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Old 08-18-2007, 01:39 AM
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Default First mod!

We did our first mod to Nicole's xD tonight. It's a super easy, super cheap (free), three step process.

Step 1:
-get ahold of the black tape on the B-pillar



Step 2:
-peel



Step 3:
-crinkle up black tape and admire the new look



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Old 08-18-2007, 01:41 AM
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wow clever. does look 1000x better
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looks good!
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nice...
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Old 08-18-2007, 01:54 AM
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Originally Posted by captainlaziness
We did our first mod to Nicole's xD tonight. It's a super easy, super cheap (free), three step process....
I think you should reword the "we" in your write up. As I remember it I peeled off most of the vinyl, you took pics.
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oh snap! Well, he is captainlaziness after all, lol.
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Hey, I did one of 'em.
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Old 08-18-2007, 02:01 AM
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Yeah and you complained the whole time about it messing up your nails :D
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Old 08-18-2007, 02:08 AM
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Originally Posted by LiTtLeDeViAnT
Originally Posted by captainlaziness
We did our first mod to Nicole's xD tonight. It's a super easy, super cheap (free), three step process....
I think you should reword the "we" in your write up. As I remember it I peeled off most of the vinyl, you took pics.
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Hey, I did one of 'em.
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Yeah and you complained the whole time about it messing up your nails :D
awww how cute! As Dane Cook says, I love nothing fights!
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Old 08-18-2007, 02:11 AM
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This def makes the xD look 100 times better... never liked this mod on the xB, but Im loving it on the xD.

Good stuff
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Old 08-18-2007, 02:25 AM
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It almost works on a dark colored car - will look like butt on a light colored ones.
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I think it looks great, and would look just as good on a lighter car.
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Old 08-18-2007, 03:49 AM
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I wish someone would try this on a light colored xD so I could see what it looks like before I do mine. Maybe it's time for a photochop.
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It will break the line that was created by visually connecting the windows and will make the car look taller. If that's the look you are after - full speed ahead.
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Old 08-18-2007, 02:59 PM
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That does look really nice on the xD. Like the car should come this way.
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Old 08-18-2007, 06:45 PM
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i must say that is a nice improvement for a free mod.
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Kudos for who ever first figured out you can peel those off.
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Old 08-20-2007, 01:18 AM
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I think someone with a xB figured it out, we just started peeling and hoped it was the same for the xD.
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It'd been "figured out" way before xB came out. There is a reason that black vinyl is there...
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Originally Posted by zoltiz
It'd been "figured out" way before xB came out. There is a reason that black vinyl is there...
and that reason is?
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