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View Poll Results: Which is the best look for a starfire white (with rear plasti-dipped emblems)
White vinyl grille (not matched perfectly) and plasti-dipped emblem
2
11.76%
Plasti-dipped grille and chrome emblem
7
41.18%
Plasti-dipped grille and plasti-dipped emblem
6
35.29%
Stock grille and plasti-dipped emblem
2
11.76%
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Old Feb 7, 2011 | 09:42 PM
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Color match if your going for a clean look ,but if your going for a tuner ish look go for all black . I like how it looks now
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 04:36 AM
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thanks for the comments!
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 04:47 AM
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color match & plastidip both looks great. depends on what look u're going for dude. me likey the color match though
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 06:12 AM
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thanks. going to keep the color match for now...i got a lot of negative feedback on a different forum and started second guessing my taste.
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by shiny250
gloss black bezel with a white emblem?

I'd do this if my car was white!! This is unique.
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 08:15 AM
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i wish i could do that too...but the 09 grille in black doesnt look very clean on white....



see...looks like some funky design in eletrical tape.
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by ThermonMer
thanks. going to keep the color match for now...i got a lot of negative feedback on a different forum and started second guessing my taste.
who cares. mod your car the way you want. dont worry about what others say or else you'll be stuck driving a stock car in fear that someone might not like something.
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 11:20 AM
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i like the plastidip
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Originally Posted by IXI187IXI
who cares. mod your car the way you want. dont worry about what others say or else you'll be stuck driving a stock car in fear that someone might not like something.
i've seen alot of horrible stuff here by guys doing it on their own... IXI187IXI your advise is for the experienced modder who wouldn't be posting up questions in the first place.
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Old Feb 8, 2011 | 01:52 PM
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Originally Posted by llamaboiz
i've seen alot of horrible stuff here by guys doing it on their own... IXI187IXI your advise is for the experienced modder who wouldn't be posting up questions in the first place.
I think IXI187IXI's point is, what's horrible to you, might not be horrible to someone else... Opinions are like #$$holes, everyone has one!
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Old Mar 21, 2011 | 08:49 AM
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Just plasti dipped the grille damn was a little worried at first but Love how it came out. Was way easier than I thought

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