S-Class (W220) 1999-2006: S 320 CDI, S 320, S430, S 500, S 600
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Best Looking SideMarkers on Silver Cars

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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 05:04 PM
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Lightbulb Best Looking SideMarkers on Silver Cars

What do you guys think? I found pictures of Silver Cars

Clear(Picture from CarDomain):



Trustz Smoked:



Oxygen's Custom Silver:


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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 05:26 PM
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Im on the clear one but thats just me .
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 05:32 PM
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Here is my opinion...

The clear ones always remind me of cheap Altezza tail lights... I think they are rice.

The smoked one are too contrasty for a silver car. On a black car they are cool, on a silver one its too much and draws your attention away from the rest of the car.

My vote goes out to the European impact strips that have nothing there at all!

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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 05:33 PM
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MBenzNL quoted me about $300 for the set of Euro impact strips, I was about to bite on the deal but then my **** got stolen so I had to buy the paint and paint stuff anyways, so I painted the side markers while I was at it.
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 05:39 PM
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No Smoked for me.

Ok its either Clear or Oxygen's now
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 05:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Gondon
Ok its either Clear or Oxygen's now
I'm not biased or anything, but the clear ones make it look like there's a chunk missing from the front bumper.
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 05:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Oxygen
I'm not biased or anything, but the clear ones make it look like there's a chunk missing from the front bumper.
What about at night?

Are you using the OEM yellow bulb, it will look orangish with the clear sidemarkers thats for sure.
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 06:16 PM
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Clear, but wish it had a regular orange glow when lights turned on "and" blinker function

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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Gondon
What about at night?

Are you using the OEM yellow bulb, it will look orangish with the clear sidemarkers thats for sure.
I have no bulbs.. They would melt the plastic if it's painted.
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 07:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Oxygen
I have no bulbs.. They would melt the plastic if it's painted.
So dont you get an error message on the DASH?
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Old Mar 11, 2009 | 07:35 PM
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my lorinser bumper has no sidemarkers thank god those things were ugly on my old amg body kit.


gondon get the clear ones they look good and buy stealth chrome bulbs so you dont see the orange bulb behind the clear.
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 01:02 AM
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 01:11 AM
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vader that cars too fast for the 220 500 section...get out lol
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 01:16 AM
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vader that cars too fast for the 220 500 section...get out lol

LOL, hey check my stats, I am an OG S500 owner. I sold it to my neighbor and see it all the time... I loved that car.


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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 02:07 AM
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nice rims on the 500. Im sure you dont miss the boat that much anymore lol


it does have a couple great features i do love more then your e55 like more leg/arss room for bannging biaches in the back seat if a bedroom is not accessible haha
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 02:10 AM
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Vader what rims are those?

S65 Gun Metal Replicas?
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 11:29 AM
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painted like oxygens imo
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 12:58 PM
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I have the clear. I think it looks pretty good against the silver. O2's painted version looks great as well.
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Old Mar 12, 2009 | 02:53 PM
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Clear here too - nothing looks as if it's missing. I use silver coated orange bulbs, so they illuminate yellow at night, but no "egg yolk" effect by day.

Posts 42, 47 at https://mbworld.org/forums/s-class-w...er-lights.html
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 10:43 PM
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painted like oxygens imo
More like ox painted his like mine...lol I did this when ox had his black S430....
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Old Mar 16, 2009 | 10:44 PM
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Vader what rims are those?

S65 Gun Metal Replicas?
Yes, they are split spoke reps that I painted.
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Old Mar 22, 2009 | 10:49 PM
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If you already have the markers and get the impact strips put on, will a message always appear on the dash?
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Old Mar 26, 2009 | 09:53 PM
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so if you have the painted reflectors, you cant run a bulb? wont that give an error?...and did you guys just paint the factory reflector?

thanks
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Old Mar 27, 2009 | 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Vader55
More like ox painted his like mine...lol I did this when ox had his black S430....
Hey now, I had a black S500 and that car had it's side markers painted since like the first week that I owned it...

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