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Anyone else find the pre-LCI tails a little TOO red? I've been debating tinting my tails very lightly...maybe 50% or lighter even. Just looking to see if anyone else has done it. I just want it to look a little darker without looking too custom. I was also considering swapping the tails for a LCI set...but since I tend to swap cars every few years, I might save those tails for the next car. |
10-21-2021, 10:38 PM | #2 |
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I had smoked taillight on my previous car, realized i like stock color better on every car i owned… except that time toyota had some pink on their taillights, not surprised that trend didnt stay too long.
If you like tinted look and had done it in the past, im sure u'll like the look on ur current car… And as you said, if will switch to a new ride soon, no point on doing LCI conversion… better get other mods that can carry over to the Lci model like exhaust system etc |
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I hear you on the pre-LCI tails being big and red, although I thought they were fine until the LCI's came out and then the older ones were just haunting me and looked bigger and bigger and reder and reder every time I walked up.
I also hear you on weighing out the investment and the return if you don't keep your cars long. I usually don't either but tell myself with every new car I'm going to keep it for 10 years which in reality is 2-3. All this said, I'm a compulsive idiot. I've put over $5,000 into my car in 5 months that I probably won't get back, but it makes me happy. I'll get some money back but it will involve a sell off. Anyway, my advice, get the LCI tails and take them off and sell them on sale or trade. That's my plan or what I tell myself. Whether I'm too lazy to swap the old ones back in on trade remains to be seen. There will be a good market for these going forward, not so much the old ones. I'm keeping my old ones for this purpose. No one wants them anyway. I'm not into tinting. It's just not stock and self tinted tails stick out as much as big and red to me.
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The white car is 60%? Looks nice. I have a med blue M550 and have been debating about tinting my tails, but don't know how dark to make it. The LCI tail lights look amazing, but like some of you I WILL get yelled at for spending $1000+ on taillights…. . I promised I'd keep this one stock and I've so far "mostly" done that…
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Thst looks excellent! Just black vinyl? Not exactly like LCI tails but very good abs way cheaper! What did you pay to get that done ?
I like it!
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