I kinda like the idea of "shaving" things off the car, but I am much too chicken to actually do it. Instead, I wanted to just make things less obvious. A clear example (no pun intended) is the amber diffusers and side markers. I wanted to make that bright amber color go away until it was needed. I wanted to do the smoked diffusers to try and make the headlights look more like they were all once piece. I then decided I wanted the side markers to match that. So I order the Diffusers from Rick's but he did not have the side markers in Smoked. I found them online from This site in Germany. I had to paypal the webmaster because their online ordering is not working, and it too a couple of weeks to get them, but I think they look great. What do you think?

 

Looks great! How long did the install take?

 

looks awesome....and i have been looking for that site for a long time.....im gonna order them right now actually!!!!

 

Thanks

The side markers took about 57 seconds.

The headlights took me several hours. It was about 1 hour or so to get them out. (BTW -- Remove the light assy FIRST, then disconnect the bulbs. Much easier than Rick's instructions.) I spent about 2 hours getting the first one apart (and failed) so I took a break so I could calm down and not be frustated. I then took another stab at it, and was able to bang both headlights on in about 2 1/2-3 hours. I did the re-install after a couple of days. That only took about an hour.

 

i remedied the headlights with the static tint.....


As you can see, im goin for the whole light/dark combo...silver car, black wheels, tinted headlights, smoke sidemarkers, having all the emblems done in black chrome, and soon tinted windows, and i will be trying to tint the tail lights, but they have an awkward shape, so it will take some time!

 

ruexp67, I like the way the smoke combo looks. Great job!


Chris C.

 

Is there any purple hue in the smoked diffusers?

 

I dig that smoked look. I've got the Ricks JDM style smoked diffusers - just haven't finished the install.

no offense - but I really don't care much for the static tint thing. I thought I remember seeing someone post that shortly after using one of those tints, his headlights crazed or cracked...

 

Looks pretty clean - good job!

 

mine have had no problems, look fine after peeling it off. Im redoing it in a lighter tint, the stuff i have on in the pics is 20%, so its too dark at night. I will be redoing it in 40 0r 50% as soon as i have time!