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Tungsten Pearl: TO smoke or not to smoke--My tailights..???

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Old 01-29-07, 06:59 AM
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Smoke them.

With a light colored vehicle, the "smoking" effect really brings character to the vehicle IMO.
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Keep it stock. No offense to those who've smoked their tail lights, but really, it makes the car look like some 15 year old is driving it. To each his/her own, though.
Old 04-03-07, 06:10 PM
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alright guys, after weeks of debating, i think im gonna switch from redout to smoked out with cleared reverse lights....gonna go with maya STM rims in diamond finish too.
Old 04-03-07, 06:44 PM
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just talked to aerotect. damn the girl there was so helpful and such a sweetheart! its about 1.5 hours from my house, so i dunno if i wanna go. anyone with experience wanna do it for me if i order the kit =D... of course ill pay ya.
Old 04-03-07, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Reyngel
Keep it stock. No offense to those who've smoked their tail lights, but really, it makes the car look like some 15 year old is driving it. To each his/her own, though.

haha, a 15 year old behind the wheel of a car!...coppers should be looking out for smoked taillights then!...

btw im 18, not a huge difference.

the only reason i want to smoke my tails and reflectors is to implement more negroo onto my car. cause the rims im gettin are diamond finish.



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feel free to tell me which you prefer.
Old 04-03-07, 07:43 PM
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Wait...so I never knew this...I'm getting a tint pretty soon, and ask them to smoke out my tail-lights at the same time?
By the way, do you think this would look like...decent? I'm getting a 15% tint all around, getting halos/HID kit in the summer, and smoked out tail-lights.
White car with the 18 inch stock wheels
yay or nay?
Old 04-03-07, 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by ano0oj
Wait...so I never knew this...I'm getting a tint pretty soon, and ask them to smoke out my tail-lights at the same time?
By the way, do you think this would look like...decent? I'm getting a 15% tint all around, getting halos/HID kit in the summer, and smoked out tail-lights.
White car with the 18 inch stock wheels
yay or nay?
some places will do taillights also, however the true problem is finding someone who vinyl's the IS. aerotect was the only place who is willin to accept the job. and i called quiet a few places--none of them even wanted to touch it cause of the multifaceted layout of the taillight. one place even said "get them spraypainted, you couldnt pay me 1000 dollars to vinyl those"
Old 04-03-07, 08:33 PM
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RT5's are sick do it!!!! do what you want... that was a gay comment about the civic
Old 04-03-07, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by DailyDrive
RT5's are sick do it!!!! do what you want... that was a gay comment about the civic
haha ya for sure i want to, but apparently the rt5's are discontinued. gonna be tough to find a set.
Old 04-03-07, 08:57 PM
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depends on what you like, these might help you.

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Old 04-03-07, 08:58 PM
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i this isn't tungsten pear, but still.

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Old 04-03-07, 09:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Randh
I'm not feeling the completely black look but something like this would look great:

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...84&postcount=1
That's MY CAR!!!!
Old 04-03-07, 09:30 PM
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damn hapaboy that your car. stms are my fave. you think it would flow with silver car? what size are they?
Old 04-03-07, 10:01 PM
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leave it stock and go w/ the mesh wheels. smoked tail lights look better on darker colored cars, imo.
Old 04-03-07, 10:05 PM
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I think red-outs, which you already have, looks the best on lighter colors such as Tungsten Pearl.

Lighter color IS' should come from the factory with red-outs, IMO.


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