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Old 06-10-2005, 11:04 AM
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<center><img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/27563/qpic205.jpg"></center><p>I was using the vinyl silver metallic quattro stickers from Blau, my car looked good with them since it's pretty plain. Those stickers were total junk and lasted 1 year at the very most. At $6 a pop, not too great of a deal. I saw the oem chrome quattro sticker on the rear of my 'lil cousin's 90q and thought it would look good in replacment of the junky vinyl ones. Had to do it, even though I am totally broke right now. $40 later, I think it looks good especially with the chrome trim on my somewhat unusual car. Nice or Rice? Maybe I'll keep this beast for another year now, it's actually nicer than most of my friends cars, except the music producers'. :0P


BTW- has anyone seen chrome emblem on glass used like this before? I never did. Side stickers are cool if done right.
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I think it would look cleaner without them.
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When I removed the beat vinyl ones, to me it looked totally blank like a fully debadged trunk.
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2nd that.. I would loose them..go simple go clean.. it usually looks the best
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....but I've already got the chrome bling-bling goin' on ;0)
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I'm real critical of unnecessary badging, but this is subtle enough to slip under the rice-dar, IMO
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ya know you can never not have too many badges
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Thanks, I passed on the 10 inch ones, these are 120mm.
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Good move.


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