cannot decide, clear or smoked bumper lights

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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 04:04 PM
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cannot decide, clear or smoked bumper lights

I cant find many pics of smoked turn signals. I'm leaning towards clear but I could use some opinions.
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 04:12 PM
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amber ftw.
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 04:13 PM
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clear or amber for now, smoked would look kind of funny because you have no mods and it wont flow with anything.

edit: exterior mods, that is
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 04:29 PM
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clear it is. The car has a chipped turn signal, so I have to buy them either way. I thought smoked might look funny, clear is def the way to go then.
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 04:48 PM
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yeah that looks just like my car. word for word def go with the clear corners they look so fresh
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 05:11 PM
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Clear is so played out IMO.
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 06:07 PM
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I would only go with smoked if you have blackhoused headlights.
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 06:54 PM
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i cracked an amber one last week, it's 75 bucks or something stupid and the aftermarkets are 75 for the pair.

dilemma.
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 06:56 PM
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i cracked an amber one last week, it's 75 bucks or something stupid and the aftermarkets are 75 for the pair.

dilemma.

75??? get em on ebay for $30
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 06:57 PM
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75??? get em on ebay for $30
shipping to canada from the states ftl. it's like 30-40bucks shipping.
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 07:00 PM
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ahh forgot about that...that sucks
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by bRunCL
I would only go with smoked if you have blackhoused headlights.

otherwise go with clears
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 08:07 PM
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im actually debating going with smoked. im typically an all 'amber oem look' kinda guy, but there's something about smoked on a black car that catches me. only thing is I'd have to either smoke the rear tails or do a half smoke (just the top portion) to match the theme. for your color I say stay amber...clear will stick out like a sore thumb
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 09:28 PM
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clear with a tint?? idk i just dont like clear anything really cus of all the clear altezzas i saw everywhere for years. smoked would probably look funny unless you do the blackhousing real quick.
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Old Oct 23, 2008 | 10:00 PM
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I'm now thinking about black housing the head lights and the (clear)bumper lights at the same time. It's too cold already to be taking off my bumper to do the headlights, have to to wait till spring, so I'll get the clears now.
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Old Oct 24, 2008 | 07:32 AM
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clear without blackhouse, tinted with blackhouse
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