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      01-18-2013, 03:57 PM   #3
mdosu
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Drives: Double Vanos'd Civic-M3
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: San Francisco

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i just did the AL to the CL swap in my black interior E90. I'm not quite sure if I like it. The AL gives you that high contrast.

If you swap just the dash part, it's the major piece that you'll see on a daily basis. In fact, I rarely notice the AL trim on the door when I had it.

Overall, the CL piece doesn't look great in my eyes b/c it's not rear CF, it's just a plastic weave that looks like CF. The major positive I got out of the swap is apparantly the source of a rattle in my dash was my AL trim. Apparantly the AL is glued onto a plastic frame which bolts on to the console base. It was the AL and the plastic frame that was rattling. The CL is a direct bolt on to the console, so less pieces to rattle.
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