while my brother was waxing his BSP xb i noticed that the pillars and tops of the doors are painted the same color as the rest of his box. why is the BSP the only color that this is this way? on mine, these areas are a flat black. i'd love it if they were the same color.

They put black vinyl on the other colors. You can peel it off and you'll find that is painted the same as the rest of your car. Many people have done it and it looks very nice.

Yeah my BSP isn't painted either. Toyota was going for the one big window look when they did that.

Anyone got pics with the vinyl peeled off?

I found one in the gallery.

http://www.scionlife.com/gallery/data/500/2354DSCF0032Small-med.jpg

Go to the Tech section of this site and check out the topic "Door Sill Tape Removal."

that does look nice..

Do you think its the same with the tC's?

I don't know. If you have one, just go out and check. It's easy to tell the difference between vinyl and paint and if there is vinyl it should have paint underneath since the whole car is painted before that is applied. I would suggest finding an inconspicuous spot to do a test peel from just in case.

Thanks for nothing! :lol: j/k
ya i have one, ill check it out after work, but im pretty sure that it is not a vinyl because of the way the doors "connect" with the windows, but ill let you know tomorrow

thank you. now i have something to do this week

id like to see that done to a polar white xb

working on it. should be done this weekend. winter probally isn't best time to do it.

tc's have the same vinyl tape , i did mine but cant find any good pics so i will take some tomorrow and post em up

I found one in the gallery.

http://www.scionlife.com/gallery/data/500/2354DSCF0032Small-med.jpg

OMAR!!!! Ikhonlord ;)

their is a tech thread on here too but i wouldnt use a heat source. i pulled and peeled. took me about an hour in 65 degree dry weather

http://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3955

Hey Guys! That is my car up there....

The process took me about 45 hour for the one side and about 30 for the other. Once you get the hang of it, the process is really easy.

And Yes, every scion (xa,xb,tc) has the black tape not including black cars.

If you have any questions let me know.

okay mine is done. had to take sick day to do it(cough, cough). i have pics just have to figure out how to post pics in here

Register at photobucket.com. Upload pics. Copy line that starts with [IMG... and paste into reply. Done.

lets see if this works.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/05polarxb/xbinsnow002.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/05polarxb/xbinsnow004.jpg
sorry bout size, now i just have to figure out how to make them a bit smaller

^^^ Very clean :D

just ordered carbon fiber spoiler, and will be ordering vis hood once i get my tax return