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Old 01-31-2012, 06:16 PM
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I'm looking to get new headlights soon and wheels eventually, my issue is that I'm not sure what black/smoked will look like with that silver stripe on my car (pictures below)...

The same goes for the wheels when I get them. Should I go black or chrome? The reason this is an issue is because I really like smoked headlights and black wheels lol. What do you guys think?





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Old 01-31-2012, 07:55 PM
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I don't think that car with dark wheels and lights look bad with white stripes.
Brush aluminum wheels with black accents would look good with the light stripes.
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Old 01-31-2012, 08:09 PM
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Look into "headlight protection kits" at Xpel.com...I love mine and they don't "require" HID's but I'd suggest them if you go with the "dark smoke" kit like me.
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Old 01-31-2012, 10:02 PM
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Wpipe, I've got smoked lights and aluminum brushed/black wheels on my vista blue with silver (TL code) stripes.

Maybe this'll give you an idea:



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Old 01-31-2012, 11:46 PM
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i think smoking would look good, but i think a nice anthracite set would be even better.
take it to the chop shop im sure tanner or one of the guys in there would do a chop with each for you.
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Old 02-01-2012, 06:31 AM
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Originally Posted by legendlime05
i think smoking would look good, but i think a nice anthracite set would be even better.
+1...anthracite fr500 with a deep dish, front and back for the win!
DD black bullitts pictured below

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Old 02-01-2012, 07:38 AM
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The smoked headlights would look good on your ride. With the silver stripes though, I would stay with a chrome or anthracite rim, to keep the colour themes the same. Clear corner turn signals (maybe consider the blacked out ones too) would also tie everythign in real nice.
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Old 02-01-2012, 11:15 AM
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Really appreciate all the feed back! Pictures were a huge impact so thanks for those!
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No problem!
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Old 02-01-2012, 10:36 PM
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I was worried that tinting my headlights would make them too dark for night driving. I went with Headlightarmor who sells the tint film in a "light smoke" which is only 50% tint. Turned out to be perfect for what I was looking for. Material is high quality too.
http://www.headlightarmor.com/05-09-...ting-kits.aspx

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Looks darker in the pics. I used their turn signal tint and tint for the pony pkg driving lights too.
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