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Old Dec 1, 2010 | 06:15 PM
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Default An alternative for those with problems with the window pillars...
I thought about getting these rather than replacing all six. And it is a much better alternative then those ugly chrome ones.... just thought id share and gather opinions.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/REAL-...ht_5413wt_1193
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Old Dec 1, 2010 | 06:17 PM
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I've seen those posted somewhere before.
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Havent seen it here on ls4 section... if its a repost i'll remove...
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It wasn't here. I dunno about those, I rock my CF hood, but I'd probably paint those.
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Ive talked to other people here in town that have painted them instead... i thought about doing that too, I saw for myself that the paint just didnt hold up very well..
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No offense, but looks like to me!

I'd definitely paint them, but then there's gotta be something cheaper than $70. Why pay extra for a CF look that you're just going to cover.
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I wasnt sure how i felt about them, although i felt it was a much better alternative to the chrome ones. All of mine look terrible, so i didnt think this was that bad of an alternative to painting them.
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Still WAAAAY better than chrome, but the only CF you can kinda get away with is the hood, IMO, unless the whole car is CF. <
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I wasnt sure how i felt about them, although i felt it was a much better alternative to the chrome ones. All of mine look terrible, so i didnt think this was that bad of an alternative to painting them.
Mine look bad, too. I had to Photoshop the pics that I sent in for the calendar, just to cover it.

I wonder how hard it is to remove ours and paint them? I was thinking about just rattle-canning mine flat black and calling it a day.

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Still WAAAAY better than chrome, but the only CF you can kinda get away with is the hood, IMO, unless the whole car is CF. <
I guess it's a matter of taste, but I do agree: Unless the whole car is accented in CF or has a CF hood, slapping on a set a CF pillars will really stand our, and not in a good way.

I'm just not a fan of the CF look, period. Our '09 Vue has a simulated CF trim on the inside, and I hate it. I'd rather have fake wood-grain, given the choice. But then, I'm very much old-school.
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Mine look bad, too. I had to Photoshop the pics that I sent in for the calendar, just to cover it.

I wonder how hard it is to remove ours and paint them? I was thinking about just rattle-canning mine flat black and calling it a day.
I did that to one of them, look like **** in no time, worse then it originally did. I sanded off the paint and back at square one. I just dont know what else to do. The removal of them is actually really easy.
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I did that to one of them, look like **** in no time, worse then it originally did. I sanded off the paint and back at square one. I just dont know what else to do. The removal of them is actually really easy.
Hmm...Maybe sand it and paint with zolatone!

How do they come off?
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Hmm...Maybe sand it and paint with zolatone!

How do they come off?
Haha

They have small screws by the window of the door... when i get my car back ill take a picture and show you if you havent seen it by then.
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Haha

They have small screws by the window of the door... when i get my car back ill take a picture and show you if you havent seen it by then.
Thanks, man!!
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