redlinegoods shift boot and ebrake boot

[abutterman]

Originally Posted by jpit

I installed the dash cover and it looks fine - except the BRZ is slanted. I have purchased from Redline before and never had any problems up until now. The cutout for the radio was too small but that is a problem I can understand given that different countries have different radios. But the slanted BRZ was something that should have been discovered before shipping. Also I don't see how it is going to be possible to have both the radio cover and the dash cover on at the same time.

did you have to trim the edges at all? do you think both pieces will clip in once the other side is installed (with the added thickness of the leather)? mine's on it's way in...

[RedlineGoods]

jpit, abutterman, and anybody interested:

We are now working to resolve all the dash trim issues raised here. We do stand behind our products and we will do what we can to resolve it to your full satisfaction.

A few words of explanation in regards to radio bezel cover – it is not the matter of different radio in European Toyota GT86 / Subaru BRZ as we did the prototyping on the part that was shipped to us for measurements by a customer from the US. We only do not have any installation instructions published on the website yet. The customer who sent us the parts for prototyping was supposed make an installation manual for us to publish on the website but so far we haven’t received anything from him :-(

Same thing refers to embroidery alignment on the other trim part - as the bottom shape of the plastic dash trim is not a straight line it is not easy to align the embroidery properly without a proper installation feedback. And again, we haven't received any feedback from the first customer :-(

I sincerely hope we can get you a product you'll be happy with :-) We are going to need some assistance from you...

jpit: You've just received an email with some detailed explanations and suggestions how we can get this all solved :-)

regards

Jack
RedlineGoods Team

[RedlineGoods]

In the meantime guys, please see this install:



What do you think?

I hope to have a thorough install write-up for you soon. And some new things maybe :-)

Anyone interested in lending us the following parts for prototyping (in exchavge for free covers upon good install write-up)?

- door speaker bezels
- door armrest
- door window sill
- knee pads
- AUTO shift boot

Let me know

Take care
Jack
RedlineGoods Team

[abutterman]

My dash pieces came in today. I guess some parts of the world have a realllly small radio lol mine's not cut at all but it should be easy enough to cut it out. Looks like i should be able to get the stitching lined up so it should come out nice. I'll give it a shot this weekend

[RedlineGoods]

Guys,

It is not the matter of radio size really :-)

It's just the matter of leather being a flexible fabric thus quite easy to play with. Therefore it is really easy to cut the leather to the void in the plastic trim when you first align tle leather and stitching properly to the shape of the plastic part. If the leather was pre-cut precisely it could happen that if you fail to align it perfectly in one place, you may have too little leather in another...

Please see these installation manuals for guidance on how to do it:

• http://www.redlinegoods.com/Firebird9802dashinst.php - see the incisions he made in vent hole.
• http://www.redlinegoods.com/MiataConsoleInstall.pdf - here a guy installs Miata radio bezel doing the same work you need to do

In case you have any more questions, feel free to ask, I'm here to help :-)

PS:
@abutterman, as we are still missing a proper instalaltion manual for dash trims, i will gladly offer a 50% refund upon good installation write-up with photos, including the process of glueing the leather onto plastic trims, what do you think?

:-)

Take care
Jack
RedlineGoods Team

[SkAsphalt]

Originally Posted by RedlineGoods

In the meantime guys, please see this install:



What do you think?

I hope to have a thorough install write-up for you soon. And some new things maybe :-)

Anyone interested in lending us the following parts for prototyping (in exchavge for free covers upon good install write-up)?

- door speaker bezels
- door armrest
- door window sill
- knee pads
- AUTO shift boot

Let me know

Take care
Jack
RedlineGoods Team

I would be down for any and all of those, full right ups, pictures, instagrams, Vines and MORE
I am Canadian too, so I could be your Canadian car rep

waaait dang I am unable to take my parts off to send away. Sorry guys!

[abutterman]

i actually have a spare set of plain black knee pads. i'll have to see how much shipping is to poland

[abutterman]

doesn't look like i'll be able to install the leather parts. If i wrap the leather around the edges where the 2 pieces meet, i can't get them to clip back into the dash. I tried trimming it down but it just looks aweful. Also ended up with scratches on my trim from trying to trim the leather while it was held in place so i don't think this piece is going to work out. The alcantara pieces seem to be much easier as the material is a lot thinner than real leather. If you're going to order the dash pieces, definitely go alcantara. The leather is awesome for the shift boot though and juuuust makes it way back into place with the ebrake boot.

[RedlineGoods]

This is also somehing we were afraid of - as Alcantara is much thinner than leather it seems the only way to install leather covered dash trims will be to trim the plastic trims themselves along the egde where they meet each other. Is this something you'd take the risk of doing, Andrew?

Otherwise, we'll look for some plastic trims at the dealership / junkyard to make the trials and find the solution.

Be assured we won't leave it this way and do our best to resolve this issue to your full satisfaction.

regards

Jack

[jpit]

Just finished installing the two piece leather dash cover. Took a couple of hours and it looks fine (except the slanted BRZ). I did not use any glue but a 3M window ribbon sealer #08612 (a flexible, sticky - putty like substance). This will hold down the edges firmly and you can make adjustments and if you choose go back to stock.

The leather is beautiful and the stitching is straight but this does require some work to install.

[Laika]

Originally Posted by RedlineGoods

In the meantime guys, please see this install:



What do you think?................

Take care
Jack
RedlineGoods Team

I wouldn't say this to just someone who owned the car and bought this but since you're responsible for it, why not. Don't take this as offense, it's my attempt at constructive criticism.


This looks awful. The lines are not remotely straight. If you look at the stitching above the headunit, it's very close to the headunit on the left side but then on the right it moves away about 5mm. Also, the style of stitching is no good. See if you can do something that more closely resembles the stock stitching on the seats.


You guys have a bit of a way to go if you want to actually develop a real demand for these. Your price is extremely competitive and I respect and appreciate that people still want to offer a good deal but honestly, the JPM piece even if it's 3-4x the price, seems like a better deal to me.

I think your company would benefit from increasing the price and outsourcing this upholstery work elsewhere because right now it looks like you have a gang of school children sitting in a basement somewhere trying to sew these with the lights off.

[abutterman]

Originally Posted by jpit

Just finished installing the two piece leather dash cover. Took a couple of hours and it looks fine (except the slanted BRZ). I did not use any glue but a 3M window ribbon sealer #08612 (a flexible, sticky - putty like substance). This will hold down the edges firmly and you can make adjustments and if you choose go back to stock.

The leather is beautiful and the stitching is straight but this does require some work to install.

How did u get it clipped in with te leather wrapped around? I couldnt get it to go in

[jpit]

Originally Posted by abutterman

How did u get it clipped in with te leather wrapped around? I couldnt get it to go in

It was a study in patience. It is very tight but seems to be in all the way.

Laika is being a little too critical of Redline. The leather they use is first rate and the stitching is almost identical to JPM (I have a couple of their products). You save money by having to install the leather yourself and also not having to buy the replacement part. If you take your time and do a careful installation you should be alright.

[Laika]

Originally Posted by jpit

It was a study in patience. It is very tight but seems to be in all the way.

Laika is being a little too critical of Redline. The leather they use is first rate and the stitching is almost identical to JPM (I have a couple of their products). You save money by having to install the leather yourself and also not having to buy the replacement part. If you take your time and do a careful installation you should be alright.

From the pictures it looks like they did a good job on the passenger side panel but the headunit panel looks pretty poor. It's obviously a difficult piece with all the curves. It's just a matter of how particular you are. This would bother me to no end but I'm a bit nutty.

Jpit it looks like the material is kind of bunched up to the left of the headunit in your picture. Is this just a fitment thing or do you think it would be fixed if you removed the panel and stretched that part then secured it with a proper glue gun or equivalent?

I think redline is on the right track and a few pointers (from someone qualified, not me) away from making a great looking cover. I'd be extremely eager to get the pieces for the low price that redlinegoods is offering but I'm going to wait and see if they figure out how to make it more aesthetically pleasing.