Trunk Utility Box Question

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When did they change the trunk utility boxes? I have the old gray with white trim, and a black with black trim. I'm guessing the gray one is older, or is the black one from a different car altogether?
 
No, this is an entirely different animal, the black one. Not sure what coupe it came with. I need to post a pic, need an email addy to send it to.
 
Holy guacamole, it really IS a regular basket painted black. I picked at it a bit, and sure as anything, it's been rattle canned. In hindsight, it looks like my sprayed wipers and rear tail lights. D'oh.
 
chapa said:
Holy guacamole, it really IS a regular basket painted black. I picked at it a bit, and sure as anything, it's been rattle canned. In hindsight, it looks like my sprayed wipers and rear tail lights. D'oh.
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I'm going to experiment with soda blasting plastic today. Keep you posted, as you may be able to go back to grey.
 
Markos said:
I'm going to experiment with soda blasting plastic today. Keep you posted, as you may be able to go back to grey.
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Following up on my soda blasting experiment. It didn't work very well on the utility box. I think some of the grey vinyl paint would be a decent option. It also didn't work well on the beat up white plastic border.

I did soda blast a visor. It worked fairly well, with no damage to the pattern. It's still dirty. I think that I will invest in a real soda blaster. This was done with a $20 gravity feed blaster from Harbor Freight. I did read on their reviews page that it help if you drill out the gun to feed more soda.

This was a two minute exercise. You can see the spots that I missed.
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