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Suggestions for a colour - Talon diffuser

Postby Zaphod » Thu Jan 23, 2014 9:13 pm

Hi All!

I just ordered one of these:

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My car is this colour:

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So I was wondering whether to paint it that champagne-silvery colour as per the Talon photo, paint it the same Lightning Blue as the car, so it looks like part of the original car, or vinyl-wrap it in the same metallic gloss black as the roof & bonnet:

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Let me know what you think!

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Postby SIX » Thu Jan 23, 2014 9:20 pm

do it in sliver it will look great i did the silver on a front and the back diffuser my VRX and it looked epic here is a pic



as for above ^ lets hope yours turns out good , a know a few members who have these and have not had an issue with them ... i think annabelles was an exception sadly.... cant wait to see it on !!!! I think u should be fine


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Postby Zaphod » Thu Jan 23, 2014 10:07 pm

I saw the thread before I bought it - there are others on here that report not having a problem; what I did take from Annabelle's thread was to get the diffuser fully-prepped before delivery.

I spoke to Dave at Talon and voiced my concerns - he suggested that it was worth spending the extra $100 to get it sanded, filled and primed by their guys (they don't ship a final-coated piece).

He also ran me through the installation process. He said they've sold hundreds with very few problems, but admitted they get them wrong sometimes...


Ultimately I asked for opinions on colour, not a critique of my purchasing decisions; there is no other way to achieve the twin-exhaust without either tracking down a genuine RA rear bar or replacing my perfectly-good, OEM, perfectly-fitted rear bar with a flimsy, poorly fitting chinese copy...
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Postby Zaphod » Thu Jan 23, 2014 10:10 pm

SIX wrote:do it in sliver it will look great i did the silver on a front and the back diffuser my VRX and it looked epic here is a pic .... cant wait to see it on !!!! I think u should be fine


@Mark: Love the look of the front - have you got a pic from the front you can post?

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Postby Zaphod » Thu Jan 23, 2014 10:14 pm

Cheers Erin - it's important to get these things right when we have the bestest colour cars...

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Postby SIX » Thu Jan 23, 2014 10:16 pm

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Postby Zaphod » Thu Jan 23, 2014 10:30 pm

Wow!

It looks like it's squaring off for a fight!

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Postby belle_tb_ES » Thu Jan 23, 2014 10:58 pm

All I can say is good luck!!

I never got my replacement bar...I had to work with what I had. It took months of getting nowhere.

It would be interesting to see it in another colour other then black or same as car. But black is definitely good.
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Postby lantourismo » Fri Jan 24, 2014 12:00 am

Good luck with fitting silver on blue looks good

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Postby belle_tb_ES » Fri Jan 24, 2014 12:44 am

P.s.

For blue on blue, scroll down this page

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Postby BlueWRX » Fri Jan 24, 2014 3:20 am

lantourismo wrote:Good luck with fitting silver on blue looks good


This would come out pretty good silver on the blue as ive seen it done on a mates car


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