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post Sep 1 2020, 10:52 AM
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The car will never look stock so I decided to do the swap from 914Rubber. Wondering if there’s any market for OEM lenses with spider cracks in the plastic.

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post Sep 1 2020, 10:53 AM
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Here’s the new look

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post Sep 1 2020, 10:56 AM
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post Sep 1 2020, 11:07 AM
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Billy,

The car is looking great. I like the new lenses.
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post Sep 1 2020, 11:30 AM
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That's funny because over this side of the Pond, some of us prefer the all-red US look! To make mine legal for the UK, I used orange/amber LED bulbs, which shine as amber through the red lenses.
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post Sep 1 2020, 11:38 AM
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Billy, those lenses look great on your car!

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That's funny because over this side of the Pond, some of us prefer the all-red US look!


I think the Euro lenses don't always look as good as the US spec ones on some cars. For example, on my black car with a rear reflector (blame the po) I think the US spec lenses look better.
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post Sep 1 2020, 11:41 AM
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QUOTE(KSCarrera @ Sep 1 2020, 10:30 AM) *

That's funny because over this side of the Pond, some of us prefer the all-red US look! To make mine legal for the UK, I used orange/amber LED bulbs, which shine as amber through the red lenses.


The grass is always greener...
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post Sep 1 2020, 12:02 PM
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QUOTE(KSCarrera @ Sep 1 2020, 10:30 AM) *

That's funny because over this side of the Pond, some of us prefer the all-red US look! To make mine legal for the UK, I used orange/amber LED bulbs, which shine as amber through the red lenses.


I did exactly the opposite on mine! I switched over to the euro lenses and made the marker light a red LED that gets overpowered by the amber turn signal LED.

The reason I prefer amber turn signals is pretty well summed up by this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1lZ9n2bxWA

I want people to KNOW if they see 3 red lights (also installed a high mount 3rd brake light) that I'm stopping/slowing down.

And I want people to KNOW when they see an amber light, that I'm turning/changing lanes.
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post Sep 1 2020, 12:23 PM
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Keeping with the theme, don't forget to swap out the fronts.
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post Sep 1 2020, 12:57 PM
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Just when I am going back to all red.....

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Not so sure now.
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post Sep 1 2020, 01:27 PM
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I like the variation, we run US on our 73 1.7, Euro on our 75 2.0, and French on or 73 2.0
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post Sep 1 2020, 02:30 PM
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Looks great, love your cars color.
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post Sep 1 2020, 03:40 PM
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Look good with that color. Think it depends on the color of the 914. US lenses look good with some colors, Euro lenses with others. Personal preference in the end.
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post Sep 1 2020, 03:44 PM
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I want to switch to the Euro lenses on the rear of my car. I think they look great. One thing at a time though. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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post Sep 1 2020, 06:04 PM
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Looks great Billy! Just need the front Euro lenses with Spoke LED's now!
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post Sep 1 2020, 07:21 PM
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I mean if you're dumping the ones with spider cracks they're in better shapes than mine with missing chunks....
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post Sep 1 2020, 07:29 PM
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I have hella euros, I didn't like how the turns lit up at night from the markers, plus I was afraid they might not be legal, so I made up little blinders out of foil HVAC duct tape.
Now from directly behind all you see is a very dim yellow from the markers.
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post Sep 1 2020, 08:44 PM
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Looks great Billy! Just need the front Euro lenses with Spoke LED's now!


Love mine. Great safety feature on a gray day with bright white as a daytime running light that self-cancels for a much brighter amber turn signal when turning.
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post Sep 1 2020, 09:32 PM
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I prefer Euro lenses....

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So, where do I buy that shirt from
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