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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 10:53 AM
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My DC clears have always kind of stood out and today I decided to match them to the fogs. They came a little lighter due to the highly reflective housings and clear flat lenses. I may get them a little darker in the future. If you are interested in doing this the cloudy clears would probably be darker due to all the refractions in the lense. Grill and bumper are trimmed and fogs are unshielded. Headlights are 9007 and both headlights and fogs are alittle brighter with the car on but not enough for me to bother.

I had lighting problems (garage was dim driveway was way bright) that kind of washed out detail in the first pic but I will try to snap some around dusk for an idea of them lit at night.
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 11:03 AM
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I think it would work better with some yellow corner lights....But that seems like a lot of yellow...


but on creativity...
Old Apr 24, 2008 | 11:05 AM
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Thing is my corner lights are my blinkers and the bumper lights don't really do anything (now parking lights).
Old Apr 24, 2008 | 11:07 AM
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Thing is my corner lights are my blinkers and the bumper lights don't really do anything (now parking lights).
I do believe yellow is a legal turn signal color...IIRC...
Old Apr 24, 2008 | 11:09 AM
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To me it really just looks like you got the fog and signal colors mixed up, then the signal and sidemarker tints are different etc...

IMO signal/sidemarker should be amber and fogs should be yellow or white, your fogs should not be the same color as your signals.

The car is looking good though, kinda want to see the whole thing again.
Old Apr 24, 2008 | 11:19 AM
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by MorpheusZero
To me it really just looks like you got the fog and signal colors mixed up, then the signal and sidemarker tints are different etc...

IMO signal/sidemarker should be amber and fogs should be yellow or white, your fogs should not be the same color as your signals.

The car is looking good though, kinda want to see the whole thing again.
I see what you are saying but my signals ARE amber, they light up amber anyway....

It always bothered me that the blinkers were not next to the headlights so that won't change for sure but I hear you on the variation between the fogs and the bumper lights. It's less so in person but still there.
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members ride.?
Car is dirty as shiiit, not showing anything off LOL. I found this to be 4th gen specific just like someone would post a new type/take on 4th gen tailights.
Old Apr 24, 2008 | 01:01 PM
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Freeway, you know better. http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=547220

Ditch the yellow bumper lights and orange fog lights. Clear.
Old Apr 24, 2008 | 01:14 PM
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LOL I thought about it as I typed the title. Don't lie you hovered over the link for the description. Black with clears is SOOO 2001 though. Not to worry as the minor things always change around on my car. Just in case anyone had the thought I figured I had the pics to show what it would look like.
Old Apr 24, 2008 | 02:13 PM
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All Im lookin at is the grille!
Old Apr 24, 2008 | 02:17 PM
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Hmm, I didn't notice that. He got rid of the spokes in the cowl as well, gg.
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Well the foglights are great,that can stay, but damnnn......yellow bumper lights!!!!.....Might as well ou left them stock.

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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 03:36 PM
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Hmm, I didn't notice that. He got rid of the spokes in the cowl as well, gg.
**** weight.
Old Apr 24, 2008 | 05:56 PM
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I bet it looks tuff at nite tho
Old Apr 24, 2008 | 05:59 PM
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This pic is a little better.
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not bad and +1 on clear bumper lights being FTL!!!!!!!!
Old Apr 24, 2008 | 08:40 PM
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im not sure how i feel about this?
why arent your clearance lights on?
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They are....
Old Apr 25, 2008 | 01:38 AM
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clear glass ftw!
Old Apr 25, 2008 | 09:59 AM
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i meant the ones next to the headlights
Old Apr 25, 2008 | 10:14 AM
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Those are my blinkers....
Old Apr 25, 2008 | 10:22 AM
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I liked it for the first 10seconds...........It then became
Old Apr 25, 2008 | 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Fr33way™
LOL I thought about it as I typed the title. Don't lie you hovered over the link for the description. Black with clears is SOOO 2001 though. Not to worry as the minor things always change around on my car. Just in case anyone had the thought I figured I had the pics to show what it would look like.

Perhaps. But I don't think clear ages. It's better than OEM and you're basically going back to OEM. But you are right, clear does work better on a white car. How about smoked/tinted lights then?
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I say smoked/tinted to match your tails.....
Old Apr 25, 2008 | 04:50 PM
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I like it. It's different... though different isn't always good, I think you pulled it off. I would say make the lights just slighty darker to match up with the fogs, but that's my only suggestion.
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Also, why the fawk are you running around on Kumho 712s?
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It's different in a good way, I like it!
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Originally Posted by The Wizard
I say smoked/tinted to match your tails.....
They will probably end up that way in the long run.
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Originally Posted by MorpheusZero
Also, why the fawk are you running around on Kumho 712s?
I had to get tires quick and it happened to be when I was paying for bunch of school shiz and just after paying for the wheels/tires/shipping.

They are a tad noisy but overall I am very satisfied with them. They haven't worn hardly at all within maybe 10,000 miles of street driving and some very hard sessions and are also very predictable. Straight line acceleration and emergency braking arn't quite up to what I would expect out of a 235 but the wet traction is very good.

I plan on going to a 245 all around but really as it is with 425/500 in/lb. springs,STBs,custom alignment, and 235s the limits of the car are farther out than anything I need to get involved in on public roadways LOLz.
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