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Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Accessories & Modifications' started by Tlyke1983, Jan 11, 2008.

  1. Tlyke1983

    Tlyke1983 Red Sonja

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    Has anyone ever changed the entire color of their Prius? I'm very very into the new blue color and would love my honey to the same but I have never just up and changed a car's entire color before. Does anyone have any suggestions, pro's/con's etc Thanks
     
    #1 Tlyke1983, Jan 11, 2008
  2. hyo silver

    hyo silver Awaaaaay

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    I've seen it done on other cars and it's a huge amount of work. How do you feel about selling a red one and buying a blue one?
     
    #2 hyo silver, Jan 11, 2008
  3. patsparks

    patsparks An Aussie perspective

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    It isn't cheap to properly respray a car so it looks original and it reduces the value of the car if the paint code and the colour don't match.
     
    #3 patsparks, Jan 11, 2008
  4. Tlyke1983

    Tlyke1983 Red Sonja

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    Darnit all to heck!!! I've been seeing that new Blue Prius around and my mouth started watering. I've been looking at building one online but it seems to only come with package #2. Oh well. Maybe after I've put a full 100k+ on the one I have now.
     
    #4 Tlyke1983, Jan 11, 2008
  5. Rae Vynn

    Rae Vynn Artist In Residence

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    Well, we've been thinking about doing a full tie-dye paintjob on ours...
     
    #5 Rae Vynn, Jan 11, 2008
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  6. Rucky

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    Complete color change.
    Going with the two tone 2019 Nissan Sentra scheme. Monarch Orange metallic and black
    (code EBB)
     

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    Rucky New Member

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    Freshly painted
     

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    #7 Rucky, Sep 8, 2020
    ColoradoCrow and donbright like this.
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  9. 69shovlhed

    69shovlhed Surly tree hugger

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    what is it you whippersnappers say? that is gonna look "tight" when its done. there was a black cherry gen 2 that I've seen around my neighborhood a few times. never could get to follow it and maybe compliment it to the owner (and mention this place). but it looked great from 20'. I always wish that Toyota had used the VW bug as an influence and given us a few wild colors like I used to see on bugs back when. but maybe those were just hippy paintjobs? and VW only had boring factory colors? I find Toyotas choice of colors is so lame.
     
    #9 69shovlhed, Sep 9, 2020
  10. Boise Jim

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    My wife has a 2017 Rogue in that orange. We get all kinds of compliments on it!
     
    #10 Boise Jim, Oct 24, 2022
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