Non OEM CCFL LED tail lights on eBay...anyone?
12-07-2009, 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by UncleFodder' post='1069611' date='Dec 7 2009, 04:03 PM
To be (brutally) honest, I was very close to pulling the trigger on some Bruce cables (did you all see he had a sale due to overruns?) and the LCI lights from Newport BMW (Garry had already sent me the quote).
Then..voila!...this post appeard and I had to jump on them. It was destiny, I imagined.
As for the numbnuts who thought this would make the cars look 'ricey', I have swapped out the tails on my convertible Corvette to LED's (a couple years ago), and rice is farthest thing from its look. I have high expectations on these for my 550i. BTW, mine is black, but I didn't go with smoked. Sorry Alpine White Girl... ;-)
Then..voila!...this post appeard and I had to jump on them. It was destiny, I imagined.
As for the numbnuts who thought this would make the cars look 'ricey', I have swapped out the tails on my convertible Corvette to LED's (a couple years ago), and rice is farthest thing from its look. I have high expectations on these for my 550i. BTW, mine is black, but I didn't go with smoked. Sorry Alpine White Girl... ;-)
Hope there's not 19 more of you to steal my tail lights!
And someone buy my sprint booster to fund the TakmaN wants tail lights fund.
12-07-2009, 03:46 PM
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Originally Posted by tex_phil' post='1069626' date='Dec 7 2009, 07:41 PM
If I do end up getting them I'll be painting them like my current ones.
Did you have them done or did you do them yourself? If you did it yourself:
DIY! If not, how much does that cost? I think one guy quoted me at $180?
12-07-2009, 04:06 PM
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Originally Posted by tex_phil' post='1069636' date='Dec 7 2009, 07:52 PM
$180 wtf? It costed me 40, a guy on a local euro forum paints them at his property.
yeah 180 is bs. I can probably have my paint guy do it for nothing.
jedi
you devil stop playing with us emotionally unstable people waiting for the review! 
tell your boss that there is a family emergency. since this forum is much like a family, and some members may have heart attacks soon here if there is no review
12-07-2009, 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by LBimmer' post='1069606' date='Dec 7 2009, 04:01 PM
So I got zero work done today haha! Then I get home and my wife's all like "why do you care about tail lights so much?" as I pace around my home office anxiously waiting for pics....I said whoa whoa whoa tell that to everyone else LMAO
LOL. This comment got me cracking up the most.
Keeping my fingers crossed!!!
So right now, there's the CEO, CFO, and a VP still here.. anyone think they'll notice if I leave early??
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12-07-2009, 04:21 PM
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i painted my tails and it isnt hard at all. im pretty sure i made a DIY in the DIY section.
Im not going to smoke my tails again but i am getting the smoked version. I want to switch it up. My current tails have the red section smoked and these have the white section smoked.
Shitty thing about this mod is once i do it im going to want wheels and a kit again. The tails are going to be an xmas present
Im not going to smoke my tails again but i am getting the smoked version. I want to switch it up. My current tails have the red section smoked and these have the white section smoked.
Shitty thing about this mod is once i do it im going to want wheels and a kit again. The tails are going to be an xmas present