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Old May 26, 2009 | 06:56 PM
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I know lots of people change their side lights, and I'm thinking of changing mine... I think on my jet black, tinted side lights will look much better than the stock ones. Has anyone tried these from ebay, will they look good with the 5 small leds? any opinion please... LINK
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Old May 26, 2009 | 07:00 PM
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They look nice but I don't know about the quality. You should search the classified for vendors who sell this light. At least you know they stand behind what they sell. Good luck!
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Old May 26, 2009 | 07:03 PM
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Originally Posted by theXman' post='891138' date='May 26 2009, 10:00 PM
They look nice but I don't know about the quality. You should search the classified for vendors who sell this light. At least you know they stand behind what they sell. Good luck!
+1 I was looking into these lights last night and they look kinda cheap.
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Old May 26, 2009 | 07:11 PM
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Noooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

don't buy that, I bought one of those in the past and they suck!!!!!!!!!!! the fitment sucks, it does not lock in right and it gets loose after driving in the freeway!!!

buy the ones from Trinity or Bimmian, those smoked ones looks good too!
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Old May 26, 2009 | 07:18 PM
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Thanks guys... the ones from trinity LINK are only slightly smoked, I wanted something darker... and the ones on bimmian are yellow LED, I think white LED on smoked lenses will look much nicer.
so which ones do you get?
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Old May 26, 2009 | 07:29 PM
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I got the one from Bimmian, smoked ones with amber. They looked ok, IMO after I installed the side marker, I've never really paid much attention to it anymore. It does not do any dramatic change to the car, It's one of those mods that's not really a biggy. GL!
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Old May 26, 2009 | 07:32 PM
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i am skeptical
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Old May 26, 2009 | 07:35 PM
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The problem with these are the LEDs aren't angled. So unless you're directly beside the vehicle, the LEDs will be very

faint.
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Old May 26, 2009 | 07:54 PM
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I like the look a lot if you are doing the blackout theme on the car. If you are keeping the chrome bits (front grill and window trim), then stick with silver.
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Old May 26, 2009 | 09:14 PM
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Got mine from Bimmian.


Originally Posted by radzM550i' post='891182' date='May 26 2009, 08:29 PM
I got the one from Bimmian, smoked ones with amber. They looked ok, IMO after I installed the side marker, I've never really paid much attention to it anymore. It does not do any dramatic change to the car, It's one of those mods that's not really a biggy. GL!
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