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Following on from my 'trim' post a few weeks ago, can anyone recommend a place to get aluminium trim to replace my wood, and don't say Audi as they quoted me £980.00 which is plain bonkers.

Welky wrote:Following on from my 'trim' post a few weeks ago, can anyone recommend a place to get aluminium trim to replace my wood, and don't say Audi as they quoted me £980.00 which is plain bonkers.

Ohh dear join the club No one wants to swop

Yep, I've searched high and low. Challenging is an understatement.

Grizz gets em occasionally....

what about the 6 that someone is breaking , see recent thread

Cheers Dave, i'll give Grizz a buzz.

Anyone dealt with Virdee? I'm beginning to think he's a figment of his own imagination as he's pretty unresponsive to pm's.

He's been on here today and lots do deal with him here....?

That's good to know. Virdee...where are you scooby doo? and can you help Amanda and me?

you might be able to retrim, I am moving to carbon from wood with this stuff and guide

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthrea ... ed-product

http://forums.audiworld.com/showthread. ... emove+trim

guy got the carbon weave from http://destronsgarage.com/international

I have ordered 3 yards for mine - $54 shipped

just need to buy a razor blade, a putty knife and some 3M adhesive when it comes

there is a silver carbon trim also

Welky wrote:Anyone dealt with Virdee?

Yes. Pleasant, easy transaction (I sold him some B5 RS4 wheels which were surplus to requirements).

As per an old post i made:

All trim starts out as wood trim. Its then sprayed over or layered over with whatever is requested. Why not do the same with yours.

Thanks Eddie, but I'm reluctant to go for the carbon wraps. Just personal taste but I'm not too keen on the results. There's a danger of the panels looking a bit fat, if that makes sense - and I refer to the link to the audizine post. It seems there's a risk of losing the flush finish of the originals.

I wonder if you can get a brushed aluminium foil that can be clear coated for durability?

Welky wrote: I wonder if you can get a brushed aluminium foil that can be clear coated for durability?

Yes, its called bacofoil, it is in the third aisle of tescos next to the chickens. If you go down the cosmetics aisle they also sell nail varnish in a clear colour so u can lacquer it

I lol'd. Surely you'd stretch for the extra dosh and go across the road to Waitrose for the thicker turkey foil.

ah but with bacofoil, you get the option of 'brushed' on one side and 'mirror' on the other, turkeyfoil is brushed both sides