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Old 12-10-05, 10:48 PM
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Default Toyota Bodykits...Who makes them???

Just out of curiosity, who makes all the body kits for the Toyota's sport editions(i.e. New 07' Camary SE and Corolla XRS, etc....) outsource(who)? or in-house?...
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A company called Molly Designs.

Molly Designs
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Originally Posted by Stage3
A company called Molly Designs.

Molly Designs
don't think so, that seems more like graphics than body work
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Originally Posted by Stage3
A company called Molly Designs.

Molly Designs
THey dropped out of the body kit business. They cleared out their remaining Solara, Camry and Highlander M kits at ridiculous prices (around $400? lol). I don't know who the new company is, but it's not MollyDesigns.
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Toyota used Molly's talents originally to help create awareness for their mini trucks with the custom "Yamahauler", which won trophies in almost every show it was entered in. Molly created the yellow, orange, and red color scheme that was used by Toyota for over twenty years. During this period Molly worked with Toyota in many creative areas, designing everything from logos to clothing lines, and racecar graphics to show cars, with many of his ideas finding their way into production. Currently Molly continues to work with many departments within Toyota in a much broader capacity, with one of the more visible current projects being to develop a graphic system for the race trucks, drivers' and crew uniforms and transporters for Toyota's entry into NASCAR truck racing.

Molly's relationship with Toyota has grown stronger with the years, and in 1987 he was asked to design a logo and signage for a new Toyota division . . . Lexus. His logo creation can be seen on Lexus vehicles and dealerships worldwide.

The red-black-and-gray-on-white color scheme, currently being used by Toyota, created a great opportunity for Molly to work his magic on transporters, clothing, racecars, brochures, and logos, expanding consumer awareness for Toyota's motorsports involvement in many racing venues. Toyota Racing Development has also benefited from Molly's artistic abilities, using his talents in logo, clothing, racecar, ground effects packages, and transporter designs.

Molly Designs created the M-Type ground effects packages for Toyota and some Kia vehicles. These helped create specialty vehicles targeted at a demographic that wanted their vehicles a little sportier than the average offering. While no longer producing our own ground effects our tradition of quality design lives on. Molly Designs has designed ground effects that can be found on the Toyota Camry and Corolla and are distributed soley through Toyota Dealers in markets across the country.

so it seems that molly was indeed the former creators...
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