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Facelift.. or pre-facelift rear lights - Black Supra


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I am having a think about buying some facelift lights for the LED conversion or sticking with pre-facelift and having the conversion done on those.

 

I think the pre-facelift look better on a black car but I have not seen too many clear views of facelift ones on a black car.

 

Anyone got a comparison photo like the ones attached?

 

As an added brucey bonus if anyone has the LED conversion done on pre-facelift lights it would be very nice to see so I can get more of an idea of how it will look.. Ive been looking at the stuff Heckler makes and the more I look the more I want =)

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Toyed with that idea of tinting them but I like the rear light look a bit too much (the Jspec arrangement in particular) as I think its one of the signature parts of the Supra :) going to leave them un-tinted but definitely want the LEDs in there whilst retaining the OEM look.

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MarcAB10's car

 

EDIT: Marc has a pic of one of each somehwere

 

http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/71613_10150279089500245_566595244_15439118_3801740_n.jpg

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/66195_10150279093460245_566595244_15439205_4022981_n.jpg

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So next on the hunt list would be to see what facelift look like once the grey part has been painted.. but definately leaning towards keeping pre-facelift and having the conversion done on those now :)

 

Sounds pointless to me. Why paint them to look like pre-facelift when you already have pre-facelift? What benefit is there of facelift over pre-facelift other than the housing is grey? I thought that was the only difference, other than a very slightly different size of lens etc.

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So next on the hunt list would be to see what facelift look like once the grey part has been painted.. but definately leaning towards keeping pre-facelift and having the conversion done on those now :)

 

Pre-facelift look much better on a black car :thumbs:

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The housing of the light seems to come up towards the edge of the light and makes the lenses look better Scott, but I am also of the same mind that its a shame to buy facelifts then paint them to look like non facelift. Just wondered what they would look like as the lenses do seem to look much nicer on the facelift.

 

However.. I think I am about 85% for the pre-facelift.

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Having replaced the rear lights for facelift on a black Supra, I prefer the facelifts. I like how the lights are slightly tinted and they stand out more against the black paintwork with the grey background. If I was to change it, I'd want the inside to look like carbon fibre.

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Carbon fibre.. now there is an idea.. Wonder if the wrap stuff would be suitable for doing that with (thinking of heat from bulbs).

 

That's been done before (by BlueAngel I think)

 

The lenses on Facelift lights are also a clearer design than pre facelift. They are actually quite different when you view them up close :)

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