Project Passat Pt. 2

Easy Install My A$$!!!




For those of you that know me well, you know that I love my cars. One of the reasons that I dig cars as much as I do is because you can make them extensions of you. Plain and simple. From the interior to the exterior no matter what. Seats, steering wheels, dash kits, rims, paint etc. The list goes on and on.

Well I found that some modifications are easier than others. If you go back to some of my blogs last year you will see that I switched out my head lights and taillights. Well about that same time I wasn't really feeling the wood grain (cause I really am not the wood grain type). So I scoured the internet looking for carbon fiber dash kits that were REAL carbon fiber. Real carbon fiber has a deep almost 3D when its flat look to it. Also it isn't cheap.

Well after finding and purchasing my Silver Carbon Fiber interior trim kit and receiving it in the mail I tried a few test fits in the car. Well during the test fitting process I came to realize that the wood was not at all for show. No decals here. These were actual pieces. So I couldn't try and cover the wood with the carbon fiber cause that would look tacky as all get out. So I set out on a quest to find all of the wood grain pieces in my car in all black. Surely they make them right?????

Well here it is a full year and $200 later and I have finally finished. What you are about to see loses EVERYTHING in translation. What it took me to get from Wood to carbon is a story in itself however I will spare you all of that and just post a few pics of the old vs the new look.

I personally love the new look. That's my thing though. Some of you might dig the wood grain (prudes, lol) It was just too common and boring all at the same time. I felt like I was inside of a casket half of the time sitting in rush hour traffic.



Enjoy!

To Boot or Not To Boot

Now this is as serious as it gets folks! I am one of those guys that really pay attention to how I present myself. (See earlier Blog: Bitch………I Stay Fly to get a greater understanding) Now with that being said I have run into the ultimate dilemma. There are a pair of boots made by Mark Nason that have somehow seemed to etch themselves into my brain. The problem is the price. These will be BY FAR the most expensive pair of boots/shoes that I have ever owned. Now anyone that knows me also knows that I am one of those guys that see something and if I want it I get it. Lately with the downfall of the economy I have began to feel guilty at times for splurging on things that I WANT and don’t really need.

After further self analysis I had to ask myself WHY do I actually NEED these boots. No one cares how much they cost. No one will probably even pay attention to them but DAMN they are quite fly. Sometimes you see something that is just YOU. That is the very expression of you in every single way without having to say a word. That’s what these boots represent. That’s why they caught my eye the way they did and now they have become my obsession. So the overall question is SHOULD I or SHOULDN’T I.

What will be the end result if I don’t get them? Will they haunt me? Will they show up in my dreams? Who knows? Bottom line is that I don’t know if I actually want to find out!