That just shows how nice a clean and not-red BGT can look.
I think it would be even better without the side strips, but if you're going for originality then obviously you'd leave them on.
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That just shows how nice a clean and not-red BGT can look.
I think it would be even better without the side strips, but if you're going for originality then obviously you'd leave them on.