Finally, what you've all been waiting for... Well, some people anyways. Ty 0404 pics

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turboj91

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Last year I inspected a 92 Red/Grey. 12K mile fully documented virgin. Never painted. Everything was as it should have been on this truck! All places where the body is visible behind the cladding had sticker stripes. Color matched the cladding to give the appearance of a clean smooth color front to rear. Red peaking out from behind grey cladding would look "wrong". Not so critical on a black / black truck.

I'll have to go read this little book of procedures I have. It might tell me something.
 
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Sy-1177

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T-Bone said:
Brian, anything surface as to why the PS door cladding matches in color and has the decal whereas the DS door cladding looks a wee bit lighter in color with no decal?

I do think it looks 100x better with the black inserts eliminated from the factory wheels.....good decision :tup:
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I just think the decals got old and worn and flaked off over the years. You can still see the shadow on the drivers side cladding where the sticker used to be. The passenger side is half falling off now too.

As to them being different shades, ill have to get a better look at that. I noticed in the pics I posted that it looked "off", but I think that may have just been the angle, or lighting during the pics. I'll have to get it back out in the light, and get a better look at it.
 
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turboj91 said:
Last year I inspected a 92 Red/Grey. 12K mile fully documented virgin. Never painted. Everything was as it should have been on this truck! All places where the body is visible behind the cladding had sticker stripes. Color matched the cladding to give the appearance of a clean smooth color front to rear.
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This?

http://www.syty.net/forums/showthread.php?t=91111
 
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krissy92ty

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congrats its very nice looking... it looks just like mine with the leather seats :) love it. . .
 
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turboj91

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DaveP said:
After closely inspecting these strips, I feel they were actually painted with the cladding paint. Perhaps the bumper paint that should have had a flexative added to it. I find it hard to believe they could get that close a color match with "inks" in a vinyl process.

Look in the book. Does it have paint-shop stuff? Like how the cladding was fixture'd for paint. Flexative usage. Any other procedures for consistency? Any notes about these strips?
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I agree they were painted. From what my memory serves me, judging by the lines visible, they were painted and not stickers. I should have been more specific.

I'm totaling cars like crazy at the desk tonight (at least 5). I'll get to the "book" and see what it says when I take another break.
 
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turboj91

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Nothing in the book. Not even close. Wrong book for what we're looking for. But I do know the proper sequence to install rivets for cladding bracket installation.
 
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turboj91

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Dave, did you go outside and do this. You da man. Hands on proof and logic to boot. Nice. I have never seen one apart like this. I always wondered if they painted the entire lower like a 2-tone process. Now I know. Thanks. Wonder if anyone services these stripes? We have members who cut vinyl. All they need is measurements, a pattern or an old one or a nos one (for all pieces obviously). Will also need someone who knows how to install. They do not go on a straight flat surface. Bending ='s wrinkles.

Dave, if in fact this is in your back yard, do you notice any wrinkles or was the application "proper".
 
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DaveP said:
It is very possible that there could be different shades of gray cladding on the same, OEM truck. For 15 Typhoons a day, that's over 200 pieces of cladding, and 30 bumpers a day. Metallic paint can take on a different shade from numerous variables such as application techniques, humidity, temperature, dry time, reduction percentage, film thickness, etc even if the paint is exactly the same mixture from the same can.
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Makes perfect sense. The color difference and missing decal struck some curiosity with me. Doesn't mean the truck was a repaint at all....the original cladding could have been damaged and replaced. Not a big deal either way, really.
 
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