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Old 12-18-05, 07:53 PM
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Default My car, need suggestions.

Here's what I plan to do for the car:

- Smoked or painted rear reflectors
- Black chrome emblems.
- MAYBE tint the tails.

Let me know what you think.



Old 12-18-05, 07:56 PM
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I love the emblems on it but i'm not too sure about the tail lights.
Old 12-18-05, 08:18 PM
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have you lowered your car???
Old 12-18-05, 09:49 PM
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Rear deflectors Black chrome emblems would look ok. IMO would look better if you used dental floss and 3M adhesive cleaner #08987 at local car paint store to take off the emblems under each taillight, and leave trunk lid emblem its a cleaner look. Plus side less emblems less wax residue to deal with The taillights with tint look good accept the reverse lights seem to stand out to much. Keep in mind if you have Nav with backup camera it might not be a good idea to tint the reverse lights. The car still will look good no matter what you decide have fun.
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[QUOTE=Keep in mind if you have Nav with backup camera it might not be a good idea to tint the reverse lights. The car still will look good no matter what you decide have fun. [/QUOTE]
Actually, with the back up camera, the reverse lights do help but you actually don't need them with that camera. When I switch from reverse to drive while watching my camera, I can see the reverse lights turn off but I can still see very clearly behind me. Even in a pitch black environment.
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what color is your car? that would help alot. also there are holes under your rear emblems, so you might not want to remove them completely.
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It's an Onyx black. I think I'll drop the tint idea and go with all red tails.
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not bad at all with the tint
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well, if its black, the smoke tailights will look good with it. id do it.
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I like the taillight tints alot... what's involved in getting that done? How much does it cost? How much does it affect brightness?

I have blk onyx as well... I'm all about the monochrome.
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