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Old May 13, 2020 | 10:55 PM
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Default Side Marker/Tail light Mod - 2012GS

I wanted to change the look a bit. I’ve had my GS for about 4 months now and wanted to buy blacked out laser side markers and light smoke LED tail lights.

I decided to wrap them and see how I like them first before spending $600+ on the lights.

Ive never wrapped (or really worked on) anything before and tried out the front


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Wanted to see what you guys thought or if you have prior experience wrapping, any tips. Thanks!
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Can we see what they look like with the lights on, with and w/o the tint?
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Looks good....I think it looks better than the acrylic covers I have on my side markers.
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Can we see what they look like with the lights on, with and w/o the tint?
**From outside

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are these lights on? May I suggest a set of these. For the price you can’t beat them. Message Cole.
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**From outside

Front Marker
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I think they look good.
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Default **Updated Rear Markers

Just added these..Doing the twilights today

What do y’all think?

Rear Marker
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Originally Posted by kingjaymes
Just added these..Doing the twilights today

What do y’all think?

Rear Marker
let’s see what they look like turned on in the dark. That’s the important thing.

I used plastidip on a set and at night you couldn’t see if they were on or off.
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let’s see what they look like turned on in the dark. That’s the important thing.

I used plastidip on a set and at night you couldn’t see if they were on or off.
I will take some night pics today. I havent updated the bulbs to LED yet. Any good suggestions? I know VetteLights has them but was wondering of other options. I will stop by the parts store later and see what they have.
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Originally Posted by kingjaymes
I will take some night pics today. I havent updated the bulbs to LED yet. Any good suggestions? I know VetteLights has them but was wondering of other options. I will stop by the parts store later and see what they have.
I had cheap eBay flat bulbs that had 10 or 12 LEDs in mine. I debated tinting my OEM side markers but instead was an early adopter of the current inexpensive Oracle alternative with LEDs and am very happy with them. A big plus is they are way brighter than the OEMs swapped to LEDs.

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