B-Pillar different color?
B-Pillar different color?
So I bought my 04 in 03/09... Almost two and a half years now, and just now I noticed this...
Would someone tell me wtf is going on here?
This feels like you just found out you have a birthmark on ur butt cheek when ur like 30...
Should've noticed earlier... look at my sig... FML...
Would someone tell me wtf is going on here?
This feels like you just found out you have a birthmark on ur butt cheek when ur like 30...
Should've noticed earlier... look at my sig... FML...
Last edited by dezau; Oct 11, 2011 at 12:17 AM.
I KNOW! i was like... what... the... ****? lol..
Yea lol... I'll try to get a better pic from my slr tmr.
Urgh... why'd the previous owner pull one side but not the other, wtf?
Urgh... why'd the previous owner pull one side but not the other, wtf?
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They're different????
Edit- Oh ok I just read the part about removing the vinyl. I wen't to the garage to check and mine are both black.
Edit- Oh ok I just read the part about removing the vinyl. I wen't to the garage to check and mine are both black.
Last edited by Rx8vsMalibu; Oct 7, 2011 at 11:54 PM.
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mine is like a plastic. It doesnt seem like you can remove it unless the previous owner removed it already. If he did, wouldnt the b pillars look glossy. Its got a plastic finish to it and it doesnt look like you can peel anything.
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^YUP!
It took me about 20 minutes to peel each side. The vinyl was starting to look pretty sketchy, so I peeled them and re-applied some nice, piano black vinyl instead.
I recommend doing it while warm (or in your garage with a hair dryer) and keeping some rubbing compound and a cotton cloth on hand for the remaining residue.
It took me about 20 minutes to peel each side. The vinyl was starting to look pretty sketchy, so I peeled them and re-applied some nice, piano black vinyl instead.
I recommend doing it while warm (or in your garage with a hair dryer) and keeping some rubbing compound and a cotton cloth on hand for the remaining residue.
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No link. I bought it from a sign shop in town. It was about $50 to buy the minimum amount of it, and it is way more than I'm ever going to use. I've managed to find a couple of other uses for it as well (like the silver on the center console - now piano black
)https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...7&d=1310880787
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No link. I bought it from a sign shop in town. It was about $50 to buy the minimum amount of it, and it is way more than I'm ever going to use. I've managed to find a couple of other uses for it as well (like the silver on the center console - now piano black)https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...7&d=1310880787
However - out of curiosity - how did you do that with the black vinyl? I imagine it took a long time to get the vinyl straight and without any air bubbles around the edges and contours
There's also "Cosmo Red" like my 40th Anniversary Edition - which is really more like burnt orange
Another thing is that in mine the color covers the entire front face of the seat - as opposed to the black-and-red combo. I believe the Shinkas also have an entire solid color.
BTW, I actually think your car looks cool with one of the pillars black and the other blue. It goes well with the wheels
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That "piano black" center console looks awesome
However - out of curiosity - how did you do that with the black vinyl? I imagine it took a long time to get the vinyl straight and without any air bubbles around the edges and contours
Red fading into orange, lol
There's also "Cosmo Red" like my 40th Anniversary Edition - which is really more like burnt orange
Another thing is that in mine the color covers the entire front face of the seat - as opposed to the black-and-red combo. I believe the Shinkas also have an entire solid color.
BTW, I actually think your car looks cool with one of the pillars black and the other blue. It goes well with the wheels
However - out of curiosity - how did you do that with the black vinyl? I imagine it took a long time to get the vinyl straight and without any air bubbles around the edges and contours
Red fading into orange, lol
There's also "Cosmo Red" like my 40th Anniversary Edition - which is really more like burnt orange
Another thing is that in mine the color covers the entire front face of the seat - as opposed to the black-and-red combo. I believe the Shinkas also have an entire solid color.
BTW, I actually think your car looks cool with one of the pillars black and the other blue. It goes well with the wheels
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Its a factory option. I love it with my NG paint. (and it will still look good if I decide to go black eventually)
The conversion to piano black on the black on the console isn't too difficult, actually. I took my time (my 8 isn't my DD) and it took about 3 days. Here is a link, my stuff is on page 2...
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...hlight=console
The conversion to piano black on the black on the console isn't too difficult, actually. I took my time (my 8 isn't my DD) and it took about 3 days. Here is a link, my stuff is on page 2...
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...hlight=console
The black/chaparral was one of the factory interior options, just like the other color combos. I want to say it was only available in NG? That's the only color exterior I ever saw it in at least.
This thread made me LOL! To be honest, I did not know it was painted underneath either!
This thread made me LOL! To be honest, I did not know it was painted underneath either!
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[quote=tiltmode43;4098682]The black/chaparral was one of the factory interior options, just like the other color combos. I want to say it was only available in NG? That's the only color exterior I ever saw it in at least.
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I saw it in a WWP one time, but it could have been transplanted there...
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I saw it in a WWP one time, but it could have been transplanted there...
