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04-29-2023, 06:46 PM | #310 |
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Be careful and examine your new trim carefully, mine also arrived with scratches, and the seller suggested to take it to a “store” to have it polished out. Scratches were deep enough for my finger nail to catch. Scratches were on the driver’s side near the edge, so no one but me will ever see them.
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04-29-2023, 07:00 PM | #311 | |
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For the AC trim I would (in my opinion) start at the bottom left, get the bottom unclipped then tilt up to unhook that top right spot. Once the AC trim is off just pop the radio trim off starting anywhere. If you look at my first pic and zoom into the very top right you should be able to see where I broke that hook. There are so many tight clips on the AC trim I'm not worried about it though. Hope that helps. |
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04-30-2023, 01:27 PM | #312 | |
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If you break any plastic/rubber on you car or anything, I have found this glue to be the best. It hardens quick, 30 seconds and after it's fully cured, it's as strong as original. I bought it from home depot. |
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04-30-2023, 03:42 PM | #314 |
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FYI for anyone interested I offered them $180 and they accepted with no counter offer.
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05-14-2023, 05:21 PM | #317 |
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Very happy with it for the money. 9/10 quality. Slight blemish on the bottom right but you have to look for it. 3 minute install.
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05-18-2023, 06:47 AM | #318 |
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I received mine yesterday, coating it today then installing tomorrow! I just need to figure out how to post pics and then I’ll post. As far as quality 9/10 as well, I have a slight blemish up top in the left corner near the emblem but it is barely noticeable.
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05-20-2023, 11:25 AM | #319 |
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If anyone wants one of these and doesn't want to deal with the long shipping from China I just put one of these up in the classifieds:
https://x3.xbimmers.com/forums/showt...1#post30147571 I had my father-in-law order 1 for his '23 X3M40i and somehow he ordered (and paid for) 2 of them at $275 a pop. Sadly, my X3M is a 2020 so I can't use it. I was really impressed with the overall quality/installation and it goes great with his factory carbon trim in his M40i. Figured it would be easier (and less of a loss) to just sell it here instead of shipping the extra back to China. |
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05-26-2023, 06:49 PM | #320 | |
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I tried to pry the top around the carbon fiber trim around the AC vent (top right of the picture) but it would not move at all. Do I need a little more force or is there a different place that I need to pry from? |
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05-27-2023, 01:33 PM | #321 |
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I started prying at the top right but that is where the plastic hook is that I broke. Perhaps try the left side. Hard to say since the way I did it was wrong and I broke that hook. Best advice I have for ya, sorry.
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06-12-2023, 07:05 PM | #324 |
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I just received my center console trim from China. Any advice on the install? I have zero technical skills - I’m afraid I’ll break something, especially the emblem. Did you have a go-by for reference (video, etc.)? Any tools necessary? Tips/tricks? Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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06-12-2023, 08:08 PM | #325 |
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It’s easy. Everything is held together by clips. I swiped mine out in less than a minute.
Pull the original off. Swap the x3mc badge. Snap back in. |
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06-13-2023, 01:59 AM | #328 |
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For info the logo clips alternate in different directions. It really isn’t hard to remove the logo. Just push with your fingers on two clips in the correct direction at one end and it will become loose. Do the same at the other end and it will come away.
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06-16-2023, 02:53 PM | #330 |
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Thanks for all the help, guys! Even the exceptionally mechanically uninclined can get it done. The emblem was the most challenging but - I think I bent one of the small prongs and didn’t initially realize it. It just wouldn’t snap into the new pieces. I was able to bend it back to look like the opposite side prong and it popped right into the new trim.
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