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Old May 6, 2010 | 04:36 PM
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Trading aluminum trim for birds eye?

Now, I know some of you out there are pretty disappointed that your car came with the ugly, old looking, grandpa-like birds eye maple trim..

I'm here to solve your problems.. I was lucky enough to get one of the sporty and rare "brushed aluminum" trimmed cars, and I would like to do a lucky soul a favor and trade them trim pieces

No catch, just PM me and we can get started...

But no, seriously... is there anyone out there that would prefer the aluminum and HAS the birds eye??
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Old May 6, 2010 | 08:31 PM
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Old May 6, 2010 | 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by blue00r6
Now, I know some of you out there are pretty disappointed that your car came with the ugly, old looking, grandpa-like birds eye maple trim..

I'm here to solve your problems.. I was lucky enough to get one of the sporty and rare "brushed aluminum" trimmed cars, and I would like to do a lucky soul a favor and trade them trim pieces

No catch, just PM me and we can get started...

But no, seriously... is there anyone out there that would prefer the aluminum and HAS the birds eye??
You sir, are quite a salesperson.
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Old May 7, 2010 | 12:56 AM
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dont you need to pay extra for the bird eye??
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Old May 7, 2010 | 02:03 AM
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Haha probably... I had a PM about willingness to trade however he had dual memory seat functions in the door panel, and i has nun in the door panel. :*( so close!

And additionally I just found out that the C63 rep. grill i ordered last week and was getting impatient with was "out of stock" for 3-4 weeks... DONT YOU THINK IF YOU PUT IT UP ON EBAY YOU SHOULD HAVE IT IN STOCK? jesus.. *** guy..
Each day this week at work i would sit and daydream about how i would go home, see the package on my doorstep... install the grill, wash the much needed black paint, give her some detailing i know she's been needing... and each day i come home to a porch with no box on it... then i finally go and check my ebay messages and see the sellers note... WTF i was so damn excited.. F you Ebay guy. F you.. and now there are no others available. I know i could paint my stocker but i just have an issue with defacing OEM stuff..
And on top of that I went to dinner tonight and had an unintentional "showdown" with a '10 arctic white 300 with the some of the same goodies as I've got (which you dont see a lot of around here): amg's, pano.. looked really nice.. AND his was lowered.. not much, just a little..... just enough to give me a complex... we came out and I asked my lady "do you think i need to lower mine? .. *shows difference with car in front* "oh yeah, that one is lower, looks sleeker" ..! christ ...... women..

so yeah.. now i need: lowering springs,c63 grill and some new trim pieces...

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Old May 7, 2010 | 02:04 AM
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Originally Posted by clover168
dont you need to pay extra for the bird eye??
lol.. yea. and aluminum is the most popular trim.
but i guess aluminum is more rare on used cars?
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Old May 7, 2010 | 02:09 AM
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And thats pretty fancy how this site changes your abbreviated bad words into meaningless stars that make even less sense.... apparently in soviet mbworld, forum censors YOU!

**anyway excuse me, drunk posting is in affect.
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Old May 7, 2010 | 03:21 AM
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lol.. yea. and aluminum is the most popular trim.
but i guess aluminum is more rare on used cars?
dont like aluminum at all cuz its look so cheap LOL.
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Old May 7, 2010 | 08:36 AM
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LOL....so you prefer woodgrain, like grandpa's Oldsmobile had?
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Old May 7, 2010 | 08:37 AM
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Check out Express Body Parts on Ebay....they had mine and shipped very quickly a few weeks ago.......maybe I got the last one?

Originally Posted by blue00r6
Haha probably... I had a PM about willingness to trade however he had dual memory seat functions in the door panel, and i has nun in the door panel. :*( so close!

And additionally I just found out that the C63 rep. grill i ordered last week and was getting impatient with was "out of stock" for 3-4 weeks... DONT YOU THINK IF YOU PUT IT UP ON EBAY YOU SHOULD HAVE IT IN STOCK? jesus.. *** guy..
Each day this week at work i would sit and daydream about how i would go home, see the package on my doorstep... install the grill, wash the much needed black paint, give her some detailing i know she's been needing... and each day i come home to a porch with no box on it... then i finally go and check my ebay messages and see the sellers note... WTF i was so damn excited.. F you Ebay guy. F you.. and now there are no others available. I know i could paint my stocker but i just have an issue with defacing OEM stuff..
And on top of that I went to dinner tonight and had an unintentional "showdown" with a '10 arctic white 300 with the some of the same goodies as I've got (which you dont see a lot of around here): amg's, pano.. looked really nice.. AND his was lowered.. not much, just a little..... just enough to give me a complex... we came out and I asked my lady "do you think i need to lower mine? .. *shows difference with car in front* "oh yeah, that one is lower, looks sleeker" ..! christ ...... women..

so yeah.. now i need: lowering springs,c63 grill and some new trim pieces...

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Old May 7, 2010 | 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Sportstick
LOL....so you prefer woodgrain, like grandpa's Oldsmobile had?
i prefer CF but bird's eye better aluminum in my opinion
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Old May 7, 2010 | 09:42 AM
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....and that's why Baskin-Robbins has 31 flavors!
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Old May 7, 2010 | 10:04 AM
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Originally Posted by clover168
dont like aluminum at all cuz its look so cheap LOL.
I agree..the only aluminum that doesn't is the Aluminum used in the G37.
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Old May 7, 2010 | 10:32 AM
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....and that's why Baskin-Robbins has 31 flavors!
LMFAO! I had a G37 sport coupe with he Washi brushed aluminum, and I have to admit that I like the c300 aluminum better, the Infiniti looked like it was scratched all over (to hide real scratches) and never looked good when clean IMO.

I don't like the light maple birds eye wood, I think it looks terrible, besides for the black wood grain, I am unsure of what it is called if it is "black birds eye" then yes, I like that, haha.
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Old May 7, 2010 | 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Sportstick
Check out Express Body Parts on Ebay....they had mine and shipped very quickly a few weeks ago.......maybe I got the last one?
They are who i ordered from! you must have taken the last one.... >:I
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my favorites to to least favorite goes from:

Piano Black, Birds Eye, the Red maple, then aluminum, and hten the ugly yellow wood you see in audis, haha.
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Originally Posted by blue00r6
They are who i ordered from! you must have taken the last one.... >:I

whoops...sorry! If and when it arrives, it's a good one!
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Old May 7, 2010 | 02:07 PM
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haha, its all good... I am really impatient though so I think I'm going to paint the stocker for now... I need a project

Are those who have painted theirs happy with the look/results?
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