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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 06:11 PM
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Check it out! It's just been repainted from black to this color




















And before:


Have fun!
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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 06:35 PM
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Is it me or is the trunk lights different with the US 2004 models?
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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 06:40 PM
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How is it different? I don't think so,they are the same
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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 06:43 PM
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The '04-'06 was different than '01-'03. LED taillights.

To each their own, but I prefer black, but the "champagne" is unique in that it's not a factory color so shouldn't be another like it.
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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 07:07 PM
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Mine were LEDs,too,maybe the camera angle made you dizzy^^. That color I chose from LS460/LS600h called "Satin Cashmere".
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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 07:21 PM
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Color looks great - looks real good with those wheels - nice car.
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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 09:30 PM
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Nice hope you enjoy
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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 10:03 PM
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How do you go from beautiful black to that? I can see if the car was dark blue..
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Old Jul 26, 2010 | 10:50 PM
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how much did your paint job run you??
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 02:12 AM
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@CDW91: Though I liked it at first,then I realized the black color seemed to be hard to keep clean,easily be seen with dirt covered and the main thing was that I didn't like dark colors anyway. And my old color was fully black(Obsidian)
@Vpanin: It cost about 1200$ and I also replaced 2 rear air suspensions for 2000$,pretty cheap for me.
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 02:44 AM
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This car prob imported from the U.S to Vietnam, so the back light is prob the same as U.S one. Very clean car. Like the DVD on the headrest.
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 04:37 AM
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U.S. spec. 01-03 was not LED taillights.

As for dirt, yeah, black is terrible. You wash it and by time you back it up into your garage, it's dusty again. The "cashmere" will definitely hide dirt so much better.

Our first family minivan was "champagne" color and we hand washed it and always seemed so clean. Then we got a dark burgandy minivan and did the same wash and always missed spots here and there, so we thought we must have missed these on the first minivan too, but because of the color we just did not see it.
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 06:18 AM
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Yeah,that is what I really meant,I hate dirt 'cause I have no driver,I am both the owner and driver
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 06:41 AM
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Does my trunk look well? Looks like it doesn't fully fit if compares to the original one. Does anyone confirm
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Old Jul 27, 2010 | 08:17 AM
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What trunk lip is that?
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