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Old 03-30-08, 03:38 PM
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Default Front bumper sidemarker on 98-00.

I drive a 95 with the bumper cleared out so there is no more orange, obviously. Would it look silly to mount some aftermarket amber sidemarkers on the side of the front bumper, to make it look more like a 98-00. If not has anyone here done this or am I the first with the idea?
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I think it wouldn't look proper -- But if you got the proper design, and did it well it might look ok.

This is one of those we'd need to see it before we say yay or nay. Which in your case you need to know if it will look ok before you start

A little photoshop work on what you have in mind would help.

Maybe post a picture of your car, and a picture of several aftermarket amber markers you intend on using. Someone can fix that up to show you an approx look.

Might have better results in the Photoshop/Digital forum.
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That would be too many lights.
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Side marker lights look stupid. I hate them on my 98 LS. Out of place, and its only there because of some stupid law I am sure.
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Originally Posted by tbilisi79
Side marker lights look stupid. I hate them on my 98 LS. Out of place, and its only there because of some stupid law I am sure.
At night, when there is someone right next to you, they serve to aid in the visibility of that vehicle. That "stupid" law is a good one.
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Originally Posted by sonyman
At night, when there is someone right next to you, they serve to aid in the visibility of that vehicle. That "stupid" law is a good one.
Sorry guys, I forgot to mention that it will only be a "reflector" sidemarker, not an actual lit up one from battery power. So now, do you think it would look alright if it had just an extra reflector on the side of the vehicle?
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Originally Posted by 1995LS400
Sorry guys, I forgot to mention that it will only be a "reflector" sidemarker, not an actual lit up one from battery power. So now, do you think it would look alright if it had just an extra reflector on the side of the vehicle?
Reflectors look cheap and Shi*y in my opinion, if you do anything, do the light
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