[eBay] Tailights - Smoked vs Not Smoked

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[eBay] Tailights - Smoked vs Not Smoked

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So, I was looking at all the eBay tailights, and I know for sure I want to get the black background ones. Not the carbon fibre ones, but the actual black backing ones. I also want to have them "smoked".

Now, I know there is a perfect black set on eBay, and there is a smoked set as well.

Would I be better off saving the $30ish and buy the regular ones, or spend the extra $30 and get the ones already smoked?

Ultimately, in the end, I want black background, smoked tailights.

I have never smoked any lights before, so I have no idea of the work involved.
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Get the smoked ones. If you try to do it yourself they wont turn out as good.
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solo_ryder wrote:Get the smoked ones. If you try to do it yourself they wont turn out as good.
I was leaning to that the most.
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Yea. I am not saying you wont do a good job, but over time these smoke tails from ebay will still look good and the self smoke will just end up being crappy. Here is a pic of them on a mx3, this is Shades car:

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darn, all the smoked ones I see have chrome backgrounds. i want smoked black background ones.

I might end up doing this myself.
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