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Old 01-01-2008, 11:06 PM   #1
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Lightbulb tinted headlights??

hi guys, i have a 99 silver boxster with black interior and top. im thinking of smoking my headlights and tailights, but im kinda iffy on how itll come out. what do you guys think? any suggestions? anyone have pics to see how itll come out? thanks!

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Old 01-02-2008, 01:50 AM   #2
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just wanted to add that im just lookin for a way to temporarily improve the look of my boxster..(right now the headlights). i have the stock headlights but lookin to upgrade to the xenon ones in a few months...so for now, im all ambered up, and i wanna do something about it!haha. what do you guys think of headlight covers or possibly tinting the headlights and only leaving the high beam area cut out?
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Old 01-02-2008, 07:02 AM   #3
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just wanted to add that im just lookin for a way to temporarily improve the look of my boxster..(right now the headlights). i have the stock headlights but lookin to upgrade to the xenon ones in a few months...so for now, im all ambered up, and i wanna do something about it!haha. what do you guys think of headlight covers or possibly tinting the headlights and only leaving the high beam area cut out?
If you plan on getting new xenon headlights in a few months it would be a waste of money to me to buy headlight covers in the mean time. Using a see through tint on the areas that you suggested would look cool until then.
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Old 01-02-2008, 07:13 AM   #4
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Have tinted headlights on my 99
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you can always do what i did, and it will look even better with your color, paint the orange on headlights and side markers silver.check out my sig for pics.

i upgraded to litronics now, but silver looked fine
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Old 01-02-2008, 07:16 AM   #6
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Another view of my tinted headlights.
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Old 01-02-2008, 07:27 AM   #7
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The tint was bought at www.stickercity.com

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