Clear or Amber/Orange corner lights?

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I recently put some euro glass headlights on my s14. and as you can see i'm missing my pass. side corner light. I'm planning on get new front corner lights very soon, but couldnt decide on getting clear corners, or amber/orange corners. I've seen both of them in person and they both look pretty good. Any input would be nice. thanks


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brizanden
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^clear everything looks better clear. turnsignals corners, headlights etc.

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I like clear...

but only if all the bulbs are white.

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With the clear headlight lenses, the parking lights will look better clear, but you have to get either white or orange bulbs, normal halogen parking light bulbs look yellow and ugly. I rock orange bulbs, it matches up with the side markers well.




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Where are you planning to buy from? I'm contemplating getting some amber corners.

On your color car, I like the all clear btw.

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paint your corners for less than what 5 bucks? Ive seen cars that had painted lenses, dsnt look bad at all, just get orange bulbs so it stand out more instead of the rinky dink yellow like sideways said. Nice s14 i wouldnt have guessed your front end looked like from the sig.

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yay or nay for me ?

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Scuffed_ChukiCoupe
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this was a hard choice, im gonna say NAY

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clear!

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Yea, painting would be cheaper, but all of the painted lenses that I've seen looked too orange. I supose I could just go with a lighter coat of paint though.

My sig isn't how my car looks. It's just what I eventually wanted it to look like. I'm going in a different direction now though.

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if there is any way to get the corner lights to be as clear as the head likes i would do that.

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I like ambers on a green colored car. There are some pics of a green s14 with painted amber corners on here somewhere that look pretty good.

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keith0486 wrote:if there is any way to get the corner lights to be as clear as the head likes i would do that.
origin makes clear corners that match glass headlights.

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Gallery240
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those e-bay ones actually might look pretty good. thanks for letting me know about them. and thanks for the input everyone. i think clear is the winner for this debate

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How About Clear With Some Orange Tints?



Edit: Here You Go...




Modified by Dittoz7 at 11:18 PM 4/3/2008

Gallery240
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that picture pretty much got me going for the clears now. thanks for taking the time to make that picture homie

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Dittoz7
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Np

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giodachamp
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i would say amber, i don't know why..

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ThuG LyFe
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wowwwww where'd u get the german lights? i wouldnt mind a set but i think they go for 400+ so no thank you for me.

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Keep the OEM style clear corners. But get amber turn signals instead.

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Like the fat gay ride operator on the Gemini at Cedar Point says, Cleeee-arrrrrrrr!

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i would say clear FTW.... but for all you that want clear headlight but don't want the price i have clear lenses for sale zerothread/326220

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so lemme get this straight.... when i had my zenki searching nico high and low for clear lenses, no1 could be found. After i destroy it now every1's sellign lenses. 4GET YALL!

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amber ftmfw

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what paint do you use to paint the corners amber? I want to do mine....I bought it with one, but I cannot find a thread on how to do it.

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looks retarded. another stupid question....are the side markers supposed to light up? the ones on the side of the bumper?

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yes, the are supposed to light up

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ThuG LyFe
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chub,

how do i go about replacing the front tho? i would get the covers it's just that i don't want to take the cover off by baking it or w/e and then put them back on. but i'm guessing i have to do that right?

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ThuG LyFe wrote:chub,

how do i go about replacing the front tho? i would get the covers it's just that i don't want to take the cover off by baking it or w/e and then put them back on. but i'm guessing i have to do that right?
it should only take you 30 mins max to do the swap. set the the oven to 300-350 (takes most of your time) when it get there put the headlights in for 2-3mins (watch) and then take them out. they will be hot. then put the new covers on and seal with window sealer or headlight sealer. put masking tape on the covers so you don't scratch them and use a zip tie to hold it tight. let it sit over night and put back on the car. good to go! it is very easy most people are just afraid of the oven part

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