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Old Jun 6, 2003 | 03:44 PM
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that dark gray ****

i hate that dark gray **** that goes allllll the waaayyy arrrouunnddd my ****ing car. it makes it look so ugly? do i have to change like my whole underside of all 4 corners of my car, or can i just buy the one thats sport, cuz it comes the same color as the paint.....ya'll kno what im talking bout right???
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Old Jun 6, 2003 | 04:04 PM
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yes i have that dark grey stuff too

its the 'elegance' trim. the sport one is 1 solid color all around outside. i like that look alot.

there was someone on here who painted there trim to match the body color and it looked quite good, but normally to replace it you'd have to order the sep parts.
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Old Jun 6, 2003 | 06:40 PM
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Just paint it. I have a dark gray car (tectite gray) so it matches it pretty well. The only thing I had done was get the light gray strip repainted and clear coated. I didn't like it dull. It looks much better now and not like a cheezy piece of plastic trim.
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Old Jun 6, 2003 | 07:52 PM
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how did u get the front bumper and rear bumper painted?
those arent strips and are actually part of the bumper itself.

and how do u remove the side strips properly?
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Old Jun 6, 2003 | 08:07 PM
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i got that stuff too. i bought some sport ones for like 300 bux. only for door, no bumper ones.
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Old Jun 6, 2003 | 08:09 PM
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really

wow

i think it'd be more feasible to paint it tho heh

steve from NL offered me some but i just didnt have the money
for a full set + new bumpers
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Old Jun 6, 2003 | 08:31 PM
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They didn't remove them. They carefully masked it off.
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Old Jun 6, 2003 | 10:37 PM
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i radther have it removied
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Old Jun 7, 2003 | 04:01 AM
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soo uhh how do i do it? :p
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Old Jun 7, 2003 | 11:27 AM
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You take it to a body shop and give them some money.
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Old Jun 7, 2003 | 11:43 AM
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Old Jun 7, 2003 | 02:00 PM
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god damn those body ****ing peices of **** body shop people. they'll charge me a grip cuz im driving a benz. **** that!
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Old Jun 7, 2003 | 04:07 PM
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haha i like ur use of cuss words in every single sentence hahah

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Old Jun 7, 2003 | 04:25 PM
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haha i like ur use of cuss words in every single sentence hahah
Me too.
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Old Jun 7, 2003 | 06:03 PM
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rip the part off the car take it to body shot tell them u want it silver
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Old Jun 8, 2003 | 01:37 AM
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i do have a ****in dirty mouth huh oh well. i juss dun like dark grey ****. makes no sense ******* germans.
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Old Jun 8, 2003 | 02:00 AM
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Those dumb Germans probably know how to spell "inhale" though.
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