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Which color corner lights for my Black Cherry Mica 2005 Shinka?

Old Sep 1, 2011 | 08:29 AM
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Which color corner lights for my Black Cherry Mica 2005 Shinka?

Do I go with the standard clear corners, or the stealth? I like the black ones better, but I'm worried they might stand out (in a bad way) against the Black Cherry.

What do you think?
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 08:30 AM
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 10:43 AM
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 11:10 AM
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then you can add some 194 v-led bulbs in either amber or white.
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 11:14 AM
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 12:40 PM
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Get the JDM clear corners and be happy. They will look great. Also easy to install.

http://www.corksport.com/j-spec-mazd...s-for-rx8.html
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Old Sep 1, 2011 | 11:50 PM
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Clear looks good with black.
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Old Sep 2, 2011 | 12:36 AM
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The standard JDM white will do, that's what I have on mine.
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Old Sep 2, 2011 | 01:57 PM
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Clear corners looks best on the Shinka imo if you have to have corner lights. I prefer the Tsunami bumper without corner lights on my Shinka.
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Old Sep 3, 2011 | 09:06 PM
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I have clears on mine.. love them!
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Old Sep 4, 2011 | 10:48 AM
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Clear!
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Old Sep 4, 2011 | 10:56 AM
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JDM clear corners with stealth bulbs.
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Old Sep 4, 2011 | 11:24 AM
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Black out the oems.
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Old Sep 4, 2011 | 11:50 AM
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Wow... No love for the black. I'm a bit surprised.
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Old Sep 4, 2011 | 02:09 PM
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honestly, if you are going to swap them anyways, just tint them with film or spray, if you like it you don't have to buy anything, if you don't like it, go JDM.
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Old Sep 4, 2011 | 02:10 PM
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Old Sep 4, 2011 | 02:19 PM
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Clear Corners FTW
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Old Sep 4, 2011 | 03:01 PM
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I vote clear as well... Black on a BCM would look a bit weird imo because it wouldn't have a purpleish tint like the rest of the car... unless you were to get black rims, stealth the windows, etc then they would fit the scheme and look awesome.
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Old Sep 4, 2011 | 03:31 PM
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VHT Nightshades is actually tinted purpleish and so are many films.
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Old Sep 5, 2011 | 12:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Chad D.
honestly, if you are going to swap them anyways, just tint them with film or spray, if you like it you don't have to buy anything, if you don't like it, go JDM.
I can't imagine spraying something like Nite-Shades on an amber lens is going to look good... Or be very functional.
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Old Sep 5, 2011 | 03:46 PM
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I hate clear so much. Black or stock imo.
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Old Sep 5, 2011 | 05:59 PM
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Here are some pics of my "nightshades" corners with led's in them.
When I get my new front I am going to delete them though.
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with lights on.
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just to give you an idea.
A can is like 5 bucks. hang them, spray the whole thing down, easy as pie/
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Old Sep 6, 2011 | 05:54 PM
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Hmm... Perhaps I will try that, Chad. Like you said, what have I got to lose?
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Old Sep 6, 2011 | 08:44 PM
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Just make sure you paint the whole housing along with the amber lens, or the light shines through the white plastic housing and looks stupid.
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Old Sep 8, 2011 | 06:20 PM
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I took Chad's advice and painted my corners... And, to my surprise, it looks pretty good! It's certainly not perfect, if you look close enough, you can tell they're painted. So, I'll probably order the black corners next week.

EDIT: Got the windows tinted, too!

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