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Pics of my $2.16 interior mod.

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Old 10-31-2005, 01:41 PM
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Default Pics of my $2.16 interior mod.

I think these look very good & subtle. They will tie in great with my future guages I am getting & they do go great with my deck thats silver & chrome faced & installed in Brushed Aluminum. Let me know what you think. There are (3) views. Open, Closed, & part way open.




I took the vents apart & painted the inner flaps & the outside slider piece silver. I paid $.99 for the model brushes & $.99 for the silver model paint. I like it cause its not smooth like its been painted. If you see it in person you can still see the original texture of the plastic. Kinda looks like it should have came stock this way from about 3ft. away.

In the future I plan on the Silver MacEwen HVAC/Headlight overlays, Speedo overlays, & all Autometer Silver faced gauges. Hopefully it will look as good as my idea does in my head. If not, I will just start over.
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looks pretty good. sorta out of place w/o the other stuff, but im sure it will look really good once everything comes together
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it does not matter what we think it is what ever you think
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IMO, it would have looked better without the little **** part painted. But I like the vents like that, looks pretty good.
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you stole my idea you bastard! Just kidding looks good
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Very creative, i do like....
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eh.. dont look to bad id have to see it when everything is done o give a full opinion but good paiting your rite it looks like it came that way cant tell you painted it.
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It looks different, but very nice .
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Thankx for the comments guys. I agree it will look way better when all is done inside. Next interior mod is the MacEwen overlays.
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How'd you get those off without breaking them? I recently installed a shift light behind one and had to break the sum bitch.

Looks good though, now vacuum all that damn grass in your car!
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Originally Posted by 98 LS WON
How'd you get those off without breaking them? I recently installed a shift light behind one and had to break the sum bitch.

Looks good though, now vacuum all that damn grass in your car!

There are little tabs in the top & bottom of each vent ring. The outer ring comes off first. They are located in the center(behind the slider post). Once those come off the vent louvers just snap out of their clips. Then just paint & reinstall. Be very careful though. I would suggest doing one vent at a time, reason being each vent has to go back in the same hole. They are not all the same.
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Looks good, that car is begging for a good interior cleaning and a nice vacuuming.
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Originally Posted by JerseyLS1TA
Looks good, that car is begging for a good interior cleaning and a nice vacuuming.
I know, I have been slackin the past week. It's hard to keep clean. I always have alot of dust because my work is right beside a steel Manuf. with a gaint gravel parkin lot. I'm planning on giving it a good cleaning this weekend.
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Clean Your Headlight ****!!!!
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Whatever floats your boat. Ive seen that type of work done on a lot of small motored cars with the big mufflers my friend has an integra "hint hint".
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Originally Posted by hawaiiboysz
Whatever floats your boat. Ive seen that type of work done on a lot of small motored cars with the big mufflers my friend has an integra "hint hint".
Seein as how it was not over done in my case & I didn't use bright colors or paint the entire interior all out of control, it's not ricey. There is a thin line between ricey & painted accents. Obvisously I know that line & you haven't a clue. Maybe one day you will learn individuality is a good quality. Something you lack.
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Damn dude didnt mean to get you that PO'd to be truthful with ya he asked me to make that post. He said thats what "we" do to our cars.
I could care less to what you do to your vehicle man. Its yours and you make the payment. I leave the **** alone if it dont make me faster. Oh Mistake I take that back I got me a set of rice export lights that my friend found for 150 bucks shipped. So I do have ricer mods on my car they were GM issue though. --Laters.

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Thats cool. I just hate it when someone implys that a nice subtle interior mod is "ricey" just cause its painted. I can see how over duing it & using loud colors is considered "ricey". Thats the only pieces in my entire car that I will ever do that to. Now I need my overlays & gauges for my pillar. Then it will all tie in together.
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Originally Posted by hawaiiboysz
Damn dude didnt mean to get you that PO'd to be truthful with ya he asked me to make that post. He said thats what "we" do to our cars.
I could care less to what you do to your vehicle man. Its yours and you make the payment. I leave the **** alone if it dont make me faster. Oh Mistake I take that back I got me a set of rice export lights that my friend found for 150 bucks shipped. So I do have ricer mods on my car they were GM issue though. --Laters.
Where did you get export lights for $150?
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A friend of a friend in germany I think. Don't ask me how he found it he just did. I guess it was a PITA for him to get ahold of it. I dunno how much it cost him he just said 150 and we are good. I hope its not hot. Took him a long time since May.


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