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Old Apr 26, 2009 | 06:36 PM
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What do you think? I havent gotten a chance to wash it yet, these were this morning before work.

And im not going to waste my time washing it because the pollen is terrible right now.
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Old Apr 26, 2009 | 07:26 PM
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any closeups?
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Old Apr 26, 2009 | 07:26 PM
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Looks awesome. The silver door handles are only tolerable on silver cars. Other than that, they stand out like a sore thumb.
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Old Apr 26, 2009 | 07:30 PM
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now paint the taillights white too and its PERFECT
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Old Apr 26, 2009 | 07:30 PM
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i like it. what did you do/use?
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Old Apr 26, 2009 | 07:55 PM
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Looks good bro
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Old Apr 26, 2009 | 08:01 PM
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i think they're cool, but have you considered painting them black like the window sill?
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Old Apr 26, 2009 | 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by ambientflier
Looks awesome. The silver door handles are only tolerable on silver cars. Other than that, they stand out like a sore thumb.
I actually like them on the LSS. I think the painted only looks good on black and now white. Not a fan on other cars so far.
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Old Apr 26, 2009 | 08:33 PM
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Blends in nicely
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Old Apr 26, 2009 | 08:40 PM
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I had to take my car to the body shop. Nissan was warrantying cracking in the paint. And I asked how much it would be to paint the handles while the paint was already blended, and they said 100$. So I asked, where do I sign

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Old Apr 26, 2009 | 08:57 PM
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Nice if my Z wasn't silver and didn't have chrome lipped rims I would do this mod.
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Old Apr 26, 2009 | 09:15 PM
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I did it on my silverstone, it is a great look...well done.
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Old Apr 26, 2009 | 09:47 PM
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i like the idea i wanna do black on mine
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Old Apr 27, 2009 | 12:18 AM
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Looks very nice but I would like to see some close-ups as well! I have an SS so I don't need to worry about painting the door handles, they look great as is.
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Old Apr 27, 2009 | 01:42 AM
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i wanna do mine black...
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Old Apr 27, 2009 | 01:56 AM
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looks good now. wait until it starts to chip in a few months then it will look like crap
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Old Apr 27, 2009 | 01:59 AM
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meh, doesn't look so hot to me. i agree that black may have been the way to go.
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Old Apr 27, 2009 | 04:36 AM
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About the chipping, the body shop says it should not chip off. Worst that happens is it starts to scratch in a year or 2
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Old Apr 27, 2009 | 05:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Scipher21
About the chipping, the body shop says it should not chip off. Worst that happens is it starts to scratch in a year or 2
unless this is some sort of wonderpaint that doesn't chip, i would not believe a word they say. of course they are going to say that since they are providing a service. as for a year or two, i give it a week or two at max for scratching.


still though, it does look good

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Old Apr 27, 2009 | 06:40 AM
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I used to think getting the handles sprayed looked bad but the more cars i've seen with it done the more i really like this simple mod. I think yours look really well in the white and chips shouldn't be too much of a problem with the biggest problem being people wearing rings.
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