STownSaint

Anyone here ever replace the dashboard, steering wheel and/or center console? If so, is it very labor-intensive?

Have a "stone" (light grey) interior, which in MY2013, provides a greyish brown steering wheel, dash and center console (and tops of the doors, for that matter).

Would really prefer black steering wheel, dash, etc. like how the earlier G37's with stone interior were designed. Surprised that the parts would come in a well under $1K on eBay (assuming I'd preserve my original Nav, radio, gauge cluster, etc.), which would make it a viable project, but not if labor cost would blow it out of the water.,

Thanks for any insight

Rochester

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^^^
And your entire armrest/center console. And your door panels, front to back. And your door sills. And your seat belts, rear window ledge, inside B-pillar panels, inside C-pillar panels... probably more.

I'm not going to lie, I've thought about this too, but never enough to actually pursue it. It's huge. Unless all you're considering is the dash and center console. But won't that look out of place if you don't do the doors and side sills? And if you do that, won't the B- and C-pillars look odd? It's a slippery slope, STownSaint.

Right from the very beginning, I was not liking the beige plastics and vinyl introduced with the 2010 Stone interior. I much preferred the 2007 - 2009 design. It was just the Stone leather I wanted, not all the beige plastics.

STownSaint

Mentioned it

Mentioned it

Wouldn't bother

Wouldn't bother

Almost certain these are light grey for all interior colors (same with headliner)

Would for sure do door trim, side sills would not really make a difference to me


Anything above the dash is light grey for all interior colors. Google it.


Agreed

2GoRNot2G

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Based on the damage. I can't see how they wouldn't total ZM's car. You'd be very surprised at how little damage it takes to total a car these days.


When my car was hit in the right rear quarter panel a few years back I had to fight with the insurance company not to total the car. It had $7K - $8K in damage and the car was valued at around $13K (2008 with 60K miles). My insurance company told me that anything over 50% of the cars value will simply be written off and totalled. I ended up having to have the car revalued since it has low mileage and lots of "upgrades" just to keep them from totaling it.





Really sorry to hear about you car, ZM. But at least everyone was OK. Hopefully your able to find a replacement car soon so you can get back to modding!


I agree with your assessment, Mike. And is sounds like you made out pretty well with your insurance company. I would have had to fight tooth and nail to get even $15K out of my car.

2GoRNot2G

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You are correct on this, sir. Even my 2008 with Stone interior is light grey above the belt line.


I may also have a full set of door panels and stone grey seat belts available in a few months. I purchased black seat belts already and have an extra full set of door panels that I plan to have reupholstered to match my new seats. Once that's all done I will probably sell the original parts.

hexotic

That photo of your car almost gave me a heart attack, for a second thought it was new damage.

iCrap

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How did they fix the rear quarter damage on your car? Did they cut and weld in a new outer skin? Pull the panel and fill?

ZahyMatar

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I have some good and bad news. So the car was declared a total loss, and my insurance was giving me $17,000. I think that's a fair price for a 2012 X (non-sport) sedan with 58,000 miles. MY policy also included coverage for aftermarket parts, like $5,000. I submit EVERY SINGLE receipt/invoice I had (I kept everything), totals out to well over $5,000. Insurance contacts me today saying they revised my payout, to $18,000. That's unfair and unacceptable. There is no way I'm going to accept this. No reason whatsoever that I'm losing thousands of dollars due to the negligence of another driver. I did nothing wrong. I'm hoping I can get everything settled.

Now for the good news, I am most likely picking my 6MT Sedan next week (fingers crossed)

I have big plans for this one. Enkei RSM9s, 2-piece rotors, Quafe Helical LSD, RJM clutch pedal, STS, CF driveshaft (if I get bored)... and whatever else I can think of.

Rochester

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CF driveshaft, eh? That sounds serious.

Really looking forward to seeing your new build thread. Should be a heck of an into, with lots of pics from that new DLSR of yours.

Lego_Maniac

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How does it work if your policy includes coverage for aftermarket parts, but your not at fault?

I assume the at-fault drivers insurance is providing the payout.

Do you have to file a separate claim with your insurance?

blnewt

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Zahy, will they allow you to remove your aftermarket parts? You should have a decent amount of parts that are still ok, and yeah, that settlement would make my blood boil if you can't salvage the parts. Hope that 6MT works out well, look forward to your next chapter.

iCrap

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When i had a wreck they told me I could go down to the crash lot and take off my stuff (which i did for most of the stuff), but they also said they would take receipts for parts, but ONLY for parts in the past 6 months. I was like WTF? How is that fair? And this what when I went through the at fault driver's insurance... i think it was Geico.

ZahyMatar

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CF driveshaft is more of a long-term thing. I guess to shed as much weight as possible with sacrificing things like, luxury and comfort. I appreciate that, kinda sad that I barely got to take any pictures of my VR sedan.

Well it's stated on my policy, that if you are paying for comprehensive coverage, that counts as your custom parts and equipment coverage. I provided them with all the receipts, and they offered me a ridiculously low payout. My own insurance, USAA, is handling this, but the at-fault insurance (State Farm) accepted liability, paid for my rental and my deductible. I figured my own insurance company would try to help me get my money back but I guess not.

I won't be able to find out until Monday. This whole experience has been terrible. Accident happened the day before I went home on post-deployment leave. Was really excited to spend 17 worry-free days with my family and friends, install a bunch of parts on the car that I had purchased several months before... It couldn't of happened at a worse time. And from the looks of it, I'm coming out of this with thousands of dollars lost. I don't get it, I did absolutely nothing wrong.

Everyone told me to avoid dealing with the at-fault insurance. He had State Farm. I have USAA. Hoping things will take a turn for the better.

iCrap

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But if you dont then you have to pay the deductible. Also, i was told that going through your own insurance can cause your rates to not go down in the future.

It really sucks, why should you have to pay / lose money because some ****ing *** hole didn't pay attention while driving? It sucks.

Having a car totaled really made me reconsider doing big mods on my cars. Its almost like why bother if it can all be destroyed and taken away in a second by someone crashing into you.


Oh also, you can negotiate with the adjuster and get a LOT more $ out of them. The final payout of my wrecked Acura ended up being several thousand more than I could have ever sold it for, and my car was in very good condition.

I ended up not getting all the value back on my mods, but it kind of made up for it considering their valuation of the car was high.
I think I lost the $$ of my sway bars, breaks, intake and some other stuff I was not able to remove while in the crash lot.

Lego_Maniac

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Years ago, my neighbor backed into my parked car. Dealing with their insurance--USAA--was a total PIA. They kept trying to rope me into admitting some sort of fault. I had to ask, point blank, if they understood my car was parked and unattended.

Then, they insisted on using used parts because my car was 4 years old, even though it had like 30,000 miles. I could have filed a supplemental claim through my insurance--State Farm, which uses OEM parts--but the incremental cost of new parts was about equal to my deductible. I chose to pocket the rental reimbursement, drive my second car, and eat the rest.

FUSAA