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Old 11-04-15, 01:22 PM
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Hello community, I'm wondering if any stillen diffuser owners have painted the diffuser in any other color or let alone paint the two corners to match the car itself? I'm tempted to paint the corners of the diffuser, i think this may make the center of the diffuser pop out more. I've searched, but havent found anything. Thoughts??


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don't think it would work, but I could be wrong. can we get any good photo shoppers in here?!?! haha I thought about "coloring" the edges of the "fins," but thought better of it.


just thought of something...a cheap way to see what it would be like (other than photo shop) is to get some vinyl and check it out that way. and if you don't like it, peel it off.

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Good idea. Maybe vinyl first. I want to paint, but iffy how it'll turn out.
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Nothing to do with the stillen diffuser, but I originally wanted to color match the oem piece to the car itself, I found a pix on line thats has the oem piece painted and it looks horrible. Glad I didn't color match before. I think I will vinyl the corners of the stillen diffuser to see how it looks white.


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I don't know if it's horrible, but it does look "off." maybe cause our eyes have been used to seeing that part flat/matte black from jump. the wheels on that car doesn't help either though...haha
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Here ya go








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DO IT. i think it looks pretty good
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Nice.. Thanks for the photoshop.
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thanks mark. looks descent on the white...kind of hard to tell at that angle for neb grey though
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Can u shop one more time and whiteout the red reflector as well?
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now I want this lol.
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Glad you all like it. Yeah, I think on lighter colors it will be more noticeable. Darker colors like the Nebula Grey and Black won't show up well.
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