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Old Oct 16, 2003
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To Paint or Not To Paint?

Should I paint my trim? Or Should I not paint it.. ????Check out the photoshop that zak made of all my stuff painted, Carbon fiber wing, 18 inch gunmetaled konig rated-r's, lowered it 2 inchs, and put on a greaddy evo exhaust
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Get rid of those trims in your door and have it all filled in withfiber glass or something and make ur doors like how they are on the 7thgen civics....
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Old Oct 16, 2003
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i thought about that, but then it would look flat, i like the little detail it adds
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Paint them, then Si conversion.
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Paint them, then Si conversion.

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that does look good but everyones got BC kit... i think its the only platsic kit they make like that
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looks good...but i would paint the back licence plate thing too
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yea i need to get better pictures of my ride...so zak could edit it better
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Yeah man, I think you should paint that shiet, it looks hella cleaner.
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The only thing that didn't come painted on my car was the side skirts and they're now painted...looks a lot nicer! Not so cheap looking.
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have pics?
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Paint em.
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Sure I do...

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i say wait on the paint. Do it right before you drop the engine and just respray the whole ride.

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