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    You need to visit you local do it your self junk yard. In SLC we have “Pick and pull” and “Tare A part” there like Disney land for me. I’ve past up dozens of good $90 4L30E’s in totaled Isuzu’s and Hondas. The odd thing is I never see a rusted out Isuzu.
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    pbkid, ill take a look at the scrap yard for you when i go next (probably friday) if i find one ill send it out for 25+ shipping


    "Engineers believe if it ain't broke, it doesn't have enough features yet"

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    workmeister,

    you inspired me to paint my dash again...




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    Thumbs up

    Nice Work!...

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    That is nice, etlsport

    I do like the blue.
    I was considered doing mine in a contrasting, yet Foxfire-friendly color, as I was worried that the aftermarket Foxfire spray wouldn't match the actual color on the vehicle. It is slightly off, but not really noticeable.

    I had intended to paint the door panels, too: Grey-to-black, Faux carbon fiber-to-Foxfire. That's on hold until I find a quality flexible black vinyl paint for the door panels (though regular, high-quality spray paint would probably do), hopefully a vinyl/flexible paint of better quality than what I used on the rear Rodeo headrests. That was a painful process to dye/paint the grey headrest to black without it looking light a spray-painted headrest.

    For those that are on the fence about painting you dash, or just have a need to remove the dash panel for whatever reason, I did a dash removal step-by-step guide and Scott hung it in the "Tip's and How To's" section on the left of the screen.
    Bren Workman
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    in my search for the right color i came across a few vinyl dyes at napa.. looked pretty easy to use but i didnt look that close


    i was also thinking of doing my door panels.. but still torn on how or even if i want to do it.. if i do it i think i will leave the gray as is and paint over the carbon fiber to match the dash

    although i LOVE this door painting job.. and think it would look nice in my vx in blue instead of red of course.. but i kind of like the lightness of the interior i dunno.. but this just looks so sexy

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    Yep, I have a similar picture saved with a similar paint scheme. I hadn't thought of doing the pocket in color, and I still haven't decided to do the whole CF area in color or just a section, like your example. I do think that the grey door panels would look better black, to match the rest of the panels; if I had a red interior, I might think differently.

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