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Old Jan 31, 2007 | 07:45 PM
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smoked or clear tail lights?

which one should i go with...

smoked tail lights
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/97-99...spagenameZWDVW

clear tail lights
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/97-98...83765339QQrdZ1

and anyone have any experience with ebay tail lights possibly these specific ones? how is fitment? quality?
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 08:01 PM
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with your beige maxima, I would do the smoke.
just my 0.02
from what I know, those are the same ones that custommaxima.com sold before they went out of business.
I've got the clear, and if you look really closely, you can see a slight difference in the color.
if the smoked were availalbe when I purchased, I would have went that route.
Old Jan 31, 2007 | 08:18 PM
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Can't beat smoked on a gold car.
Old Feb 1, 2007 | 08:49 AM
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Im thinking maybe to pick up the smoked ones for my car.. hmm, smoked on black car...
Old Feb 1, 2007 | 10:09 AM
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Why not just pick what you like? It's your car. Why ask everyone else what they want? A lot of guys have used the ones off ebay. They're fine.
Old Feb 1, 2007 | 12:30 PM
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Smoked tails for a CG2, but definately go with what you want, not what the forum wants. Because then you'll be stuck looking at taillights that you don't like.
Old Feb 1, 2007 | 02:29 PM
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I made these from stock. Not sure how the fitment is on these Ebay ones. Youll have to let us know if you get them.
Old Feb 1, 2007 | 02:42 PM
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either would look better than orange aye ?
Old Feb 1, 2007 | 03:08 PM
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smoke would look sweet plus with the color of your car that would be the better option IMO
Old Feb 1, 2007 | 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Cdg2125
Why not just pick what you like? It's your car. Why ask everyone else what they want? A lot of guys have used the ones off ebay. They're fine.

well i was leaning towards the smoked but i wasnt sure about fitment. if the clears fit good but smoked did not then i would go with clears.

thanks for everyones input...i went with the smoked.
Old Feb 1, 2007 | 03:29 PM
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VIP Maxima has the smoked eBay ones, he said the quality was decent but I guess he has an issue with the inner tails not sitting flush (sticking out a little bit) with the outers.

I think the smoked ones would look good on your color. I was originally going to buy them for my car, but I decided to go a different route.
Old Feb 1, 2007 | 11:08 PM
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smoked bro!
Old Feb 2, 2007 | 07:27 AM
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+1 smoked =]
Old Feb 2, 2007 | 08:01 AM
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smoked all the way! and if you can do it yourself so much cheaper! i did it real happy!
Old Feb 2, 2007 | 11:25 AM
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ive seen the smoked ones and i liked them, but either way u should be happy
Old Feb 2, 2007 | 05:33 PM
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JSMax said that the outer clear tails do not match up with the inner tails on the trunk lid. Therefore, if i buy the ones below on ebay, will they not match. Am i better off getting a set of all 4 rather than just the 2 outer tails? what do you guys think?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/97-98...QQcmdZViewItem
Old Feb 3, 2007 | 06:11 AM
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Smoked for me.
Old Feb 4, 2007 | 06:43 PM
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anyone have pics of smoked on a black max?
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