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Old May 27, 2004 | 10:13 AM
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b pillar covers

something ive been thinking of, i just got photoshop working, its a cheap mod, uses vynal and matches up pretty good, if i decided i dont like it, i can just peel it off, opinions?
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Old May 27, 2004 | 10:51 AM
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any opinions at all?
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Old May 27, 2004 | 11:01 AM
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Isn't the b-pillar covered with a vynal/plasic black thing? I am pretty sure mine looked like it could be peeled off. If so, it should be painted under there.

I've thought about doing something like that, but i couldn't visualize a farther-away version. If you get bored, do one from a little bit further away. The black splits up the car, but I also get all these damn fingerprints on it. I'd like to not have those if it would still look okay.
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Old May 27, 2004 | 01:17 PM
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not bad

I think it would look better if you had a paint shop paint the pillar instead of using vinyl
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Old May 27, 2004 | 06:47 PM
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yea, but ill do vynal first to see if i really like it
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Old May 27, 2004 | 08:01 PM
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Um... it is a sticker, as I was saying earlier. You don't need to get it painted. Just peel the black sticker off. Granted, I don't know how it looks under it, but the entire body is painted (even the insides), so I don't know why it wouldn't be.

If worse comes to worse, go buy the "piano" gloss pillar covers to replace it with.
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Old May 28, 2004 | 09:23 AM
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ok, i peeled the sticker off....and ive got some good news and bad news ppl...

good news.....looks great, matches the car!!!

bad news ...i have no fingernails left...its pretty hard to peel that stuff off!!!
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Old May 28, 2004 | 09:25 AM
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obligatory

pic?

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Old May 28, 2004 | 09:34 AM
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i will, but it looks the same as the photoshop, but its pouring down rain right now....
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Old May 29, 2004 | 08:13 PM
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has any one try this ..... i need pictures i need proof I want to do it.... Im afraid what should I do?
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Old May 29, 2004 | 08:23 PM
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i really just finished it up yesterday, the final details, i used an exacto knife to get all the little bits, but it turned out great, ill tru to get a pic for everyone!
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Old Jun 1, 2004 | 12:45 PM
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I bought the b-pillar accents with the RX-8 logo at the bottom. I have a black car so it really fit the style with the piano black.
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Old Jun 1, 2004 | 06:21 PM
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I looked into doing that and my thoughts in the end were to leave it black before I finally went with the same b-pillar accents mentioned by ATL RX-8 above. I think that some form of black looks better because of the transition between the windows, IMO, it just doesn't look right without it.
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Old Jun 1, 2004 | 06:45 PM
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It kinda looks like a real 4-dr sedan with body color there. The black visually 'hides' the door/door window separation. Now it forces you to confront visually the fact it has 4 drs, not a pretty sight IMO.

Looks like two cars stuck together....
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Old Jun 1, 2004 | 08:13 PM
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Krayzie8 what happend to your pictures man, I really think it would look cool but I want see a Picture before doing it
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Old Jun 3, 2004 | 04:40 PM
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Still waiting for some pics... c'mon, man!
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Old Jun 3, 2004 | 09:44 PM
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Originally posted by Spin9k
It kinda looks like a real 4-dr sedan with body color there. The black visually 'hides' the door/door window separation.
Yep, the black does hide the fact that it's a 4 door.
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