The front and rear bumpers are either gonna have their rubbing strips colour coded or taken off and Im putting on a set of M3 skirts, they dont stick out too much...but the question is do I keep the side rubbing strips and just colour code them? Or take them off and smooth the sides? Theyre the phase1 by the way, not the chunkier phase 2s. Will it lose its chunkiness without the strips, look too narrow waisted?
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Rubbing strips - off or on
- Thread starter Nick Read
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The front and rear bumpers are either gonna have their rubbing strips colour coded or taken off and Im putting on a set of M3 skirts, they dont stick out too much...but the question is do I keep the side rubbing strips and just colour code them? Or take them off and smooth the sides? Theyre the phase1 by the way, not the chunkier phase 2s. Will it lose its chunkiness without the strips, look too narrow waisted?
Thats kind of what Im thinking myself. Was really wondering if anyone had any really good arguments for smoothing them out? Im keeping the roof rails in cos its a lost cause trying to get rid of them without it cracking. The boot lid is gonna be totally smooth but Im keeping the wiper, the locks and front badge are gonna be gone as well.
copy cat !!
i was thinking get rid of them. i wanted to get rid of my bumper ones but theyre part of the moulding
http://erc.qmuc.ac.uk/cliosport/file.php?image=1055313820__clionostrips.jpg
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Leave em all standard!
Much more stealth ability that way....!!
Yeah but cost is not really the issue. Itll be roughly the same whether i get them done or not. Thats a nice idea about getting the phase 2 strips and colour coding them. Will they still match with the strips on the bumpers? Marcus one does look good without the side strips but thats cos hes got crazy side skirts, mine are gonna be a lot less obvious.
well, jsut think, when somebody opens their door into yours, all that paint will flake off and look really bad till you get it done again and well, it all adds up.
Dunno, just looking from diff angles...........30 quid now, 30 later etc etc etc......alot of dosh to have 2 plastic bits that nobody really notices the same colour.
Yeah but thats the whole point. You only dont notice them on a standard car. Seeing as mine will have just had a respray in Subaru Blue with the locks taken out and a bit of smoothing going on anyway, its gonna look bloody shoddy to leave the standard unpainted strips on there?
definetly off as they look so much better off really suits the curves of the car unless uv got a light coloured 1 where it needs something to break up the shape!!
