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Title: Chrome surround for gear gaiter?
Post by: mr2stuff on May 27, 2018, 18:27
Hi,

Looking at adding some chrome to the interior of the MR2.
Does anyone know if there is a stick on chrome gear gaiter surround available for our Mk3's?  I've seen some but mainly for Mk2's.

Cheers.
Title: Re: Chrome surround for gear gaiter?
Post by: Brizee67 on May 27, 2018, 20:09
Quote from: mr2stuff on May 27, 2018, 18:27
Hi,

Looking at adding some chrome to the interior of the MR2.
Does anyone know if there is a stick on chrome gear gaiter surround available for our Mk3's?  I've seen some but mainly for Mk2's.

Cheers.
(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180527/4db00f247839cb2d9e2da482ab236169.jpg)Like this do you mean?



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Title: Re: Chrome surround for gear gaiter?
Post by: mr2stuff on May 27, 2018, 20:40
Yes, that's the one. :)  Can you please tell me where you managed to get one?
I've been searching and can't find anything on the usual sites.

Title: Re: Chrome surround for gear gaiter?
Post by: Brizee67 on May 27, 2018, 20:45
Quote from: mr2stuff on May 27, 2018, 20:40
Yes, that's the one. :)  Can you please tell me where you managed to get one?
I've been searching and can't find anything on the usual sites.
I bought mine through a friend of a friend...they're getting harder to find.
A company called chromdesign used to make them...have a search ...there are other chrome bits too.
You could ask someone like Dean Roizer at Rutland MR2 or Dick Sloan to keep their eyes peeled for when the next breaker that has one comes in [emoji846]


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Title: Re: Chrome surround for gear gaiter?
Post by: mr2stuff on May 27, 2018, 20:49
Cheers thanks 8) it looks great in your car
Title: Re: Chrome surround for gear gaiter?
Post by: michaelb on July 3, 2018, 23:15
Like this one?(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180703/d40a2fa0dc74925417658c095dbf3d69.jpg)

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Title: Re: Chrome surround for gear gaiter?
Post by: mr2stuff on July 4, 2018, 08:34
Looks great, liking the brushed aluminum look.
Title: Re: Chrome surround for gear gaiter?
Post by: michaelb on July 4, 2018, 08:37
There's a couple of places you can get the surround for the gaitor, a guy called Rich, who I believe is selling the hood inserts in the commercial sales section of the forum makes them and there is a company in New York who does the whole kit like mine.

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Title: Re: Chrome surround for gear gaiter?
Post by: Brizee67 on July 4, 2018, 10:41
Quote from: michaelb on July  3, 2018, 23:15
Like this one?(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180703/d40a2fa0dc74925417658c095dbf3d69.jpg)

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I love the look of your interior...it definitely lifts it [emoji1360]


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Title: Re: Chrome surround for gear gaiter?
Post by: michaelb on July 4, 2018, 10:50
Cheers! I wanted to go with something stylish! And it really lifts the drab black.

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Title: Re: Chrome surround for gear gaiter?
Post by: Brizee67 on July 4, 2018, 11:10
Quote from: michaelb on July  4, 2018, 10:50
Cheers! I wanted to go with something stylish! And it really lifts the drab black.

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I'm annoyed that I haven't discovered this before now...I've gone down the chrome route, but I can't get much more of it easily [emoji53](https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180704/b59974e8850090bd97da0f29bd894c8f.jpg)


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Title: Re: Chrome surround for gear gaiter?
Post by: Call the midlife! on July 4, 2018, 11:21
I've got brushed stainless trim on my heater vents...


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Title: Chrome surround for gear gaiter?
Post by: Call the midlife! on July 4, 2018, 11:23
These do some nice bits of stuff, sadly all the gear surrounds are just the wrong size and I'm not confident a trimmed one would look good.
https://www.carbuildersolutions.com/uk/

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Title: Re: Chrome surround for gear gaiter?
Post by: michaelb on July 4, 2018, 11:23
The brushed aluminium is across the entire interior, my photo does really show it all off the best. There are sections around the heater vents, all switches, the dials and the door panels. I think the whole kit was about £200 from a company I found on ebay

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Title: Re: Chrome surround for gear gaiter?
Post by: michaelb on July 4, 2018, 11:24
I'll see if I can find the company again, all parts fitted perfectly

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Title: Re: Chrome surround for gear gaiter?
Post by: Call the midlife! on July 4, 2018, 11:26
Quote from: michaelb on July  4, 2018, 11:23
The brushed aluminium is across the entire interior, my photo does really show it all off the best. There are sections around the heater vents, all switches, the dials and the door panels. I think the whole kit was about £200 from a company I found on ebay

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You could trim the actual vent ribs but it might be a bit too much?


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Title: Re: Chrome surround for gear gaiter?
Post by: michaelb on July 4, 2018, 11:29
The company was called autodash_trim and they are based in New York but the link on my eBay email says the item is no longer available unfortunately.

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Title: Re: Chrome surround for gear gaiter?
Post by: michaelb on July 4, 2018, 11:32
This is it in a bit more detail(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180704/1ae15331fddb22a705f4c82cfc3df255.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180704/1e6444b9fedd5fa615b910f797f1ab3b.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180704/355e3b74944023005e12a554b798703c.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180704/5860cc41eeeebd284bb61723735a70b2.jpg)

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Title: Re: Chrome surround for gear gaiter?
Post by: Brizee67 on July 4, 2018, 13:40
Quote from: michaelb on July  4, 2018, 11:32
This is it in a bit more detail(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180704/1ae15331fddb22a705f4c82cfc3df255.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180704/1e6444b9fedd5fa615b910f797f1ab3b.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180704/355e3b74944023005e12a554b798703c.jpg)(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180704/5860cc41eeeebd284bb61723735a70b2.jpg)

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I like that a lot and I haven't seen that before in any other cars


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Title: Re: Chrome surround for gear gaiter?
Post by: michaelb on July 4, 2018, 13:50
Cheers! I really wanted to make my mr2 unique!

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Title: Re: Chrome surround for gear gaiter?
Post by: Call the midlife! on July 4, 2018, 13:53
You can still get some of the overlays on Amazon if the keywords bring them up.


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Title: Re: Chrome surround for gear gaiter?
Post by: Call the midlife! on July 4, 2018, 13:53
Blower vents..(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180704/f5853d49ce7ccb5e5cc6068ea8d08616.jpg)


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Title: Re: Chrome surround for gear gaiter?
Post by: michaelb on July 4, 2018, 14:00
Rocking the MR2ROC windscreen logo mate!

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Title: Re: Chrome surround for gear gaiter?
Post by: Call the midlife! on July 4, 2018, 14:33
Quote from: michaelb on July  4, 2018, 14:00
Rocking the MR2ROC windscreen logo mate!

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Only trouble is I put that on a year ago when I first joined, the Christmas present sun strip hides it from the outside now![emoji23]


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Title: Re: Chrome surround for gear gaiter?
Post by: michaelb on July 4, 2018, 14:34
Lol

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Title: Re: Chrome surround for gear gaiter?
Post by: Brizee67 on July 4, 2018, 21:42
Quote from: Call the midlife! on July  4, 2018, 13:53
Blower vents..(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180704/f5853d49ce7ccb5e5cc6068ea8d08616.jpg)


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I bought some of that chrome strip but it looked like a 5 year old had cut them...so I took them off


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Title: Re: Chrome surround for gear gaiter?
Post by: Call the midlife! on July 4, 2018, 22:08
Quote from: Brizee67 on July  4, 2018, 21:42
Quote from: Call the midlife! on July  4, 2018, 13:53
Blower vents..(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180704/f5853d49ce7ccb5e5cc6068ea8d08616.jpg)


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I bought some of that chrome strip but it looked like a 5 year old had cut them...so I took them off


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I had 2 goes at it before I was happy, even then I'm not really happy. Won't be long before I strip everything off and take it back to standard.


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Title: Re: Chrome surround for gear gaiter?
Post by: michaelb on July 4, 2018, 22:17
The interior of the 2 definitely needs a lift though, it was something it was always critised for. I love my aluminium but I know the company did other finishes such as wood.

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Title: Re: Chrome surround for gear gaiter?
Post by: steveash on October 20, 2020, 11:47
Sorry for turfing up old threads but I was wondering if anyone else was keen on getting their hands on a Chromdesign gear surround? I know they haven't listed them on their website for a while but if we could gather enough interest they might do a group buy production run for us.

There is a pic on the first page of this thread.
Title: Re: Chrome surround for gear gaiter?
Post by: steveash on October 23, 2020, 10:18
Just me then? Never mind.