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Old 03-01-2012, 01:46 PM
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brushed aluminum VS carbon fiber

what do you guys think for interior?
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Depends on your interior ...if you have black inside go with brush aluminum to have the contrast but the fiber carbon wont look bad either. I see both they are look not bad at all.
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CF buddy all the way!

You considering real CF or CF wrap?
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I have silver for my interior because it's the MB Stone color, I like the look, it goes with all the other aluminum accents (instrument bezel, paddle shifters, pedals, etc.) However, Andy has the same interior and did CF vinyl and it turned out reall well too.

If I had black interior, definitely carbon fiber.
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thanks CF it is =)
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Don't wrap it with vynil tho, looks cheap... have it skinned with real CF!!!
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Don't wrap it with vynil tho, looks cheap... have it skinned with real CF!!!
A lot of members here vinyled their interior with CF and it looked good ...
but everyone has his own opinion

I go with CF
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It's always going to look good, but it's still imitating the real thing... and having it covered in real cf is not that expensive.... I'm getting it done on mine. Anyways, the vynil WILL look sexy, I had it in my audi A3 and lotsa people liked it.
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Originally Posted by NardoNZ
It's always going to look good, but it's still imitating the real thing... and having it covered in real cf is not that expensive.... I'm getting it done on mine. Anyways, the vynil WILL look sexy, I had it in my audi A3 and lotsa people liked it.
I had an A3 back in 2000. Awesome little city car. They dnt have A3s in the U.S. where you located?
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I thought they did do the A3 in the US? only the sportback though... I don't think audi has anything to compete with mercedes though, they just look cheap next to a merc... We had a brand new audi S4 in our showroom and it just looked horrible surrounded by mercs (plenty AMG's tho)

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Dude I respect you and your CLK so I don't feel so bad in saying this because it's not past-owner-tense... That is one ugly *** car. I really like the new A6 and R8 but man, that's a brutal representation of the brand.
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LOL I think I agree anyway. I did like the car when I bought it, but soon it made me realize it just isn't a merc... Ugly *** goes a bit far for me but lets say I'm not offended whatsoever over what you said
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Originally Posted by NardoNZ
I thought they did do the A3 in the US? only the sportback though... I don't think audi has anything to compete with mercedes though, they just look cheap next to a merc... We had a brand new audi S4 in our showroom and it just looked horrible surrounded by mercs (plenty AMG's tho)

Im living in New Zealand. heres a pic of my not-so-much-missed-because-mercedes-is-so-much-better audi:



Honestly I go back to the U.S. 2 to 3 times a year and never came across an A3. My assumption is that that the car is too small for the U.S. market.
I had the first gen A3, the one you have is the second gen.
It still remains an awesome little car for the city, it was great on gaz.

Kev;
First time I layed my eyes on it I wasnt convinced but I got used to it's looks. BTW an S3 would keep up with our cars (stock 265hp, my friend had his chipped to 330hp), an RS3 would put us to shame. They handled great
God bless Quattro!!
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HAD!!! dont have it anymore!!! Benz all the way for me now... in all fairness to kev, he didnt mention power or anything, just looks... and yes audi's just look cheap compared to mercs...
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Originally Posted by NardoNZ
Don't wrap it with vynil tho, looks cheap... have it skinned with real CF!!!
where do i do that???
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Don't know about the US... could have it done here for you but that means you would have to ship it to new zealand first
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LOL I think I agree anyway. I did like the car when I bought it, but soon it made me realize it just isn't a merc... Ugly *** goes a bit far for me but lets say I'm not offended whatsoever over what you said
You're right, ugly-*** took it a bit too far, I should have said Volkswagen'y looking. I bet the interior was decent though, I get driven around in a lot of new A6's and I am very impressed with the interiors. Audi seems to do a great job throughout their lineup in that regard.

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