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Old Dec 10, 2009 | 01:43 PM
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I want to do clear side markers on my 2000 Z28 and have some questions. I want to get clears and smoke them but my question is this. Once that's done there will be no more amber yellow or red visible for the back. Does anyone make abber yellow and red replacement bulbs for this ? I'm pretty sure the bulbs behind the colored lenses are clear right ? So that won't work with clear lenses because all you would see is a clear bulb shining through the smoked clear lenses. What is the best thing for me to do here ? Where can I get a nice set of clear lenses and the colored bulbs (if that's what I need) ?
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Ok...not really sure what ur looking for here! My guess is this:

1) you want clear side markers
2) you wanna smoke them with VHT
3) you still want the amber (front) and red (rear) to show when lit at night

Here's how mine came out:



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oops! Oh, yeah, I have amber bulbs up front and red ones (LEDs) in back.
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oops! Oh, yeah, I have amber bulbs up front and red ones (LEDs) in back.
Ok that clears that up, so where did you get your clears and the LED colored bulbs ? Thanks
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i blacked out all my lights and they all shine the proper color....I have amber turns up front, and when the blinker is on, my black lights light up amber, and when reversing they light up white.
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Ok that clears that up, so where did you get your clears and the LED colored bulbs ? Thanks
I got both sets of clears, as well as the rear LEDs (red) on eBay. The front bulbs are stock. Didn't want to mess with installing "flashers" so LEDs up front would flash like normal bulbs, as opposed to the hyper-flash that would happen.
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