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Old 03-31-2010, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by djspectre
Removal of wind deflector for moon roof.
Its been replaced by what looks like a vertical windscreen of some kind. I'm not sure if this is a good thing or not, but it sure looks cheap from the pictures. Personally, I still liked the old glass one they had before. They DID manage to fix the shattering problems of the 05 tc so why not stick with it?
This is a good change. Mine shattered twice, once from a falling tree branch, other time cause unknown. Over $400 to fix. Toyota covered 1/2 of cost second time. Both times after the "fix"

Possible tradeoff: Open sunroof may be noisier with the new one.
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Anyone else think white is an absolutely awful color for this design?



Of all of the colors to show off...
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That's white? I thought it was silver.
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http://www.autoblog.com/gallery/new-york-2010-scion-tc/

More shots of the tC. Including Engine and Interior shots. These shots make the interior look even cheaper.
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From Jalopnik
The Playstation generation hearts them some GT-R, but they don't have jobs so they can't afford one. Solution: The 2011 Scion tC apes some of the fast Nissan's styling cues, but the rest is crappy Toyota parts.
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Saw this one on NASIOC, makes the back end even worse.

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Oh wow, I just noticed. The A-Pillar is plastic or unpainted.

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^ It's vinyl like they do on the xB2.
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Old 03-31-2010, 07:40 PM
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Originally Posted by ack154
Anyone else think white is an absolutely awful color for this design?



Of all of the colors to show off...
That's gotta be the Cement color.
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Anyone think its starting to look like the old celica?



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Those tail lights really are gross.

Has anyone else thought of this when they look at the door panel?
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taillights remind me of the xd a bit


and the fact that they done make it in FM anymore is sad, one of the most sold colors is gone
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tC=Toyota Celica?
And call me crazy, but I actually like it.
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Originally Posted by FlintMica2005
and the fact that they done make it in FM anymore is sad, one of the most sold colors is gone
Do we know that yet? I mean, I know "cement" is the new color... but FM has always been a really dark gray and I haven't seen a color list for this yet.
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I did find something I liked about the interior, but at the same time didn't like as well.

The air vents are two different shapes. No consistency with the interior at all. Some are horizontal slots another is a round vent. Looks tacky.

But I do like the round vent honestly, so much easier to use. But they should have gone with a horizontal slotted one for uniformity.
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from wat i read there was a color list somewhere. bsp isnt available either
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Old 03-31-2010, 07:50 PM
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Ah, Darren added it to the color discussion thread:

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/scion-tc-1g-owners-lounge-1605/scion-tc-paint-codes-media-archive-47096/
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https://www.scionlife.com/forums/showthread.php?t=47096
No BSP listed, probably just straight gloss black, and no FM. They do have some more interesting colors listed though.
Ack beat me to it.
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At least we might potentially see a tC in orange and yellow.
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Looks like the side vents are still fakes
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