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Old May 6, 2005 | 07:41 AM
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I was going to get mine painted black.. but the body shop didn't recommend it and would not guarantee the paint wouldn't peal after time.
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Old May 6, 2005 | 08:48 AM
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The paint wont stick as well on that piece. It will chip and peel over time.
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Old May 6, 2005 | 02:25 PM
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tried to post pics...... how do you do it now? lol.
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Old May 6, 2005 | 02:35 PM
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You have to be in advanced posting, scroll down to manage attachments, and browse for a pic that is less thean 200K in files size and upload them. Then post your message.
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Old May 6, 2005 | 02:44 PM
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ok heres some pics. sorry for the quality, only camera i have access to is a camera phone one.....

heh and you can tell by the singlewide in the backround, i live in a ghetto palace!!! luckily, my house is not a trailer, thought i do live next door to one lol.
Attached Thumbnails painted rear diffuser-05-06-05_1208.jpg   painted rear diffuser-05-06-05_1206.jpg  
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Old May 6, 2005 | 03:54 PM
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I like it but it is hard to tell in those pics
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Old May 6, 2005 | 05:29 PM
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Looks to me like the car is not the stock red color either. It looks like it is darker than stock. It might just be the picture.
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Old May 6, 2005 | 05:47 PM
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interesting. i think it looks pretty good. but i am not so sure about it on light colors. maybe someone could photoshop all the colors just to give an idea of what it would look like.
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Old May 6, 2005 | 07:06 PM
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If Mazda sold this as an option, I would buy it. My only concern would be the heat and oil at the tips.
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Old May 7, 2005 | 12:50 PM
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i have a B&B exhaust with bigger than stock tips, and at 24000 miles im not seeing any heat damage to the paint on the diffuser.

and i think it is the stock color red, but my cameraphone sucks and i dont have a better camera.
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Old May 8, 2005 | 12:44 AM
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I never like my blk plastic's since the first day i pulled out of the dealer.
I then checked that week at local bodyshops and i got quotes for 500+
thats when i rather buy a ms rear.but never did -$$
but a friend in my town has his painted and it looks good.too bad its not a dealer option
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Old May 8, 2005 | 07:45 AM
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i got quoted about 300 and change to get it done....it would be chaper to do this than get another bumper and have that painted too....and after you paint the diffuser it looks aftermarket any way...but my guy didnt want to guarantee the paint either
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Old May 8, 2005 | 12:00 PM
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Here's a pic of Redjetpack's rear I took from a rotary drive in April. It's the only one I've got and I'm not sure it's much better than the 2 pics posted. Here goes...



Last edited by poolsidenaz; May 8, 2005 at 12:11 PM. Reason: Picture didn't attach
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Old May 8, 2005 | 12:40 PM
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I like - would look good on a black 8
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Old May 8, 2005 | 01:04 PM
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yea, ill get ahold of a better camera and post some pics in the multimedia forum. the guys over on the vividracing.com forum have been asking for pics anyways lol.
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