05-30-2017, 09:08 PM | #51 |
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You guys are nuts. The tint and clears look great.
And I'm generally not a fan of clears. |
05-30-2017, 09:48 PM | #52 |
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I like the tint, the clears and the blacked out kidneys.
I'm still toying with the idea of selling @41400 miles. Just went on BaT, so many auctions going on at the same time. I don't think it's a great time to be a seller. When there are a thousand unicorns out there, are they still unicorns, even if different from each other? |
05-30-2017, 09:53 PM | #53 |
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The clears are definitely OE. I do like them, although the corners look sort of aftermarket despite being OE. I think it's because they're so much...erm, whiter, or something, compared to the headlight assemblies.
The car came to me with tint, and while I'm perfectly okay with its extralegal darkness, there is a bit of a bubble towards the top of the left window. I may try to smooth it out myself; replacement is always an option, but I'm terrified that the rear defogger lines will run away with the old tint. I've thought quite a bit (probably too much) about the black/body colored bits on the car -- the kdineys, the fender grilles, the reflectors. I don't know whether the car is getting old enough that it should be put back to its showroom state, or if it looks better this way. I made some low profile wooden ramps a few weeks ago, and today I rolled the car onto them after a slight modification to keep them from squirting out from under the tires. It's time to tackle the rod bearings and front control arms. (I was going to wait another week or so, but I'm taking the truck to work tomorrow, and it's supposed to rain anyway, so...) |
05-30-2017, 09:57 PM | #54 |
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05-30-2017, 10:23 PM | #56 |
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05-31-2017, 12:34 AM | #59 | |
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And no, the blacked out stuff does not look better.
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05-31-2017, 06:59 AM | #60 |
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yeah, I'd probably swap out the black bits, except maybe the bumper plugs. The corners don't look right because no "egg yolk".
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