here they are, there was the aftermarket wood trim kit put in this car.



rear quarter look


deck


another view of the dash (and calgary flames dice)



and the *** end

 

I put in an aftermarket trim kit in my previous car (a 99 grand am gt), so I know how expensive they can be.

I didn't like the look of the woodgrain. It was too "old man-ish" for my taste. I was deciding between the carbon fibre, and the brushed aluminum. I eventually went with the brushed aluminum. It really brightened up the dark grey interior of my car, and it made the dash look less "cheap plastic-y".

 

A flames fan?!!? Yeeeuck! Just jokin with ya. Nice car you got there.. I like the wood trim personally, but ya gotta do something with those long tailpipes, or is that to keep the idiots on the good old deerfoot 500 away? lol

 

yea i don't like the tailpipes either i'll be going with two tailpipes rather then a pair of dual pipes. prob 2 or 2.5 inch

 

Yep.. I think that would luck much nicer.. I think some nice 2.5" crome slash cut tips would look stellar on that. Theres a word I havent said that in years.. "Stellar"

 

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I eventually went with the brushed aluminum.


Wish someone would aftermarket a burshed aluminum piece for the pass side of the '06/07 dash. Even the blasted thing out some.

 

Sherwood dash makes a kit that includes a piece that surrounds the passenger side air vent. They make dash kits in a variety of woodgrains, simulated and real brushed aluminum, and different colors of carbon fibre.

www.sherwooddash.com
Kit Item# 2D-1928 for 2006 and up MonteCarlo's
Kit Item# 2D-1297 for 2000 to 2005 Monte Carlo's

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very nice, that car looks very good with a dash trim kit

 

Nice wood trim kit.

I like that someone else has done the Fuzzy Dice Mod as well. LOL!