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Old 03-05-2006, 06:12 PM
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Alright fellas, i need some input. I read the posts on painting the lowers of a B5. I have silver 2.8Q, and have been debating wether or not to paint my lowers. A body shop that i know of would charge me $200 even for all four sides. Im leaning towards painting them, but something's telling me not to. Help me out with this one...

If anyone has any pics of their's that would be every helpful.
 
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Old 03-05-2006, 06:16 PM
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$200, how can you go wrong? Paint them.
 
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Old 03-05-2006, 06:18 PM
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Here's some pics of my old b5. I painted them myself.





 
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Old 03-05-2006, 06:33 PM
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Those pictures just changed my mind. I was gonna go with aftermarket bumpers and skirts. Think ill just paintem now.
 
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Old 03-05-2006, 06:40 PM
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The pics do look good. I don't know though. I kinda like the black trim, but i think the silver will give it a cleaner look.
 
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Old 03-05-2006, 06:53 PM
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i like the painted lowers look. On silver I think it makes them look really clean..I'd so go for it, you got a really good price too.
 
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Old 03-05-2006, 08:54 PM
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you could always pull a diy.... i'm pretty sure ive seen one on painted lowers somewhere around here...
 
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Old 03-05-2006, 09:59 PM
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Yeah for $200 I wouldn't bother with a DIY... not if you trust the place.
 
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Old 03-05-2006, 10:01 PM
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yeahhh do it for sure. like everybody else said 200 is cheap!
 
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Old 03-06-2006, 12:39 AM
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paint em ! they would look great im still waiting for a warm day do do mine myself much cheaper but i can't find "brilliant silver" duplicolor paint that matches petrf sopposedly
 


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