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Old 02-09-2010, 03:04 PM
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Default Should I get the aluminum colored bezel rings for the gauge cluster?

Been thinking about it - not sure how it would look on a car with white faced gauges and brown leather interior....
Does anyone have pictures of how it turned out on their own cars?
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In a word...yes.
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Here it is in my car... Boxter Red Leather tho'
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Plain old Black here.... But I like the look of the rings.

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It's not functional and adds weight? I say "no"...
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Ahh! I've been thinking about it for my black interior with the aluminum accents but wasn't sure how that would look. Looking at Marc's car, I think I may have to get them.

Marc - where did you get the bezel rings?
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Originally Posted by rajeshr
Ahh! I've been thinking about it for my black interior with the aluminum accents but wasn't sure how that would look. Looking at Marc's car, I think I may have to get them.

Marc - where did you get the bezel rings?
I think suncoast if I remember correctly...

Notice in your sig you have a B5 S4 ,I used to have one as well, it was a great car! (Blk/Blk 6speed, Stage 2+)
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Put them in my full leather black interior. A big improvement!

Also liking Marc's aluminum-look 'flouret.' I had thought about body color, but that looks good!
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Originally Posted by Marc Gelefsky
Notice in your sig you have a B5 S4 ,I used to have one as well, it was a great car! (Blk/Blk 6speed, Stage 2+)
Yeah, mine was a Stage 2+ too! I think it was the perfect all-rounder; sports sedan, family car and decent (but heavy) track performer! Finally had to let it go late last year. The maintenance costs were getting high, so I had to find a car that was cheap to maintain!
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Got mine at suncoast and used silicone as adhesive ..
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Here is mine.
The quality of the pics is not great...sorry.

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It's not functional and adds weight? I say "no"...

Weight? A bottle of beer weighs 10 times what these aluminum rings weigh...
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I like them.... makes the gauges pop.

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Originally Posted by Goldenwarrior1
Weight? A bottle of beer weighs 10 times what these aluminum rings weigh...
And I don't keep one of those in the car, either.

Sorry, there's just no aspect of this bling that I like, especially the thought of gluing crap to the dash of my Porsche. Dare I say it reminds me of what a teenage Honda Civic driver might do to his car?
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I like them, but I wont be buying them....its not the weight, but the gluing thing....

now if they came with big ole screws


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