LTunedGS3

Hey everyone,

I’ve got a Black Onyx ’98 GS300 and have been doing some searching on the side marker lights. I’ve thought of replacing the OEM orange side markers with the clear ones or even smoking them like DaveGS4 did, but I just thought of another idea.

I have to do some paint touchup on my front bumper (some idiot hit my front bumper in a parking lot and took off after leaving a nice white scrape on my black bumper) and was thinking, why don’t I just paint over the orange side markers when the rest of the bumper’s being retouched? Does this sound stupid? Has anyone else done this before? Would I need to remove the bulbs so that they don’t keep lighting up when the headlights are on, or would they not even shine through since the markers would be dark black? Or if I remove the bulbs, would the exterior light failure indicator stay on permanently?

What do you all think? I know it sounds kind of foolish (and I’m sure not legal), but I was just curious if anyone else had tried doing this as an alternative to the orange side markers.

Thanks!!

Andrew

chuckb

sounds nasty to me. if you want the look of no side marker you'd be better off having a body shop fill in the holes or find a Lsportline bumper

blacksc400

iTrader: (4)

That is what I been thinking for my blk GS.... I will shave the side marker and It should look CLEAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TLW

yes i agree

make it look clean

i had the option to put my side markers back on but i opted not too

i like it better

GS300Rich

IMHO if you just paint over the marker and leave it there it wont look right. I think you should either smoke it since you have a black car or remove the side marker and do some body work, fill in the space and repaint. Obviously the first will be cheaper but the 2nd choice will look cleaner.

Lex_Fnatic

How safe is this- of course side markers are really pointless

But how obvious is it say if a cop were to be beside you???

rominl

iTrader: (4)

umm... if the shop is going to repaint the whole bumper, why not just ask them to mold off the sidemarker holes?

LTunedGS3

Yeah, I never thought of just filling in the holes...is that very difficult to do, or would any competent body shop be able to do this? How about the wiring from the bulb, what happens to all that?

rominl

iTrader: (4)

it shouoldn't be hard at all, just mold it off, sand and that's it. since you are repainting the bumper it should be a done deal easy

the bulb outlet, you can just use electrical tape and cover it up, no biggie. there shouldn't be any warning light on the dash

slickgt1

iTrader: (1)

Or you can go to an RC / hobby shop. Buy a can of black paint for the RC boddies. That paint is transparent with 2-3 coats of it. Spray your lenses. Then clear coat them, and you will have some nice blacked out lenses. Oh, and you can get different colors, to be a true ricer.

TLW

how safe n ot sure yet havent be able to drive the car around

and how obvious ..same answer

i guess it really depends on the cop

but i wont be running a license plate either up front

so life should be real fun in jersey

but ive seen cats running their license plate on their dash just in case

ill have better answers for you next week

Lex_Fnatic

Thanks alot
Just reminded of this wrx- I always loved. Maybe you could do something like this- If it were me

I'd afraid it would be an easy ticket if in these parts we had front ones(only back).