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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 03:16 PM
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The clear coat on my trunk bar has started chipping and the paint is fading. Don't feel like bringing such a small piece to a paint shop. Anyone have a source where I can buy pre-mixed paint in a spray can? I need it in 4p2.
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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 03:19 PM
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if you really wanna it yourself, give a paint shop the color code and they'll make a spray can.
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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 03:47 PM
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Just bought some on amazon
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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 05:22 PM
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Originally Posted by tiger4life
The clear coat on my trunk bar has started chipping and the paint is fading. Don't feel like bringing such a small piece to a paint shop. Anyone have a source where I can buy pre-mixed paint in a spray can? I need it in 4p2.
Where are you located? You stay in Houston..
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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 05:46 PM
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I just bought a spray can of 202 black by duplicolor from autozone, they got a catalog to match oem paint , it's an exact match.....
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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 11:18 PM
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get the chrome trunk bar for like 50$ on ebay looks good too.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CHROME-TRUNK...0bfb47&vxp=mtr
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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 11:33 PM
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Originally Posted by lextout
get the chrome trunk bar for like 50$ on ebay looks good too.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CHROME-TRUNK...0bfb47&vxp=mtr
I just bought that last night....
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Old Sep 2, 2012 | 12:45 AM
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Originally Posted by lextout
get the chrome trunk bar for like 50$ on ebay looks good too.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CHROME-TRUNK...0bfb47&vxp=mtr
i dont think thats JDM
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Old Sep 3, 2012 | 03:16 AM
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Originally Posted by 1sWt2GS
i dont think thats JDM
who cares, whats is jdm now a days anyways.?
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Old Sep 3, 2012 | 03:17 AM
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Originally Posted by FlockoGS4
I just bought that last night....
sweet, tell me what you think of it. I was pondering over it also.
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Old Sep 3, 2012 | 08:12 AM
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Originally Posted by 1sWt2GS
i dont think thats JDM
Lol...please tell me what is jdm...i absolutley have to read this...
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Old Sep 3, 2012 | 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by lextout
get the chrome trunk bar for like 50$ on ebay looks good too.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CHROME-TRUNK...0bfb47&vxp=mtr
i thought about it, but prefer it to be painted
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Old Sep 3, 2012 | 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by lextout
who cares, whats is jdm now a days anyways.?
What he is saying is that the more expensive jdm one is metal and replaces the oem one, but the one you linked just sticks onto the oem one and is plastic.
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Old Sep 3, 2012 | 10:58 AM
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This is the more expensive version.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/TOYOTA-GENUI...9dd03b&vxp=mtr
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Old Sep 3, 2012 | 02:41 PM
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I did my trunk bar black and it cost me under $10. I bought flat black spray paint, spray overcoat. took the bar off, gave it 3 coats of black like 30 minutes apart from each other, then sprayed it with a coat of spray clear an hour later. black trunk bar looks good on most color cars. my GS is white, and I dis the same thing to the trunk bar on my red BMW 318.


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