Boy Racer Rear Lights?

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Should I keep them?

Nope, tacky
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Yeah, they're not too bad
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Fri Apr 08, 2005 10:53 pm

I got these new lights in black hoping as they're not the dreaded Lexus style :puke: that they'd:

1) Make the car look a little more up to date.
2) Make it a little more recognisable.
3) Make it look better at night (I didn't like the squareness of the standard lights).

....all without making it look boy racer.

Now they definitely make it more recognisable and they're great at night, been impossible to catch it on film but I think they look the business :D

And as for making it look a little more up to date I think they've worked as well.

But as for without making it look boy racer, I'm not so sure :roll:

I was thinking maybe keep these on in the winter when I spend most of my time in the car at night, and changing them for all-reds in the summer when I'll spend most of the time in daylight.

I'm sure they'll look better when I get rid of the 316i badge, my Tec II spoiler gets painted and goes on and the rear bumper and lower half of the valance are painted a la rare's 318is; maybe if the results of the poll are about 50/50 I'll put up another pic or two once these little jobs are done.

So...what do people think?

No obcenities please, just constructive critisism!

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Fri Apr 08, 2005 10:56 pm

I really don't think those lights suit the E30, if I was you I'd get some all reds like you mentioned - that would look great.
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Fri Apr 08, 2005 10:58 pm

sorry mate ,but i think they make it look a little like a ford orion .sorry
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Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:01 pm

i quite like them, they go with the number plate surround well. each to they're own though, i did have furry dice in my 1st car :oops:
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Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:02 pm

way nicer than lexus look but still iffy. I think they would look better if the top part was smoked
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Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:10 pm

If you like them keep them mate,i'm not to keen on them my self though
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Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:13 pm

Dunno mate just don,t look right i,d go with the all red personally maybe on a black car they would look ok?
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Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:30 pm

sorry mate ,but i think they make it look a little like a ford orion .sorry
That was my first impression on the first pic.

They are definatley modern looking lights, IMO a bit too modern for the classic lines of the E30.

Could you tint them like the all reds, best of both worlds then, funky light pattern with understated look of all reds. It would look pretty smooth too as there isn't any ribbed sections between the segments.

Does make a change from the usual lexus style lights
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Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:37 pm

dont want to slate your car cos its nice but bin them lights and put some smoked on Daz
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Fri Apr 08, 2005 11:50 pm

yeah not for me, i dont like them.
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Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:18 am

i think all red would look the bees knees. dont like these
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Sat Apr 09, 2005 12:24 am

Lord no!!! Looks like someone nicked a set of traffic lights and stuck them to your rear! :mad:
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Sat Apr 09, 2005 1:11 am

alpinachris2 wrote:sorry mate ,but i think they make it look a little like a ford orion .sorry
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I think that too sometimes :?
rare wrote:Lord no!!! Looks like someone nicked a set of traffic lights and stuck them to your rear! :mad:
....says rare, who knows all about rear light wrongness :tongue: :mad: :lol:

Everybody who's seen them in the flesh agrees that they look excellent at night and I do get recognised a lot because of them, but during the day they just don't look as good as standard or all-red lights.

I guess I'm just wondering if it's worth the lights looking a little cr*p in the day for the advantage of looking great at night :roll:

Thanks for the comments so far people, seems like the poll results are a bit of an overwhelming "bin them" at the moment though.
Should've added a "not sure" option. D'oh! :(
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Sat Apr 09, 2005 8:26 am

I don't like them either. Sorry dude.

Should have gone for these instead... a little less 'Lexus' but still in keeping with the 'squareness' of the E30.

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Each to their own though... :wink:
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Sat Apr 09, 2005 9:45 am

I recon they would look great at night, could they be tinted up like the set shown in the post above....?
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Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:23 pm

I definitely don't like them at all. They just don't fit the car.
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Sat Apr 09, 2005 7:41 pm

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Sat Apr 09, 2005 8:46 pm

Geeman wrote:Should have gone for these instead... a little less 'Lexus' but still in keeping with the 'squareness' of the E30.

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I considered these but decided against them.

I saw the ones you'd photoshopped onto that cab (your old cab?) and I definitely prefer the ones I've got.

If I took them apart and painted the black bit red, does anyone reckon they'd look better? Kind of all red but still look great at night and still different.

Giles, if it doesn't take you too long would you be able to do a Photoshop of the black being red instead?
If it takes too long d/w about it but if it's a quick job it'd be really appreciated :D
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Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:45 pm

I did this then realised I got the black bit wrong.... never mind but at least I de-badged it for you!

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Sun Apr 10, 2005 12:59 pm

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Sorry don't even think they look good on the night shots.
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Sun Apr 10, 2005 6:10 pm

here you go mate :wink: bothe are debadged

with the black parts red (not really my kinda thingy but ok)
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this is more my style
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cheers Sjoerd
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Still :puke:
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Sun Apr 10, 2005 10:19 pm

sorry dude but :gay: :puke:

Horrible.. Council as it comes..

Shame as it looks a nice car
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Sun Apr 10, 2005 10:28 pm

had a second look and still agree they aint e30 man they might work on somet else but dnt suit your car and theyre too chav for my liking like i said before youve a nice car dnt spoil fling em on ebay and say goodbye

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Mon Apr 11, 2005 12:01 am

get the money back dude before its too late and u get stuck with em

i dont like em, cos they look abit "plasticy" if u get what i mean.. the black insert has a vac-formed feel to em, and the outer lenses donԚ´t really do it for me either

get the crystals, or diy a set of standards to all-reds as either would suit the colour of youԚ´re car

hope u can get em refunded
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Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:15 pm

Thanks for your opinions everyone....a pretty convincing "tacky" it seems!

Although considering not a lot of people think they're really boy racery, I think I'll take them off for the summer in favour of my home-made all-reds, and somehow find a way of making them look good in the day for the winter when it's always dark when I'm driving, because they do look very very good in the dark, it's the only reason I've kept them on....the pictures just don't do them justice!

Anyway thanks for all the replies (especially those who said "looks a nice car" as well :wink:) and especially to Andy_magic and Sjoerd for doing the 'shopping :D
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