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Talk about aftermarket Toyota Solara Gen 2 and 2.5 upgrades.

Would a Gen 2 Solara look better with or without the chrome roof trim

better with them....adds a nice touch
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better without them....looks kinda rice
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chrome roof trim

chrome roof trim

Postby SoLarry » Fri Jan 08, 2010 6:27 pm

I found these (plastic) chrome roof trims on EBay, thought they would look good on my Oceanic Blue 'lara....may wait till spring to put them on though
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Postby sahuddleston » Fri Jan 08, 2010 6:31 pm

i am almost always against purchasing anything chrome for a car off of ebay. please dont.
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Postby DriDed » Fri Jan 08, 2010 7:10 pm

The trim doesn't look too bad imo but I wouldn't put them on anyways, it takes away that clean look.

Here in FL I have encountered more than once with a car full of chrome trims everywhere, and all of them were driven by old people.
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Postby SoLarry » Fri Jan 08, 2010 7:22 pm

funny you should say that.....a retired neighbor of mine recently bought a new red Camry and put some of those smoke color window vents on the car, along with a smoke color plastic hood protector. He then put some of that plastichrome door edge guard on all of them, and on the 4 door edges, PLUS along the sides of the hood and trunk
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Postby GzNutz » Sat Jan 09, 2010 5:48 am

Can't say I'm a fan. Probably because there are really no other chrome accents on the Lara's exterior besides above the grille and the trunk badges. Do you plan on any other chrome pieces such as handle covers...etc.?
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Postby jimmm » Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:49 am

One of the things I like best about my car is the absence
of the plastic fake chrome that many newer cars use. I
would suspose the design was intented to give them more
flash and class because it's a throwback to the days where
that's exactly what chrome did. Nonetheless, there is no substitute
for real chrome.

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Postby SoLarry » Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:02 am

GzNutz wrote:Can't say I'm a fan. Probably because there are really no other chrome accents on the Lara's exterior besides above the grille and the trunk badges. Do you plan on any other chrome pieces such as handle covers...etc.?


I was thinking about the chrome door handle covers also, but that would be the end of it, I wouldn't go crazy with it, just a couple of accents
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