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Thread: Help! Sidemarker choice ????

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    Question Help! Sidemarker choice ????

    I can't decide which one I want to use! While the smaller of the 2 would look awesome with some JDM corners, the other set would look good with my USDM ones. I do plan on getting JDM corners soon....




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    Re: Help! Sidemarker choice ????

    i say smoke the smaller one.

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    Re: Help! Sidemarker choice ????

    in case your wondering, the smaller ones are from a Saab 900. I have no idea what the larger ones are from. I found them in my shed tonight.

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    Re: Help! Sidemarker choice ????

    Well if you're getting JDM corners then JDM-style sidemarkers FTW!

    Of course I'm lazy. If I wanted to work on my car I'd have gotten a DSM
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    Re: Help! Sidemarker choice ????

    Quote Originally Posted by speedpenguin
    Well if you're getting JDM corners then JDM-style sidemarkers FTW!
    bitesize is going to do some LED lights on my fender markers also

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    Re: Help! Sidemarker choice ????

    ya messys right use the lil one and smoke it

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    Re: Help! Sidemarker choice ????

    Hmm, any thoughts on placement? Do you all think it should be in line with the front markers or higher up on the fender, closer to the ridge? I'm thinking about 1 1/2 " in from the edge of the fender... basically, red outlined area or black outlined area...
    Last edited by Jasonf860; 11-19-2006 at 07:23 AM.

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    Re: Help! Sidemarker choice ????

    Go with smaller and install it in red area. Black is too high

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    Re: Help! Sidemarker choice ????

    Quote Originally Posted by Hazwan
    Go with smaller and install it in red area. Black is too high
    I was thinking that too. Plus there will be more room for wiring in the red area. (fatter part of the fender)

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    Re: Help! Sidemarker choice ????

    not a fan of the cah sidemarkers
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    Re: Help! Sidemarker choice ????

    Quote Originally Posted by SQ is the SQUAD
    not a fan of the cah sidemarkers

    Of course I'm lazy. If I wanted to work on my car I'd have gotten a DSM
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    Re: Help! Sidemarker choice ????

    Quote Originally Posted by Jasonf860
    Hmm, any thoughts on placement? Do you all think it should be in line with the front markers or higher up on the fender, closer to the ridge? I'm thinking about 1 1/2 " in from the edge of the fender... basically, red outlined area or black outlined area...
    ya i say put them in the red i dont think they would look good out of the line of the corners the flow would be off if u put them in the blue area, also im putting mine in the red area, im getting clear ones with 2 10mm orange leds, made by bitesize

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    Re: Help! Sidemarker choice ????

    heres mine with one led in it
    and these are the markers from the pic on ebay

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    Re: Help! Sidemarker choice ????

    Quote Originally Posted by ghettogeddy
    heres mine with one led in it
    and these are the markers from the pic on ebay
    Nice!

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    Re: Help! Sidemarker choice ????

    why thank you, but of course bitesize is doing all the work lol. by the time hes done and i have them in a should have clear bumper,corners and sides with orange leds in all its goan look sharp

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    Re: Help! Sidemarker choice ????

    Im with Messy and put it in the red area.
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    Re: Help! Sidemarker choice ????

    the red area and the small ones would look nice

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    Re: Help! Sidemarker choice ????

    Quote Originally Posted by russiankid
    Im with Messy and put it in the red area.
    woot....i cant wait to get mine with LEDs....oh yeah mine are JDM smoked from the civic...woot

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    Re: Help! Sidemarker choice ????

    i think it would look better without one but if i had to choose, id take the small one in the red square

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    Re: Help! Sidemarker choice ????

    Quote Originally Posted by MessyHonda
    woot....i cant wait to get mine with LEDs....oh yeah mine are JDM smoked from the civic...woot
    Yeah, i wanted to get the civic ones too but I got these for free. That was a big factor in why I got them. Since those pics were taken, I did them up in a few coats of nightshade. Just enough so they are black. I also decided to go with the smaller set.
    Last edited by Jasonf860; 11-20-2006 at 04:53 AM.

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    Re: Help! Sidemarker choice ????

    Hmm, seems after countless google image searching, and scanning the cars on the road, it seems 95% of cars have the side marker in the upper black are i outlined.... Sabz is in that area too and i like the look his has. I am swaying toward up there. Any of you fixed headlight guys have pics of where the factory side markers are on your cars?

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    Re: Help! Sidemarker choice ????




    both of em have it in the red part

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    Re: Help! Sidemarker choice ????

    lol the fixed headlight sedans look like old civics

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    Re: Help! Sidemarker choice ????

    Thanks Messy, choice made. Damn i want an Aerosex! HMMM..... Maybe i'll import one. I'd bet the hatch/coupe doors would swap and USDM glass...

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    Re: Help! Sidemarker choice ????

    Yeah, im with everyone else, go with the small ones and the red area. It wouldnt look right in the black. Most cars that come with sidemarkers factory have them in the red area.




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