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stockysnail 06-21-2014 04:52 PM

RedlineGoods Alcantara sun visors - Review
 
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I ordered @RedlineGoods Alcantara sun visors. I'm their first customer they are doing this for on a BRZ/FR-S. They've done many other car types, just not our cars yet for this particular item. I chose black Alcantara with a red stitching. The package came after 10 days. When I opened the well padded box it had the Alcantara fabric stitched and cut to just slide over the existing sun visors.

The install was straight forward. Remove the sun visors by taking out the two screws holding each up and unplug the wire for the light in the visor. The mirror pops out from the top. The Alcantara feels great on the hands. Since the fabric wasn't pre-installed I had to install it myself. Slipping the fabric over the visor took a little pulling to get it around the visor but went on and fit rather well. Some trimming was needed for the mirror to snap back into place. The drivers side hole for the mirror lined up well. The passenger side spot for the mirror was a little too far to the right but I was still able to line it up so it's not noticeable with the mirror cover closed. When the mirror cover is opened up however you'll notice the end of the fabric. Some slight modification is needed, which I'm sure they will do for the passenger side since I am their first try at the sun visors. It would have also been nice to not need to trim the mirror area for the clips to be able to go in when pushing the mirror in. The price they charge reflects the fact that you are getting the fabric piece only, not the whole sun visor assembly pre-wrapped.

As you'll see by the post install pictures, it looks very nice. Aside from the minor adjustment of the passenger side mirror hole, I would recommend they put some black stitching around where the plastic clip area that attaches/detaches for pivoting the visor, possibly folding in the fabric a little before stitching so the edge of the fabric isn't seen in that particular spot. They did this with black stitching around the metal pivot point assembly, so if they did the same for the plastic clip area that would be great.

The quality of the job is good and only needs a little adjustment before the product should be sold to the community (I was their first try). I would recommend @RedlineGoods to anyone looking for a less expensive, yet high quality alternative to all the other Alcantara sellers. Contact them on the forum here and check out all their offerings on their website as they are doing quite a few other parts now. http://redlinegoods.com/

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kalamitykode 06-21-2014 05:26 PM

Pure awesome. I was planning on getting these, I hate the stock ones.

Lverasky 06-22-2014 01:24 AM

@stockysnail they looks really cool

Figo 06-22-2014 03:06 AM

To be honest, Jpmcoachworks does a much better job.

Snowblind 06-22-2014 04:27 AM

I like the stuff I bought from them, but that looks like a hack job.

aznatama 06-22-2014 04:33 AM

Velcro? seriously? I guess, to each their own...

Poodles 06-22-2014 05:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Figo (Post 1809499)
To be honest, Jpmcoachworks does a much better job.



Apples and oranges. Redline doesn't do the installs while JPM does.

z3ro 06-22-2014 08:58 AM

That looks.............


Well, as long as you're happy with it

Figo 06-22-2014 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Poodles (Post 1809587)
Apples and oranges. Redline doesn't do the installs while JPM does.

redline did install products. I got a gauge hood pre-installed by them. Then I change to the jpmcoachwork pro
ducts.

robot 06-22-2014 12:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Figo (Post 1809499)
To be honest, Jpmcoachworks does a much better job.

I agree.

executivekoala 06-22-2014 12:28 PM

Its a really good Idea that just looks really bad, I'm sure they put a lot of effort into their product but most of their stuff doesn't look right and stitching looks off.

charged86 06-22-2014 03:24 PM

everything but the velcro part looks great i was about to say take my money before i saw that part. is this so the customer can install it your self?

stockysnail 06-22-2014 09:08 PM

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Originally Posted by charged86 (Post 1809891)
everything but the velcro part looks great i was about to say take my money before i saw that part. is this so the customer can install it your self?

Yes so customer can install. Some of their items are DIY type items, which is why they are significantly cheaper than JPM Coachworks. I'm more of a DIY person that would rather save $ and have it look almost perfect as I'm not doing any competition car shows or anything.

Turbo4 06-22-2014 09:36 PM

The velcro portion look booger, I would not be happy.


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