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I got a Black 480 turbo, Which front indicators?

Orange indicators
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14%
Clear indicators
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86%
 
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Post by sr480t » Fri Mar 14, 2008 12:34 pm

I really need to change the front and rear lights, becoz they are all cracked, some people may call me stupid but iam gonna buy brand new one from Volvo (believe ot or not, they are cheaper than europarts). Either way its gonna cost about £500 to buy all the lights but the biggest decision is the front lights change them to Orange indicators or the clear indicators, but bearing in mind my car is black, thanks for you votes, sham.

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Post by esta » Fri Mar 14, 2008 8:57 pm

If you wanna keep it original, use the same colours it already has (provided its the originals) if you want to make it look more modern go for clear.

I personally have gone for clear in the votes-makes it look tidier IMO :D
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Post by Darren » Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:01 pm

Orange indicators.

I had to change mine last year as the clear lenses wouldn't past MOT. Picked up a set of orange indicators and must admit, I think they look much, much better than the clear - on the black car, anyway.

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Post by sr480t » Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:05 pm

Thats why i asked becoz iam just not sure about clear indicators on a black car, but as you have said, it helps thanks darren.
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Post by Ettore Bugatti » Sat Mar 15, 2008 12:34 pm

+1

Clear indicators looks better on metallic cars IMHO
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Post by lee » Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:30 pm

100% clear mate.
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Post by Auk » Tue Mar 25, 2008 9:29 pm

The clear versions make the car just look beter, with other colours like Vase Green I'm not so sure... like both...

But on a black car, clear :D
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Post by LauBen » Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:03 am

Clear on a black car look very nice :D
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Post by Joolz » Wed Mar 26, 2008 10:51 am

they truely do :D

I didnt know you could get new orange ones
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Post by sr480t » Wed Mar 26, 2008 8:58 pm

Did that pass the MOT on clear ones? and yeah you can from Volvo.
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Post by piper1st » Thu Mar 27, 2008 7:30 pm

defoe clear ... looks way better!

of course the clear ones pass the MOT cos they were standard on the later ones!
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