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Old 03-11-2014, 03:08 PM   #6511
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I wonder how a darker wood, or maybe a black/gray wood pattern would look.
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My husband was just talking to me last night about doing this. Kudos to you for trying to be unique! I just don't think I could get past the red stitching, black interior and the wood vinyl not matching. haha I'm weird like that though.
Red Digital camo


Because, why not?
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Old 03-11-2014, 03:21 PM   #6512
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Because headache!
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Old 03-11-2014, 03:43 PM   #6513
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Because headache!
Come on...don't we all torture our passengers anyway. Either with insufficient seating in the back seats or how we love to hug those inside corners
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Old 03-11-2014, 04:27 PM   #6514
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Old 03-11-2014, 05:05 PM   #6515
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Red Digital camo


Because, why not?

I thought about going that route but as stated it would be headache inducing. However, I am considering trying one more wrap of snow camo before i "settle" for brushed black aluminum.


I hate cookie cutter stuff and like to be clean but different. I thought the wood would look good, but after its been done and drivin around runing errands today, I have decided to take it off. The fact that the grain on the radio pieces dont line up drives me crazy. They are cut from the same piece of wrap, but it still came out bad. Will probably be peeling it off this afternoon.
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Piano-black wood would look good, though, like it looks like the finish for a grand piano. THAT I think would look fantastic. Way better than the faux carbon fiber paneling that the fr-s comes with, and looks better than the faux-brushed-silver that the brz has.
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Old 03-11-2014, 05:23 PM   #6517
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I thought about going that route but as stated it would be headache inducing. However, I am considering trying one more wrap of snow camo before i "settle" for brushed black aluminum.


I hate cookie cutter stuff and like to be clean but different. I thought the wood would look good, but after its been done and drivin around runing errands today, I have decided to take it off. The fact that the grain on the radio pieces dont line up drives me crazy. They are cut from the same piece of wrap, but it still came out bad. Will probably be peeling it off this afternoon.
Peel it off right NOW THIS INSTANT!

I'm liking the idea of piano black/ebony wood grain.
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Old 03-11-2014, 05:31 PM   #6518
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Man, I'm really liking the lit up look of Valenti tails and the reserve light. It's just that I don't like how they are just completely smoked when nothing's on. The red/white version isn't my taste either. Hmmmm
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Old 03-11-2014, 05:36 PM   #6519
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You inspired me to finally get to it.
Did you follow the normal process? wash, clay, wash, compound, polish, Isopropyl alcohol, opti?

As mentioned, I was inspired to finally opti-coat my car.
I have to say it was a long painful 3 day process but I'm pretty satisfied with the results so far.





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Called to get an estimate on replacing the front bumper... for the 2nd time. My sisters boyfriend backed into her as she was sitting outside the house. I thought they were messing with me until I walked out to actually see it. Every picture I took never really showed all the scratches with the car being silver and the way the sun was hitting it.

I buffed and waxed it to see if I could get all the scratches, but in this process I realized the bumper itself was loose! My drivers side sidemarker is still on but extremely loose. The passenger side isn't as bad but is also loose! He said he didn't hit it that hard but holy crap!!!(it left an imprint of his license plate holder on my little black bar/moustache)lol I'm guessing it was hard enough to break/snap some of the brackets holding the bumper

He said he will pay for the damage but still going thru the hassle of having it fixed is just annoying, especially since this will be my third front bumper in just 8 months!!
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Called to get an estimate on replacing the front bumper... for the 2nd time. My sisters boyfriend backed into her as she was sitting outside the house. I thought they were messing with me until I walked out to actually see it. Every picture I took never really showed all the scratches with the car being silver and the way the sun was hitting it.

I buffed and waxed it to see if I could get all the scratches, but in this process I realized the bumper itself was loose! My drivers side sidemarker is still on but extremely loose. The passenger side isn't as bad but is also loose! He said he didn't hit it that hard but holy crap!!!(it left an imprint of his license plate holder on my little black bar/moustache)lol I'm guessing it was hard enough to break/snap some of the brackets holding the bumper

He said he will pay for the damage but still going thru the hassle of having it fixed is just annoying, especially since this will be my third front bumper in just 8 months!!
Better than what happened to my front bumper on my way to work this morning.

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Wow. So... Don't you already know the price of a bumper replacement? :-/


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Better than what happened to my front bumper on my way to work this morning.

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Aaaaahhh lame! Those tires pieces be danged!

During my huge road trip last year the only "close call" I had was a chunk of tire in the middle of BOTH directions of traffic on the highway. I wound up flicking my wheel to the side right as I hit it so that I didn't hit it dead on. Guess which state this happened in... Arizona.
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Wow. So... Don't you already know the price of a bumper replacement? :-/


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I know what it is, like what range it should be in. lol But I'm taking it to the same place I took it to last time so they can look at it and see what it looks like underneath as far as what is actually broken or not broken.
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