Wood kit for 03 M45 Installed pics...

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I recently installed the bird eye maple wood kit from ebay. The kit cames with alot of pieces that i didn't even bother putting in. The kits was real nice and the quality was definitly better than some of the other products I saw on the net, even the match was pretty darn close. Take a look and judge for yourself. I reccomend you use the vendors swatch program if you dont have bird eye. If you do you can see for yourseld that the match is pretty good.http://inlinethumb02.webshots....5.jpg

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Here are a few more pictures...http://inlinethumb08.webshots....5.jpghttp://inlinethumb33.webshots....5.jpg

[buhdda]

do u have the name of the ebay seller? Also is it hard to install?

I would like to get this done as well

[szh]

Nice!!

I'd also check out Jason Burtman's site: http://www.burtmanindustries.com for some possibilities.

Z

[export01]

You can contact the seller at [email protected], I believe the sellers store on ebay goes by "Dash-trim Exposure". I paid $145 and had so many piece's I didn't even install them. Make sure you take your time and try to heat up the pieces with a hair dryer becouse once the pieces are down they are Down!

[cremecreme]

yeah i did the same one...a whole lot of parts that never got installed i got pics somewhere on this site...just doa search and you can find some more installed examples...i also got it off of ebay

[buhdda]

Do u guys remember what color u chose?

My m45 has the same wood trim as yours see below:

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It's called Bird's eye maple. If you email the seller he can mail you out a small piece so you can match it up prior to purchase. It's not the same but everybody that has seen mine so far can't tell the difference.

[cremecreme]

the one i bought was Medium burlwood and that matched great...but get a sample from the guy first

[mdhurdles]

I also ordered my wood kit from ebay. I have the same color wood as all of you. Mine was also called medium burlwood. I was happy with the turnout.

I am new to the forum; I just purchased my 2003 M45 three months ago.

[buhdda]

That cool...McHurdles

When I emailed they guy for an sample he told me that he thinks it is platinum Burlwood, which does not sound right.

Also he seemed to think that Birdseye maple is a pattern name not a color name.

Also some of the names u guys gave is not in his color choices:

of these, i would go with the Carelian burlwood

I guess i will have him send me the:

Medium BurlwoodPlatinum BurlwoodCarelian Burlwood

and i will figure out what works best.

[nmgoodthing]

So are these decals that you just stick on?

It looks kind of like that. A little bit of heat and that adhesive gets a little pliable and then you end up with crooked wood or rolled edges.

I thought that these kits were actual plastic pieces that you replace the factory ones with?

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I was also nervouse about the quality since they were adhesive but the kit I purchased probably won't get pliable with crooked wood or rolled edges. This is pretty heavy duty stuff and it's not going anywhere once down.

[nmgoodthing]

Thats good to know. Keep us posted on how it's holding up this summer.

Does anyone know of any kits that swap out the actual parts?

[buhdda]

good call

I didnt even think about summers/warping/falling off

Now I'm nervous maybe wait to see how others do over the summer