Cariboo

I bought an aluminum dash kit for my 2000 TL with tan interior three weeks ago and finally got around to posting the pictures.

I actually have not installed the dash kit. I just layed them over the controls to get an idea of how it might look.

To my knowledge, no one has installed an aluminum dash kit in a tan interior TL. I don't think it looks too bad, however, I don't think I will be putting it in. It's just a little to over the top for me.

I will actually be selling this dash kit. If anyone is interested please PM me. I bought it for $160 plus shipping.

Pictures will be forth coming (as soon as I can figure out how to).

Let me know what you think about the dash kit.

Cariboo

How do I attach photos to a post?

subtledreamer

upload it to http://www.acurainspired.com/gallery/ , then click on the insert image icon when you are posting and paste the URL of the picture into it.

mmmm im interested in saying how aluminum kit looks on tan!

Cariboo

I will have the pictures posted this evening.

Cariboo

I didn't know it was so difficult to post pictures.

I will not pay money to Acura Inspired just to post pictures of my dash kit.

The pictures are too big of a file for the basic free membership. Bullshit!

If there is another way to post pictures, please let me know.

If not, PM me and I will send you the pictures.

joseph_99tl

email them to me.

i'll post them for you

joseph.longo@global-terminal.com

joseph_99tl

here ya go...

MADCAT

Can we get this for the 99?

subtledreamer

pretty sure you can. since the layout of the controls and everything else is basically the same for all non-navi TLs (correct me if im wrong tho). my dad had a wood trim set for my tl and once i got the car i ripped it out like there was no tomorrow. it was that sick; to me at least...

btw that alu looks better than i thought it would

and DAMN, was it you that posted a while back about the TLS white tachs and meters?! it looks soooooo nice!!!

99TLHeather

I think it'll look much better if it was real brushed aluminum. The vinyl seems too thick! If you paint the concole wood the same color as the dash board, I think it'll look even better. IMO!

Cariboo

You can definetly get this for all TL model years. My TL is a 2000, but I ordered the 2002-03 kit because I installed the 6 disc changer. The only significant difference in the kit is the radio face since the 6 disc changer kit has the extra button underneath the eject button. Also when I bought this kit, it had a few extra pieces that other kits do not have.

If you notice, the last picture is different from the others. This kit came with pieces that fit around the heated seat buttons and also the flat surface around the shift trim piece. That is the main reason I bought this kit. I wanted to try and mix and match the extra pieces around the shift console.

I also price real brushed aluminum, but they were double the price. I think that the synthetic kits really look nice. They look like real brushed aluminum with a polyurethane coating on top.

The guy that I bought the 6 disc changer from had the brushed aluminum kit and left the piece on the face of the radio when he sent it to me. I thought it looked like the real thing, thats why I chose to go that route.

Joseph_99TL, thanks for posting my pictures!!!

TL260power

i kinda dont feel it..

NYZGREATST

IMO, i think it looks like ass. especially since you still have the wood trim on the sides. you would have been better going with the black and silver wood trim

Tunaboy

It could look better. Doesn't match though with the all tan. How does it install do you just glue it on because that's how it looks.

GoldTL

I think it looks fine

Cariboo

It has adhesive backing. I just loose-laid the dash kit on to see how it would look.

I don't think it looks too bad, however, I will not be installing it in my TL. Since I installed the white overlays on the gauges, it has kind of broken up the plain, bland look of the stock dash, which is why I was thinking of the dash kit.

If anyone is interested in buying the kit from me, please PM me.

HeLLxRiSeS

I don't like it. I don't like the sticker burlwood either. I think it's overkill.

Tunaboy

Good Choice get your money back that is really not needed.

99TLHeather

Just won my real aluminum dash kit from ebay from Evolutionautodesign.com for $125. I have tan interior! When I install it I'll try to post some pics.

TeknoKing

parchement with aluminum??? congrats! and WHY?!

99TLHeather

If it looks to tacky with the burlwood, than I might have to paint the wood on the console and doors the same color as the front top dash/black or silver. On top of that I would do the shift plate mod chrome. I'll figure it out somehow. The deal was to good to let it go. I just recently checked ebay, and they still have it for $125 from evolutionautodesign.com.

Natismati

BLaCk Acc

:wtf: why would u do that to ur car????? it looks so nasty with tan interior


that shit is :gheyfight:

09_Type-S

wut the..

ProbyOne

I think that the dash kit looks fine...

btw... how much did you pay for the type s gauges, and also where did you get them

Ive been wanting to do it to my car, and thats the first pic that I have actually seen them on the 99 TL... anyways the gauges look hott

JPB

I wanted to know if there is an aluminum kit that covers all of the OEM "wood" inserts, have you seen anything?

99TLHeather

If your talking about the wood inserts on the doors and shiftgate console, I haven't seen any. They do make custon to fit but that would cost you. Didn't even ask how much!

JPB

Thanks for the response anyway.