Damned AC buttons-- a fix???
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No dog in the fight here....I'm in the architectural commercial glass / metal biz. There are standards for review of a installed product that we are held to. Typically it is the 10' rule. You need to be 10' away and view the installed material perpendicular from the face of it.
Now in my business ,I use the 8" rule.......
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Hey Pete ,wasn't disagreeing with you or with your business practice ( I see where your coming from ) I was just giving another perspective and I really think that when your selling a replacement part for a vehicle it should look oem or better or you should advertise it as inferior to oem.
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I disagree. If you had purchased these, based on the pics provided by the vendor, they in no way represent the actual product delivered.
Also, I don't feel the the above mention example applies to something of this nature. These control buttons should not only look good from 1 ft away, but should also have a clean/smooth feel as well.
I understand that the OEM ones lacked in quality, but to compare these to the worn OEM are crazy. If so, you're basically saying that these suck less than the originals. That still equals crap quality in my book.
Glad I kept in my originals that I cleaned and sprayed with plasti-dip. They look way better than what I received.
Also, I don't feel the the above mention example applies to something of this nature. These control buttons should not only look good from 1 ft away, but should also have a clean/smooth feel as well.
I understand that the OEM ones lacked in quality, but to compare these to the worn OEM are crazy. If so, you're basically saying that these suck less than the originals. That still equals crap quality in my book.
Glad I kept in my originals that I cleaned and sprayed with plasti-dip. They look way better than what I received.
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Originally Posted by idlook2
I can't believe anyone is trying to justify the quality of the buttons. They look like crap.
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I received my order two days ago, and my set looks worse than most of these. Rough unfinished edges, rounded-off corners, and a finished surface that feels as smooth as a metal file combined with 50-grit sandpaper. That's an accurate description of what I received, not hyperbole. I'm just going to continue using the original parts and maybe DIY recondition them at some point in the future. They are still preferable to this Clima-Repair crap.
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So a video is worth a thousand words. When I zoom in close enough you can notice the buttons aren´t original, but from a normal distance they look completely fine IMHO.
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Has anyone who anyway planned to throw them away try this trick with acetone vapor? it will smooth out the 3D printed texture. Maybe it will be too glossy? Just thinking.
I saw something similar in a YouTube video that was not related to this.
http://makezine.com/2014/09/24/smoot...acetone-vapor/
I saw something similar in a YouTube video that was not related to this.
http://makezine.com/2014/09/24/smoot...acetone-vapor/
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If you look really closely you see it is a sticker.
It's not on top, it's painted over.
Not sure how else they would make the design look good? I don't see it when sitting in the drivers seat.
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dont get me wrong, they look fine, but the lettering is more obvious IMHO. The climareapairs at least hes the OEM lettering design (no sticker on top, is the paintwork that makes the lettering). Plus being a sticker, I doubt it will last long.