.
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Old Oct 27, 2005 | 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by haljensen
My stock console already matches the seats/dash/door panels, what I want is the plastic "waterfall" or dash bezel, the piece that extends from the console to the top of the dash
That IS what I was talking about brother It now has a real nice feel to it, guy did a fine job of fitment.
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