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walkoau

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Nzguzzi Enthusiast

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If you read from the beginning of the thread you will come accross the link for autostyle, and there is a pic of a black one there.

I have read from the beginning and those linked are not the full length to the rear window, they are the short ones, which don't look nice IMO.

The only full length ones I have seen the link to were from drive2.ru a Russian website.

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Commsman, I prefer the painted look.

Josh, autostyle web site don't have the full length ones. Been through that already.

as started previously eiyher get vinyl and wrap it or paint it. Alot of effort for something that looks like a sore thumb. Each to their own Edited by joshm35
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walkoau Mentor

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Nzguzzi, that was my problem as well. I like the full length ones.

The ones I'm modifying should be finished in a couple of weeks. I will post pics once done.

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As you said josh....."each to there own". Thats what modifying is all about.

Individual tastes.

Btw its not illegal to cover the top section. As there is no globe in there and no reflector. Reflectors are down the bottom of our tail lights.

Dmyze_ Enthusiast

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There very expensive and only on exchange basis.

^This, I have seen the varieties on IM, some of the light configurations are nice some are not and they all are exchange items.

I'd prefer to do it myself, get to choose how to set up the lights and would be much less expensive than importing!

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I'm not a massive fan of LED tail lights or any kind of exterior light as yet, when they make them less directional, brighter or/and with light rods I'll be interested. Otherwise great for interior.

I know they're getting the brightness part sorted, here's a pic of one out of a very large projector (red segment).

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