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Old Apr 8, 2009 | 12:38 PM
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I took some pictures last night of the lip on a friends car. The pictures are not the best because they were taken on a blackberry and I didn't know how to use the flash.



As per the guy that said get the original…………….. I had the original and it was good to a point where everyone and there grandmother got it. After that I got the NIA kit, and let me tell you something on this. The kit is awesome, but very hard to maintain because of fiberglass and it it’s a 50/50 chance of a body shop painting it correctly because it does need work.

So to change it up again to something different and a little more durable im going for this one.

Enjoy and comment as much as you want.







Old Apr 8, 2009 | 04:17 PM
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You have better pics of the side of that tc? Curious about the paint/vinyl.
Old Apr 8, 2009 | 05:41 PM
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it actually looks good! now when it gets painted it would look even better
Old Apr 8, 2009 | 08:09 PM
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IM NOT LOOKING TO PAINTING THE LIP, IM GOING TO KEEP IT BLACK
Old Apr 8, 2009 | 08:10 PM
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Caps lock FTL.
Old Apr 8, 2009 | 08:26 PM
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y r u yelling? ur keeping it primer color black? eh idk bout that one
Old Apr 8, 2009 | 09:05 PM
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not yelling, is that in the engineering world of autocad, we all type with caps- everytime, no such thing as lower case.
Old Apr 8, 2009 | 09:38 PM
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here in scionlife its consider yelling, jus how the rules state. idk bro i like the lip but I think color matched would look sicker
Old Apr 8, 2009 | 11:53 PM
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keeping it unpainted makes it look unfinished.
like when i see cars with a green front bumper and a white rear with black side skirts.....

paint it and make it look good!
Old Apr 9, 2009 | 12:38 AM
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paint it...
Old Apr 9, 2009 | 01:16 AM
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paint will look goof and finished, but when you have a black and bcp theme it matches, black hood, black truck, black spoiler, and then the the color of the car, and the seperations, which is the lip kit, will be black entirely. will match pretty good, IMO
Old Apr 9, 2009 | 02:11 AM
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that would look horrible imo. it wouldl ook like you got in a front and rear accident and couldnt afford to have the trunk hood and lip painted lol.
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agree its different if u paint the lip black but that clearly looks like primer black
Old Apr 9, 2009 | 02:06 PM
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I know what my car would look like once its done, u guys will see it by May, and then you can tell ,me your opinions, as per the previous comments about leaving it unpainted. Well lets say that , it’s the way I like it, all its going to pay is a 2-3 hands of clear to make it shinny, other than that nothing else is going to be done, I have gone through 3 lips, having them painted, and everytime there is damage I have to repaint, and repaint, and repaint, seriously I am tired of chucking money out of wallet for this hobby, so, I am going to take another approarch and leave it black with the black and red theme.
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now that isn't a bad idea. leave it as is and clear coat it to make it shine. that's good.
Old Apr 9, 2009 | 11:27 PM
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Originally Posted by SW_08
paint it...
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Old Apr 10, 2009 | 12:21 AM
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I think it looks ugly IMO. doesn't flow well with the lines on the tC.

but yeah..paint it..unpainted = teh ____
Old Apr 10, 2009 | 12:33 AM
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^^x2 just doesn't look right.
Old Apr 10, 2009 | 03:44 AM
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u guys should move to miami, and check out the other tc's.
about the middle of may i should be done.
Old Apr 10, 2009 | 06:17 AM
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that car is freeken sweetness. i like the painjob graffiti looken. looks like greddy piping



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