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Blacked out Heads and Tails "Yay or Nay" ???

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Old 06-08-10, 02:36 PM
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On the LS 430 the Lexus stock factory headlights are beautiful works of modern automotive lighting design.

Blacking these amazing headlights seems tacky and a little absurd at best, an unfortunate example of form over function.

A big, huge, immense all caps NAY!

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Old 06-08-10, 06:23 PM
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My housings are painted on the inside (NOT the lens).

Posted this in my own thread awhile back.


Old 06-08-10, 06:26 PM
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Teamplayer - that mod (to the interior of the light housing) does look pretty cool especially with that paint color.
Old 06-09-10, 08:17 AM
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^ ^ ^ yeah this is exactly what i was talking about. this mod is nice but i don't vote for putting anything on the outside of the housing just the inside looks nice teamplayer
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Hideous! The only thing that looks decent was the painted reflector shown by team player. It would look that much better on a dark car. As for the tails, bring it to a tint shop and have them apply a very light tint to the rear, to make them a slight black cherry- thats IT! when the light is black instead of red, imho, it looks classless.
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Nay on the black out for me unless the car is black and you are going with that theme, any other color just look odd to me.
Old 06-10-10, 08:54 AM
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Nay nay nay its gonna look like like a one of them old cougars. It one ridin round town here, ill try and get a pic.. My opinion
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Thanks. I appriciate everyones honesty. I like to do things different.

I like the insides painted black due to the sporty look (which is what I'm going for).

I, personally don't like the blacked out lens and blacked out tail lights. Looks a tad bit cheap and tacky for my taste.
Old 06-10-10, 02:27 PM
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I have smoked LED tails and absolutely love them. Every person I have met thinks they look great. Nobody on here thinks so though. They look awesome IMO. To each their own...
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