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/

[kalamitykode]

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

[Lverasky]

@stockysnail they looks really cool

[Figo]

To be honest, Jpmcoachworks does a much better job.

[Snowblind]

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

[aznatama]

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

[Poodles]

Originally Posted by Figo

To be honest, Jpmcoachworks does a much better job.

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

[z3ro]

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


Well, as long as you're happy with it

[Figo]

Originally Posted by Poodles

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]

Originally Posted by Figo

To be honest, Jpmcoachworks does a much better job.

I agree.

[executivekoala]

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]

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]

Originally Posted by charged86

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]

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