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Old 05-10-05 | 03:43 AM
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WHat suspensions are you running?
Old 05-10-05 | 08:12 AM
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WHat suspensions are you running?
I listed it in the previous post. I have the L-tuned Springs and Shocks.
Old 05-10-05 | 10:05 AM
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Awesome, guy. I'm lovin' the blacked out slats.
Looks a lot like my car. Go White!
You thinkin' about a rear bumper? I have the llp and sides and I feel like the rear is too small now.
Old 05-10-05 | 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by PrlGS3
I just too a quick picture of my car before I went to work this morning. This will be my first showing. I will post better pictures once I get it nicely cleaned and waxed.
Nice ride....BTW, I like your white Sienna also. Don't know why my wife decided on the blue one when we bought ours last year
Old 05-12-05 | 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by GS4DOUGIE
I really like the look of the front bumper slats in black. Can you post any additional photos that offer a closer look. Thanks in advance-

Doug
Here's a close pic of the painted slats:
Attached Thumbnails Just a quick pic before I left for work...-img_1948.jpg  
Old 05-12-05 | 10:38 AM
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Here's another one. I hope it helps.
Attached Thumbnails Just a quick pic before I left for work...-img_1945.jpg  
Old 05-12-05 | 04:20 PM
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Thanks a bunch for the close ups. Thank you for idea as I am leaning toward doing the same thing. It is nice to see how yours came out.

My door panels, bumpers and TTE lip (sitting in garage uninstalled) all need new paint. I think this is a great touch, and it help to disguise the horizontal slats(which I am not a huge fan of), and flows better with the TRD grill I have.

Thanks again for the additional pics-

Doug
Old 05-12-05 | 08:15 PM
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Wow that white is tight!
Old 05-12-05 | 08:23 PM
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Those painted horizontal front bumper slats look really good, especially on a pearl white vehicle. You said it took you a long time to do. How long? Was this a weekend project?
Old 05-13-05 | 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by dmodstl
Those painted horizontal front bumper slats look really good, especially on a pearl white vehicle. You said it took you a long time to do. How long? Was this a weekend project?
Thanks, I really like the way the bumper looks this way.

Well, as you can see from the picture, there were all those verticle pieces that held the slats to the bumper. It just took a while to tape around those and sand each and every one of those 2 times (before and after the primer). Getting your finger to fit in there and sand it nicely was very tedious. I would say that you can do this over the weekend. I can't really say how many hours really. It just depends on how neat people want to be. Just make sure you tape up your bumper real good because the debris from the spray paint can get on your car. If you are going to do it youself, please be safe and do it in a ventilated area!
After you are done, you might want to go back and touch-up parts that you missed.

Good Luck!
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