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Old Nov 14, 2003 | 06:00 PM
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I upgraded to the`01 taillights and I love em. They were worth every penny. The only problem I have is that they make the small round lights on my trunk look orange and old next to the new shinny red taillights. Has anyone else delt with this. I live in Vegas so I'm sure the sun had something to do with fading the lights a bit. Do I get new round lights? Is there some magic polish that will make them look like new? Please give me some feed back fellas. It would be much appreciated...

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Old Nov 14, 2003 | 06:10 PM
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G ...I am glad you like the upgrade; I love mine as well. I dont have the problem with the small lights though. Does yours look like this....



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Old Nov 14, 2003 | 09:02 PM
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Mine matched perfectly. The car is always garaged, however, and usually has a cover on it if parked outside for more than a few hours.
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Old Nov 14, 2003 | 09:45 PM
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Originally posted by Letsride
G ...I am glad you like the upgrade; I love mine as well. I dont have the problem with the small lights though. Does yours look like this.... ?
Only because my car just came out the body shop and I still have that eye, it looks like your trunk needs to be adjusted a little. I think its where the trunk latch connects.
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Old Nov 14, 2003 | 10:25 PM
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i had that problem as well i live in vegas and mine were duller looking so i replaced them and am trying different thing on the old ones full leds

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Old Nov 15, 2003 | 01:08 AM
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just installed my new tail lights to yesterday. My favorite and only mod so far on my 400.
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Old Nov 15, 2003 | 06:49 AM
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Originally posted by SandRock
Only because my car just came out the body shop and I still have that eye, it looks like your trunk needs to be adjusted a little. I think its where the trunk latch connects.
SandRock...the trunk is open
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Old Nov 15, 2003 | 10:04 AM
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Originally posted by cyclemax
Mine matched perfectly. The car is always garaged, however, and usually has a cover on it if parked outside for more than a few hours.
cyclemax, do you have more pics of your car? Which color is that? Looks very nice!
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Originally posted by XenonES3
cyclemax, do you have more pics of your car? Which color is that? Looks very nice!
Thanks Xenon. The car is gold, or according to Lexus, burninshed gold metallic. In the right light, it looks fantastic, but in poor lighting, it looks kind of "muddy". Up here in the Northeast, now that the sun is low in the horizon, it's really tough for me to get good shots of the car, but here's a couple quick takes I made yesterday. When I have more time, I plan on heading out to the water, bridges, Newport mansions, etc to get more pics. I just got the wheels on Friday, btw.
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Old Nov 16, 2003 | 05:30 AM
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They are Arthur Exchange MME by Rays. 19x8 and 19x10.
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