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Old Feb 11, 2004 | 08:30 AM
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Default cheap old trick to make your scion look better...

here is a cheap trick to make your car look bettter
its not really a trick its very oldy
you can do it by painting the protection black plastic with the same colour of your scion
the front bumber, the rear bumber and the sideskirts

i have done it with my xA i will post the pictures soon as i can
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happy to do it please don't ruinne it
Old Feb 11, 2004 | 07:21 PM
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i was looking into this as it is pretty simple to do, but will require a of sanding to get get smooth. when you are posting pics.
Old Feb 11, 2004 | 07:41 PM
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thats a MUST!!! i like color matched skirts
Old Feb 11, 2004 | 10:36 PM
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Old Feb 11, 2004 | 11:40 PM
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Originally Posted by asirvr4
here is a cheap trick to make your car look bettter
its not really a trick its very oldy
you can do it by painting the protection black plastic with the same colour of your scion
the front bumber, the rear bumber and the sideskirts
What's a bumber?
Old Feb 11, 2004 | 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by George
What's a bumber?
Old Feb 11, 2004 | 11:47 PM
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ditto :twisted:
Old Feb 12, 2004 | 02:21 AM
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Mine came with those already matching. Nanner nanner. :twisted:
Old Feb 13, 2004 | 04:24 AM
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I like how its different colors... just me i guess!
Old Feb 13, 2004 | 11:40 AM
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Default here is the pictures....

sorry for the unquality...
i took the shots with a sonyerricsson t630







if there is any problem with pictures just inform me..... :D [/url]
Old Feb 13, 2004 | 12:17 PM
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cant see pics
Old Feb 13, 2004 | 01:14 PM
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the red X is your car?
Old Feb 13, 2004 | 01:16 PM
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the red X is your car?
No, those are the bumbers....

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Old Feb 13, 2004 | 05:14 PM
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if you can't see any pictures visit this site:
http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrow...elected=778387
Old Feb 14, 2004 | 02:07 AM
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Looks clean :D
Old Feb 14, 2004 | 03:02 AM
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Looks like you did a really good job.
Old Feb 14, 2004 | 12:14 PM
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thank you...
i did't at the dealer
(for free) :twisted:
Old Feb 14, 2004 | 12:42 PM
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At first I was wondering what you did. Had to go to scion site to see difference. It looks really nice.
Old Feb 18, 2004 | 04:09 PM
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how about pics on side skirts?
Old Feb 20, 2004 | 04:07 AM
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that does give it a cleaner look, but how resistant is it to scraping and whatnot? as much as I try to avoid it in my car I do scrape that thin plastic section in the front every once in a while.
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