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Old Dec 17, 2006 | 03:24 PM
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I am trying to choose which corner lights front and back will look best with on my LT1 Formula? The three options that stand out to me are
1.) Clear
2.) VHT blacked out and smoothed
3.) Stock but taken off sanded and smoothed

I think the clear kinda blends in to the white to much and I kinda have a darker accent theme going on with my car, but I think nightshades looks kinda cheap... sooo I have no idea what to do? maybe stock and sanded? what u guys thing will look best on MY car?

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Old Dec 17, 2006 | 04:27 PM
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smoked to match your wheels
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Old Dec 17, 2006 | 04:40 PM
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put vht nightshade on them, really easy. did it on mine
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Old Dec 17, 2006 | 05:56 PM
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Originally Posted by bee-stro
smoked to match your wheels
how would I do smoked? I know nightshades but thats pretty much black... hmm dunno
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Old Dec 17, 2006 | 06:08 PM
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Since your car is white, I'd go clear. That would actually make your wheels stand out more. "Smoked" or "Blacked Out" would only draw attention to your side markers. Why would you want to do that? Clear on a white car = smoked or blacked out on a black car.
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Old Dec 17, 2006 | 06:13 PM
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yeah I do agree that the black side markers tend to draw your eye straight to them... I just didn't know if clear would blend in to the white too much... i havn't actually seen them in person on a white car so I don't know, my other option I am considering is just sanding and buffing the stock lights but I don't like the huge orange lights that the front has! gah
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Old Dec 17, 2006 | 07:15 PM
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any more opinions?? any pics of clear corners on white??
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Old Dec 17, 2006 | 07:16 PM
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white car.... go clear.
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Clears look good on a white car, I have them on my 99. They look factory
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Keep em stock.
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Clear.
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White=Clear
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Old Dec 18, 2006 | 07:52 AM
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hmm the majority like clear... I prob am starting to lean that way a little bit. Does anyone know if they make an alternative bulb for the front turn signals other than the bright yellow one? I know someone on ebay sold the amber bulbs with a silver coating on them so when u looked at the light off you wouldnt see a bunch of yellow reflection in the turn signal from the amber bulb
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Old Dec 18, 2006 | 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted by AnimalSS
Since your car is white, I'd go clear. That would actually make your wheels stand out more. "Smoked" or "Blacked Out" would only draw attention to your side markers. Why would you want to do that? Clear on a white car = smoked or blacked out on a black car.
normally i would say white on white but since he has gunmetal wheels i would go smoked to complement the wheels. If he were to have chrome or silver wheels, then i would have clear. But since he has gunmetal wheels i would do the whole car in a white/gunmetal theme like:

Gunmetal Blackbird stripes
Smoked side markers and fog lights
Gunmetal emblem overlays
Dark red calipers
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Old Dec 19, 2006 | 03:04 AM
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thanks for the input! I am actually going to put a trans am rear bumper on my formula and do the ceta in gunmetal! also I am going to put the gurst logo on the bumper with the "H" a charcoal color. I already have jet black caliper paint. Leaving the sides clean, I removed the side molding already and no emblems on the sides. I am trying to get a ram air hood and yes I would go with a black or charcoal anniversery stripe or black or charcoal blackbirds stripes. : ) its comming along so far so good!
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Go for clear, black looks horrible and out of place.
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