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I agree. I think removing the moldings gives the car a cheap look you see on some econoboxes. Now if I were to choose between 99-00 gaurds or no guards, I'd say prolly no gaurds. The 99-00 gaurds look like poop. I'm debating wether or not to remove them from my 2000, but don't want to risk damaged paint.  They are staying on my 98 for sure though.
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these would be hawt on a silver frost imo... 
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i think mine looks so much beter with the molding s gone IMO so thats done. I was gonna get the door repainted any way becuase there are some scratcehs on it any way , so it kinda works out.
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how bad are the scratches..buffing is a lot cheaper and failsafe than painting.. but if you like em off thats your thing  also if you go to a commuter college.. YOU WANT DOOR GUARDS! parking garages are made to fit as many cars as possible. this leaves very little room in spots. My 86 f-150 was as wide as a parking spot if you went from outside of trailer hauling mirrot to the other. just a suggestion. it was one of the determining factors for me in deciding to keep them.
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custom exhaust/intake k&N/mod'ed y-pipe
slotted rotors/greenstuff pads/SS lines
cougar trans/FSVT shift tower/Torsen
16lb. flywheel
18" Velox VX-8's with some rubba bands
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Originally posted by my98SVTturbo:
i think mine looks so much beter with the molding s gone IMO so thats done. I was gonna get the door repainted any way becuase there are some scratcehs on it any way , so it kinda works out.
With the amount of body parts you are repainting though, you are better off repainting the whole car. You mentioned tons of parts in another thread, and now this.
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Originally posted by SVT4STD:
Originally posted by my98SVTturbo:
i think mine looks so much beter with the molding s gone IMO so thats done. I was gonna get the door repainted any way becuase there are some scratcehs on it any way , so it kinda works out.
With the amount of body parts you are repainting though, you are better off repainting the whole car. You mentioned tons of parts in another thread, and now this.
i followed this philosophy and my car went from t-red to pearl white. If you are going to paint it a diferent color keep in mind it is way easier to stick to a color near your original color than to do something like i did.
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custom exhaust/intake k&N/mod'ed y-pipe
slotted rotors/greenstuff pads/SS lines
cougar trans/FSVT shift tower/Torsen
16lb. flywheel
18" Velox VX-8's with some rubba bands
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Originally posted by Stylin55_oh:
how bad are the scratches..buffing is a lot cheaper and failsafe than painting..
but if you like em off thats your thing
also if you go to a commuter college.. YOU WANT DOOR GUARDS!
parking garages are made to fit as many cars as possible. this leaves very little room in spots. My 86 f-150 was as wide as a parking spot if you went from outside of trailer hauling mirrot to the other.
just a suggestion. it was one of the determining factors for me in deciding to keep them.
i go to high school
and yeah i minus well just repaint the whole car becuse itll be arounbd the same price and i would have differnt shades of silver all over it
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my ride: 1998 Ford SVT contour Silver
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SVTF euro wheels,Fuzion ZRI`s 215/40/17,Eibachs
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Originally posted by SVT4STD:
Now if I were to choose between 99-00 gaurds or no guards, I'd say prolly no gaurds. The 99-00 gaurds look like poop.
Ding-ding-ding!
Especially on silver. Mine turned a nasty shade of gray and really looked like  . 98 ones are very nice and I wouldn't think about removing those.
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well ill be a monkey's uncle.. never knew there was a difference.. and i agree.. the 99-00's are fugly mine are nice tho 
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Mine are nice with out them
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