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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 07:15 PM
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idk I'm going ahead and buying my mudguards too While I'm Already ordering from them and Total Shipping is 10
Old Jan 15, 2012 | 01:58 AM
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updates got my HIDs and my interior lights installed and got my mudgaurds (not yet installed)

also thinking about removing my CAI i live in a city and travel alot in the city so not using the power too much right now but i went from getting 27-28 mpg to getting 23 right after the cai install
Old Jan 17, 2012 | 05:23 PM
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ok quick question before i install my mudgaurds they are a flat black as many of us know now my question is should i color match them and gloss them or should i just leave them flat??
Old Jan 17, 2012 | 05:33 PM
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ok quick question before i install my mudgaurds they are a flat black as many of us know now my question is should i color match them and gloss them or should i just leave them flat??

Color match and gloss them, so BAMF when done that way...
Old Jan 17, 2012 | 08:40 PM
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Flat. With mudguards the objective is stealth.
Old Jan 17, 2012 | 08:57 PM
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Color matched is stealth...
Old Jan 17, 2012 | 09:03 PM
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if ur car wasnt black I'd say leave it black do to the black roof because im a fan of the panda look. However being black i Say paint match it or do red, since ur color combo is black/red.
Old Jan 17, 2012 | 10:21 PM
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I been thinkin bout the same think...and i think i wanna color match with some gloss. I aw a white tc with white mud gaurds and i liked ittttt!
Old Jan 17, 2012 | 10:54 PM
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anyone who is good with Photoshop can you do a black tc with red mudgaurds
Old Jan 17, 2012 | 11:03 PM
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red.......idk might look tacky as ___k...
Old Jan 17, 2012 | 11:16 PM
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Quick! Someone with a White Canadian tC post their pic! Mud guards are included with ours

And a red mud guard would look nice with black.
Old Jan 17, 2012 | 11:23 PM
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to each his own....im skeptical on the red....i guess it is his them but ill have to see it......
Old Jan 18, 2012 | 12:18 AM
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I plained to paint mine, but once I put them on just to see how it looked, I left them flat. The tC is not as aerodynamic looking as most cars, so the mud guards hanging out saying "Screw you wind resistance," looks great IMO.
Old Jan 18, 2012 | 10:03 PM
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thanks for the opinions what i may do is paint one front one red and one color match and post pics and see what looks better

but on to better things i finally got decent pictures of my car and pics of my HIDs and my interior now i did just get back from a 6 hour drive sunday so the car is dirty and it has rained ever since so hopefully it will be clean in the next couple of days

interior these are 7 color interior lights i got from LEDglow off of ebay

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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 10:31 PM
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Tint soon? Tint is your best friend with a black car :D
Old Jan 18, 2012 | 11:32 PM
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as soon as i get everything time wise settled then yes tint im putting 5 on back 3 and 35 on front windows and windshield....
Old Jan 19, 2012 | 12:43 AM
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Do the red interior lights match the stock instrument lights? I've been thinking about doing the same thing but I know its more of an orange-red.
Old Jan 19, 2012 | 12:46 AM
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no but its not far off.. plus i plan on redoing my interior LEDs (by interior i mean dash and a/c) as soon as i can with white LEDs and possible red ones on the controlls
Old Jan 21, 2012 | 01:14 PM
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guess what just happened to me and my great luck.... someone broke into my car last night and stole my 500$ camera
Old Jan 21, 2012 | 02:01 PM
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Ouch
Get those tints done!



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