Chrome Pillars and Chrome Door Handles

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  1. usbseawolf2000

    usbseawolf2000 HSD PhD

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    Thanks for the comments. I will have some fun with the chrome pillars for awhile. :D My wife doesn't like them but she didn't ask me to take them off.

    Once I take them off and want to put them back on, I will need to buy those 3M adhesive strips. I have no idea where to get them from. I'll have to look for them.
     
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  2. McDonald

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    And this is just my opinion, but ew. As a fellow black (as in the color of the car) Prius owner, why?! The chrome is SO tacky, and is not at all in line with the concept of the car. And the wood trim? Ugh! Add muscularity? It's a PRIUS for Christ's Sake! You would think that macho men would pick a different car if they were all too concerned with masculinity. Men who drive environment-friendly cars (as is) are more of a man than dudes who need big tires, fancy rims, chrome, big engines and trucks to speak for them.

    But then again, if it makes you happy. . . it makes you happy.
     
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  3. KAR IDEA

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    Sure thing! Ultimately you're the "decider". Hardware store's usually carry the adhesive strips...

    Dave
     
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  4. KAR IDEA

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    :twitch:

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  5. usbseawolf2000

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    Because I like it. :D

    I disagree. I believe Prius is the shape of future cars. I think chrome add more futuristic look to it.

    Woodtrim and orange setting in the MFD are just waiting to happen. It is awesome how it came out. I like it. :)

    You are generalizing to the extreme here. I am just customizing to my taste to my own car with my own money. I gotta give credit to you for being utterly honest though.

    If you are happy with a black stock look, great! Just you wait for a couple of years and see if you get bored or not. ;)

    I agree with KAR IDEA's suggestion about keeping just the chrome door handles would look better. I still like the chrome pillar and want to see how they grow more or out of me.
     
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    I love Ms McDonald but she is already tired of black and plans on a SPM to replace it.

    I like my red one. I put a hood deflector on mine. Does that make me a sissy? :p
     
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    Have fallen back in love with the black, I'll have you know! I am keeping it for good, although I think I will probably go with a funkier color on my next car if and when I get one. After seeing the SPM in a lot of different lights, I didn't always like it, although I think moving to Austin and it's heat will be hard in the black. Love my stock black.
     
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  8. usbseawolf2000

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    I took pics last weekend. I washed and "waxed" it a week before. I put Opti-Seal and then Zaino Z6 on top of it.

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    It's growing on me...
     
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    I agree, I think the pillars are too much as well. The handles look great though!!! I also have to say that I've liked your wood trim ever since I first joined this forum.I like it so much that I've ordered the Sherwood Birdseye trim for my Silver Prius and I'm going to add the same amount of trim that you did. You did it perfect in my book.

     
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    I think it looks great! Nice job!

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    Not a fan of chrome-sorry.
     
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    Once you added the rims, it completed the look. I didn't like it until after the rims. Cool look.
     
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  14. Tideland Prius

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    Nice but I would also say 'lose the pillars'. I thinkt he handles and the wheels compliment each other well enough.


    I think this one looks good :p

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    Link to Larger Photo
     
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    And therein lies the answer.

    To many people, a car is nothing more than an appliance - to others, an extension of one's image and personality.

    Me personally, I'm a 'utility' guy.

    As has been demonstrated in this thread, doing any customization to a car is not going to please everyone. Not doing anything isn't going to please others.

    I know millionaires who drive around in unadulterated, run of the mill, ten year old cars. I also know people who spend WAY more than they can afford on a car and then customize them to the hilt - yet, somehow, it just eeks of wannabe when you see most of those vehicles. Go figure.

    As long as the car is clean, presentable, and in good mechanical condition, it's not a reliable sign of a loser, a wannabe, or someone with lots of disposable income.

    I feel good about my car when it reliably gets me from point A to point B, pollutes less than the average car, and isn't so dirty that I look like a lazy slob.

    Come to think about it . . . my toaster is starting to bore me. Should I get it chromed?
     
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    can you post the big picture? this one is so small..
     
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  17. usbseawolf2000

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    I see my Prius as an artwork. To me, it looks futuristic and has silhouette of a concept car.

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  18. Tideland Prius

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    clicking on it should show you the original size.

    Edit: Oh crap. It's PC's new feature of enlarging the photo, aka the thumbnail, rather than linking to the actual photo. Sorry! I'll get it fixed.

    Edit2: It's been fixed. Just click the link below the photo.
     
    #38 Tideland Prius, Sep 30, 2008
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    nice car!!
     
    #39 Flying White Dutchman, Oct 1, 2008
  20. Tideland Prius

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    haha... except big chrome wheels sorta died off here. I don't see big SUVs with 22" chrome rims any more.
     
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