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Old Sep 8, 2008 | 08:36 PM
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so i went to autozone and picked up a can of duplicolor flat black trim paint. popped the grill off and started spraying ( after cleaning it obviously ).

ok so here is the question..

my car is thundercloud.. so should i leave the scion emblem that color, or paint the silver part of the emblem black?

what is you guys opinion?
Old Sep 8, 2008 | 08:36 PM
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paint the emblems black
Old Sep 8, 2008 | 08:41 PM
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thats what im thinking.. but it kinda looks good, having just a bit of the goldish silver color ontop of the black. it contrasts pretty well. ima keep it unpainted today, cuz i have to go to work soon, so i will look at it a bit today and decide what to do..

im just unsure so far..
Old Sep 9, 2008 | 03:10 AM
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Post a pic of how you see it and we'll help you decide.
Old Sep 9, 2008 | 03:55 AM
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I'd paint it black.
Old Sep 9, 2008 | 04:22 AM
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Originally Posted by burstaneurysm
I'd paint it black.
me too.
Old Sep 9, 2008 | 04:26 AM
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I painted mine black when i painted my grill
Old Sep 10, 2008 | 04:42 PM
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I love the flat black grille!
Old Sep 10, 2008 | 09:58 PM
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Old Sep 12, 2008 | 02:37 PM
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Old Sep 12, 2008 | 03:40 PM
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Looks really good mang
co-worker just got a 2nd gen and painted all the emblems flat black (based off of my suggestion )
Old Sep 12, 2008 | 10:18 PM
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Yeah, that black looks pretty tight.
Old Sep 24, 2008 | 04:27 AM
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Black looks good! the contrast makes it jump!
Old Sep 24, 2008 | 06:26 AM
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How about a different or no emblem?
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