Has anyone ever painted....
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Drifting
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Has anyone ever painted....
... the lower front fascia (the black almost rubber looking piece)? I wonder what it would look like the same color as the car? Anybody ever done that?
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Well, I don't know about your car, but on mine it would probably look pretty lousy with half the paint rubbed off from constantly scraping the ground. Plus, you better use a lot of flex agent in the paint or it will peel right off.
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It's black for a reason, so that it 'disappears' under the car!
Reminds me of 'back in the day', of guys painting their chassis, and wheel wells fluorescent orange...that was cool
Reminds me of 'back in the day', of guys painting their chassis, and wheel wells fluorescent orange...that was cool
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I personally don't want to draw attention to the piece as it always has some frayed scrape marks. That's OK because it's doing its job plus a complete replacement is less than $100. A small investment every few years when it gets really beat up. 
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I agree! It looks a lot better IMO when it disappears.
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Only saw that once but still remember it
I still have my original air dams on after 10 years. They've scrapped enough to find the correct heigth, about 1/2" shorter. A coat of tire black and I'm good to go.
