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Old 09-09-2008, 10:50 AM
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Change orange side markers on a white C350

My white C350 (P2, MM, Pano, AMG 18" Wheels) should arrive next week and I want to change out the orange side markers.

Two questions -

Clear or Smoke? I'm thinking smoke since there are plenty of darker details on the car.

Which vendor - I see two on ebay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=310081929575
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=160280536141

Thanks for the help.....
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I say smoked

Checkout this thread, we have the same car.

Tinted tails/ side mirrors/ front markers
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I'd suggest clear for white imo
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I'd suggest clear for white imo
Agree 100%
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smoked it out

did no see what color you had sorry **EDITED** go with clear side markers
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I say clear. smoke will look funny. not color matching, just like the orange one.. (just not as obvious)

I got my clear set from the 1st vendor. it's not bad. but i saw another one on Ebay for the same price but better quality.

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you might be able to make it work with the smoked lamin-x film for headlights and fogs
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out of the 2 options
I would go with clear

the smoke would look great on a black, silver, or Palladium silver, and even better on grey but not on a white car.

or how about this Patch up

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i would paint them white just go over them, get rid of them.. if not def go with smoked.. i have a black car and i got them smoked dark, now im thinkin i should of just painted them black altho it doesnt look 2 bad
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clears or paint them white
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by the the way on my opinion evosport wants a lot of $$$$ for there's
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by the the way on my opinion evosport wants a lot of $$$$ for there's
just take the side marker to the bodyshop and have them paint it. it cost 1/3 the price evosport wants to rape you at.

clear on white OR mold the bumper and repaint. painted side marker on w204 looks like some kind of tumor. that's my opinion and i'm sticking to it.
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Got a clear one. Trying to second guess and see if maybe I should have gotten a smoke one with my color. But I did not want to fail my inspection. Not sure about other states but VA state inspection is pretty annoying sometime.

I would go with clear since your car is white or just white out the marker if inspection is not an issue.
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OK, OK, clear it is for my white car. Derspeed and Who888 - where do you get your side markers? If ebay, which vendor? Thanks!
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you can ordered it from Ebay.
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There are 3 vendors and the products look different. Derspeed and Who8888 - which of these did you get?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=120303232154
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=310082357731
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=180288469833
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Originally Posted by SDGuy
There are 3 vendors and the products look different. Derspeed and Who8888 - which of these did you get?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=120303232154
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=310082357731
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=180288469833
I say go with the 1st one. I have the 2nd one. Quality is ok, but no black rear housing (which you don't really need, you will use the OEM one). 3rd one is expensive. 1st one looks like it's made by the same manufacturer as the 3rd(same demo car used) and is also reasonably priced. I say go with the 1st one. But you can't go wrong with any of them. I am satisfied with mine.
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Originally Posted by yxc145
I say go with the 1st one. I have the 2nd one. Quality is ok, but no black rear housing (which you don't really need, you will use the OEM one). 3rd one is expensive. 1st one looks like it's made by the same manufacturer as the 3rd(same demo car used) and is also reasonably priced. I say go with the 1st one. But you can't go wrong with any of them. I am satisfied with mine.
You didn't get a black rear housing? I got one from the second dude. but yeah, totally unnecessary.
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just take the side marker to the bodyshop and have them paint it. it cost 1/3 the price evosport wants to rape you at.

clear on white OR mold the bumper and repaint. painted side marker on w204 looks like some kind of tumor. that's my opinion and i'm sticking to it.
I painted them my self last November and are still black, I like to do my own MOD, but thanks for the advice.
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same here painted it myself and they are still holding up.
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Originally Posted by SDGuy
There are 3 vendors and the products look different. Derspeed and Who8888 - which of these did you get?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=120303232154
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=310082357731
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=180288469833
Got mine from FishCake(#3 link you have listed)

The quality is great and he included two different set of bulbs with it. One is a silver out orange bulb.
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Originally Posted by who8888
One is a silver out orange bulb.
Nice... and AKA "ghost amber bulbs"


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