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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 11:48 PM
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Got bored, so I took off my chrome putco grille and painted my scion badges black with silver lettering Let my know what you think

heres a walk around video too.

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Old Jan 19, 2009 | 12:44 AM
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personally i like it! but im biased since i did the same thing lol.
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That does look pretty slick
Old Jan 19, 2009 | 12:55 AM
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looks good....i did the same...but den 2 months later it jus chipped off...so now im thinkin about buying the vrd grill...
Old Jan 19, 2009 | 12:59 AM
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Is that carbon fiber inserts in the logo? looks sweet.
Old Jan 19, 2009 | 01:46 AM
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leave the putco grille off
Old Jan 19, 2009 | 02:05 AM
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Much better, I remember your topic in the Lounge lol...now about those chrome door handles...
Old Jan 19, 2009 | 04:09 AM
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I did my emblems like that several months ago. Silver Sharpie FTW!!
Old Jan 19, 2009 | 04:22 AM
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nice change! i like it a lot.
Old Jan 19, 2009 | 04:25 AM
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i did the same thing but with white lettering..just ends up chipping off so i just painted the whole thing black..but looks good man
Old Jan 19, 2009 | 05:18 AM
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Originally Posted by equinox2355
Is that carbon fiber inserts in the logo? looks sweet.
yeh thanks, it came with the dash kit from TRDsparks.com the CF and the black is a good combo
Old Jan 19, 2009 | 05:20 AM
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Originally Posted by 10PieceNuggets
Much better, I remember your topic in the Lounge lol...now about those chrome door handles...
hahah shhh, I was hoping noone was gonna bring that up. Im not 100% liking the door handles either but I spent 100 bucks on them and I got them for christmas so I'll keep them for a bit.. but one day they will come off like the grille
Old Jan 19, 2009 | 05:22 AM
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Originally Posted by PartieBoiTc4
i did the same thing but with white lettering..just ends up chipping off so i just painted the whole thing black..but looks good man
Ive decided that if I have chipping problems like that, most likely I'll end up doing the same.. It still looks pretty good all blacked out.
Old Jan 19, 2009 | 05:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Hyghgynx
I did my emblems like that several months ago. Silver Sharpie FTW!!
I didnt have silver sharpie, I had to use a silver touchup paint pen, thats the best I had but thats always a good suggestion for next time. thanks
Old Jan 19, 2009 | 05:27 AM
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Thanks everyone for the comments, dont forget I'll have the rear logo pics up tomorrow so check back for that. :D peace!
Old Jan 19, 2009 | 01:46 PM
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looks much better now...def. leave the other grille off...waaay too much 'bling' with it. looks hot now.
Old Jan 19, 2009 | 10:37 PM
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i like the CF inserts
Old Jan 19, 2009 | 11:22 PM
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Looks pretty good. You should paint the chrome part of the grill black also.
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