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Old 04-30-09, 08:42 PM
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I appreciate all the criticism guys, good and not so good. I understand the pano roof comparisons, but I'm still not sure why everyone always uses black roofs as a chance to compare cars to scions?
Old 04-30-09, 09:12 PM
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That took ***** and I like it
Old 04-30-09, 10:20 PM
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Originally Posted by DRE1615
I appreciate all the criticism guys, good and not so good. I understand the pano roof comparisons, but I'm still not sure why everyone always uses black roofs as a chance to compare cars to scions?
It was a big deal for Scion to build a car with an all dark tinted glass roof in 2004 as a 2005 model. It looks great on the tC. When the roof is black and the rest of the car isn't, it looks a lot like the tC. It's no different paint or vinyl. Just reminiscent of the tC. I had an Indigo Ink Pearl. It's in my garage pics.
Old 05-01-09, 05:01 AM
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Looks great Mike! I am 100% positive no one will confuse your car with a TC. Especially with that exhaust.
Old 05-01-09, 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by lobuxracer
It was a big deal for Scion to build a car with an all dark tinted glass roof in 2004 as a 2005 model. It looks great on the tC. When the roof is black and the rest of the car isn't, it looks a lot like the tC. It's no different paint or vinyl. Just reminiscent of the tC. I had an Indigo Ink Pearl. It's in my garage pics.
And I had the silver tc, then the is350, and now the F...I find it funny, we have the same upgrade path

I still love the TC
Old 05-01-09, 09:56 AM
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why not do cf overlay
Old 05-01-09, 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by rominl
why not do cf overlay

+1

Then you would be sporting a fake C/F roof instead of a fake vinyl roof
Old 05-01-09, 03:55 PM
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Looks good just like the E92 M3 too bad its not carbon fiber
Old 05-01-09, 05:10 PM
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Not bad at all... I don't think a CF roof makes sense either because of the sun roof. Although I must say that this mod probably looks better on blue/red/white because of the contrast.
Old 05-01-09, 07:00 PM
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Not bad at all.....like it a lot.
Old 05-02-09, 09:25 PM
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Looks Great Mike!!! Glad you got it painted.....

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Old 05-03-09, 06:59 AM
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Do you think it will look good on USB?
Old 05-03-09, 10:54 AM
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looks good, i like it.
Old 05-03-09, 01:37 PM
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Here's some more pics that I took this past week that look a little better. Enjoy











Old 05-03-09, 02:20 PM
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Nice, but your front plate throws off the entire lines of the car. And your plate says "420"..............that is awesome


I have driven performance cars for 20 years, from Cali, Arizona, Oregon, Virginia and not once have I ever had a front plate and not once have I ever been hastled by law enforcement!


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