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Talk about aftermarket Toyota Solara Gen 1-1.5 upgrades.

Stock or clear corner?

Poll ended at Wed Jul 13, 2005 2:12 pm

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Clear Corner
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Total votes : 20

Clear corners or Stock?

Clear corners or Stock?

Postby Sap Z » Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:12 pm

i'm just tryin to get osme input -

would you prefer clear front corners or the stock ones? I cant decide whether i want to spend money on those
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Postby udonoogen » Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:13 pm

i had the same struggle. then ... once you decide on clear corners you have to decide which one ... completely clear or stock-ish/glassy.

if you replace the corners you'll also have to replace the bulbs if you get the completely clear ones. those are the ones i ended up using. im happy.
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Postby CHRIS CLUTCH » Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:14 pm

To me it depends on the color of the car. I would have to see a bunch of different Solaras in different colors with clears and without to really determine. Just check out some of the pics on the forum and on CarDomain.
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Postby bassthrive » Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:20 pm

definately get clears on your DWP.

click the WWW to look at pics of mine.

and get the silver coated bulbs that turn amber when they light up. stay street legal!!!!
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Postby Sap Z » Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:43 pm

hey paul..tht car looks good man. Thts the color i got too.

Ques - do the corners look like they r a part of the car? i mean i just dont want them to stand out n yell "ricey custom" !! :o
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Postby Paladin06Greg » Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:43 pm

There's clear and then there's ......
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Postby Sap Z » Tue Jun 28, 2005 2:45 pm

oh yea u guys shud definately try out the 30-LED bulbs u get on ebay. (look for the ones tht sont require a resistor) Those are white n lite up amber. I will ge tthose if i get clear corners.

I just love the way Led's lite up
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Postby udonoogen » Tue Jun 28, 2005 4:52 pm

if you are worried about screaming "ricey custom," LED's may not be the way you want to go. i have the same the corners or similar ones to the ones bassthrive has ... mine are manufactured by SONAR. with amber bulbs they dont look rice. i ordered some "silver vision" bulbs from ebay though. im waiting for them to come...
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Postby Solorange » Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:06 pm

I would have to agree with Chris on this one. Just depends on the color of your car. I have clear corners on my car and lately ive been thinking about puting the stock ones back on. I havent descided if i like it or not. Some days ill looks good and others i feel they need to go. But They would look good on your car since you have white. They would also look good on silver solaras. Black and red cars it depends on if they have chrome wheels or not.
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Postby bassthrive » Tue Jun 28, 2005 9:20 pm

clears work exceptionally well with white. if you do the silver bulbs like i said before, then no, they do not look ricey. they actually look stock and blend in great with the oem headlights (dont let the reflection in my pictures fool you). if you had a black or silver car i would say go with the blacked out corners, but you must have blacked out headlights as well for it to look right.

p.s. if you buy new corners, seal all edges with silicone to keep condensation out.
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Postby thealkimo » Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:59 pm

def get em...

for $20 you can't go wrong...

and don't get the rippled ones :wink:
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Postby Jon11582 » Wed Jun 29, 2005 10:21 am

If your struggling that bad over $20 clear corners, wait til you start to really mod.

on DWP DEFINITLY get the clears. On white and black it looks much better and cleaner. The other colors are a tossup.
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Postby Sap Z » Wed Jun 29, 2005 11:31 am

Thanx 1LOKEDOUTSLE ! U've opened up my eyes..i see the world so much better 'cuz of u.

I'm happy someone got a laff :-s
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Postby SleeperSolara » Wed Jun 29, 2005 12:19 pm

Here mine.

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Definitly worth it man.
Make sure it really clear corner.
And resealin' them wouldn't bhe a bad idea too.
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