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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 05:12 PM
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I picked up a set of door panels with the airbag cover in red. Gives the inside some red to match the outside. How does it look?


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Old Feb 18, 2005 | 01:43 AM
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I like it.
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Old Feb 28, 2005 | 06:37 PM
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I did a little more work on the inside.



Changed the lower door panel back to black and left just the airbag cover red. Then I swapped out the trim for OEM Special Edition silver.

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Old Mar 6, 2005 | 07:32 AM
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nice!

I think I like the first pic, with the larger amount of red, better though...
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Old Mar 6, 2005 | 08:34 AM
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The lower part with the arm rest and the grab handle get scratched a lot. The red color was comming off of the handle so I installed the black one instead. The black arm rest will nat show the scratches as much. There is a set of black and gray door panels on ebay if someone wants to do a 2 tone swap. Thanks for the feedback.
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Old Mar 6, 2005 | 09:40 AM
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I prefer the second version myself. A little too much red for my taste in the first pic. And the scrathing issue decides it anyway!
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Old Mar 6, 2005 | 06:19 PM
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I have adesigno and that amount of red is exactly the amount of orange I have on my door panels. I like the second version better. It gives it just enough to have people walking by take a second look. Nice job!
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I have adesigno and that amount of red is exactly the amount of orange I have on my door panels. I like the second version better. It gives it just enough to have people walking by take a second look. Nice job!
Do you have any inside pictures of the Designo package? What trim does it have on the dash and doors?
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interior of a Designo

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Thanks a lot. I was hoping that you would like to post pictures of your car. What do the doors look like? Is the air bag cover the copper/orange with carbon fiber trim?
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Thanks a lot. I was hoping that you would like to post pictures of your car. What do the doors look like? Is the air bag cover the copper/orange with carbon fiber trim?
Great job...second pic does it for me.
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