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| flyboy | jacking rail blackout | ||
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The Zr-1 rocker panels end in a nice gentle radius.
The stock C-4 ends in the jacking rail that sticks out like a sore thumb on certain colors IMO. Since mine were getting kind of ragged looking, I painted them matte black and am happy with the result. Amazing how much dirt was behind the panel upon removal of the retaining bolts. Attach file:  P1010004.JPG (125.20 KB) P1010002.JPG (121.90 KB) P1010010.JPG (141.52 KB) P1010012.JPG (128.08 KB) |
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Posted on: 2010/9/15 18:54
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| BillH | Re: jacking rail blackout | ||
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Interesting.
Think I'll see what mine looks like doing that, I'm going to try electrical tape first since it's so easy. |
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Posted on: 2010/9/15 19:02
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| flyboy | Re: jacking rail blackout | ||
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Yup. That's what I did. |
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Posted on: 2010/9/15 19:09
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| bogus | Re: jacking rail blackout | ||
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My car is so dark - Polo Green - that it won't make a difference.
Looks GREAT on the Aqua, tho!!! |
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Posted on: 2010/9/15 19:23
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| Ultraman | Re: jacking rail blackout | ||
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Ya! Good Idea!
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Posted on: 2010/9/15 19:33
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| pianoguy | Re: jacking rail blackout | ||
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Looks nice! My car is black, so at least that's one less task for me to add to my list ;-)
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Posted on: 2010/9/15 21:53
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| vis_croceus | Re: jacking rail blackout | ||
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Damn you!
That has never once bothered me in the 8 years I've owned this car. And now it does and I'll have to fix it. |
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Posted on: 2010/9/15 23:37
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| Matatk | Re: jacking rail blackout | ||
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A very small change but a big difference! Looks much cleaner.
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Posted on: 2010/9/16 2:24
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| flyboy | Re: jacking rail blackout | ||
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You're welcome. Here's another before and after with similar lighting. It does make a difference. The old 'do it yourself' rust out cover-up rockers had a similar lip on them. I always hated that. Zr-1 pic. for comparison. Attach file: P1010010.JPG (112.71 KB) P1010005.JPG (122.02 KB) P1010090.JPG (128.72 KB) |
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| CentralCoaster | Re: jacking rail blackout | ||
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That looks great! Impressive. Mine are pretty tore up from jacking the car. The plastic hangs down lower than the sheetmetal! Morons. I've contemplated remove the panels again and trimming a 1/4" off.
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| Matatk | Re: jacking rail blackout | ||
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I wonder if you could use a rotozip and just run it along the bottom without removing the rockers. The metal edge would be your guide plate. Matthew |
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Posted on: 2010/9/16 11:27
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| RickAnthony | Re: jacking rail blackout | ||
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Looks good.. wish I had that kind of time on my hands for projects.. just too much stuff to do... I have a hard enough time even keeping my car clean right now.. I've seen this before and I agree it looks nice on many of the colors..
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Posted on: 2010/9/17 3:12
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| THX138 | Re: jacking rail blackout | ||
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On the early C4s this strip was matt black,at least it was on an 84 I used to own.Ive got some nice side shot of the rocker panel on my ZR-1,dont know how to post a picture over here.Which icon do I need to use from the above list?
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Posted on: 2010/9/21 6:05
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| Matatk | Re: jacking rail blackout | ||
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Depends. If you use use photobucket, cut and paste the "html" version into the thread. If it's a picture hosted online and you have the address, use the small button above that looks like a face and enter the address, hit ok a couple of times. If you have an image with the correct size, you can upload it below where it says "attach file" - use the browse button to find it on your computer. Matthew |
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| PLRX | Re: jacking rail blackout | ||
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That was a good idea. I thought of this but, never did anything about it. I took a picture of my 96 and blacked out the rail using paint. Flat back it is.
[IMG]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj290/plrx/Nixon/Nixon83.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj290/plrx/Nixon/Nixon83-1.jpg[/IMG] |
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