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UCF20 visors on my UCF10. Painted trim.

Old 09-08-08, 06:28 PM
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Default UCF20 visors on my UCF10. Painted trim.

Since its impossible to find UCF10 Window Visors I bought the UCF20 ones. The Chrome trim makes it totally obvious that the rears dont fit correctly, so i decided to paint the trim black...



When I first unwrapped them.




Masked off with blue painters masking tape.






Sanded the trim with 600 grit sandpaper just to rough it up a bit.




Clear plastic primer and Gloss black paint. Forgot to take a pic of the clear coat :P






2 coats primer, 2 coats black, 4 coats clear.




One of my favorite employees :lol:
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Let it all dry over night... SHIZZAM!, done son!














I'll take better pics when my Exhaust comes in and I wash this thing
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the front looks good
Old 09-08-08, 06:39 PM
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nice.. is it that hard to find visors for our ucf10?
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Originally Posted by farquad
nice.. is it that hard to find visors for our ucf10?
Not hard, impossible

From what I read, Toyota only made a very short limited run on the UCF10/11 visors. They discontinued them because it caused too much wind noise or something...
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well, i guess i can get the 2ls visors and just use the two fronts, since they look like they gonna have a perfect fit
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Even though they look kinda weird since theyre meant for a 2ls, theyll look even more odd if you only use the fronts and not the rears.

One day I'll probably paint the whole visor black... too lazy right now though =P
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i guess ur right. it will not flow that good. arg, why is there less aftermarket stuff for the 1LS. make me wanna get a 2LS now
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Originally Posted by MEANDAFAKA
i guess ur right. it will not flow that good. arg, why is there less aftermarket stuff for the 1LS. make me wanna get a 2LS now
Tell me about it!! I should have bought a 2nd gen Soooo much more stuff for them and readily available at the click of a mouse
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Could you shorten the rear visor, join them back up and spray them to match your car color. Obviously they won't be tinted anymore. If you could see how close the contour is, or someone to a quick photochop that would be nice.

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Originally Posted by chrisngo
Could you shorten the rear visor, join them back up and spray them to match your car color. Obviously they won't be tinted anymore. If you could see how close the contour is, or someone to a quick photochop that would be nice.

Chris
Thought about that too, but the curve of the visor and the curve of the window are different

I think the best bet would be to fully paint them black
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yup i would paint it all black!!!!
what brand those visors & were did u get it lmk....
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Originally Posted by slamgrayls
yup i would paint it all black!!!!
what brand those visors & were did u get it lmk....
They are the factory jdm UCF20 visors. Got them from Luxury Bippu Garage on vipstylecars.com
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Get them Plastic Chromed
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show pics of the whole car it looks like a clean Ls

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