First aftermarket part on the Abarth

"MUSASHI66" (musashi66) 09/22/2020 at 18:57 • Filed to: None

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I absolutely loathe the orange side markers on a red car. I found some smoke (read - black) ones on eBay.

Of course, they say you can’t use the standard bulb and must use LED bulb.

Of course, the bulbs I bought are too long and won’t fit.

I said screw it and will just run it without bulbs until I can find some shorter LEDs.

Next up - clear turn signal. This car has clear turn signal, orange front marker and red rear marker. I’m replacing this with “smoke” as well.

Only one that I might leave are the rear ones as they are red on a red car.

Nauraushaun > MUSASHI66 09/22/2020 at 19:08

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Nice! Those orange side markers are a scourge over in the US. They make everything look worse.

MUSASHI66 > Nauraushaun 09/22/2020 at 19:12

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This is my first red car - well, other than my 1999 SHO - and I just couldn’t stand the combo. I never replaced them on any of my previous cars.

Urambo Tauro > MUSASHI66 09/22/2020 at 19:58

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Yeah I feel the same way about r ed + orange . Which is weird, because other colors that are right next to each othe r on the basic color wheel seem to go okay together... There’s just something about red & orange that doesn’t work for me.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > MUSASHI66 09/22/2020 at 20:00

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I would have tried some candy red ain’t over them. 

Thomas Donohue > MUSASHI66 09/22/2020 at 20:00

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Blends right in......

Thomas Donohue > Nauraushaun 09/22/2020 at 20:01

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Posted above by mistake...but it’s free so I’ll post more orange.....

pip bip - choose Corrour > MUSASHI66 09/22/2020 at 21:01

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should’ve replaced them with clear ones

MUSASHI66 > Urambo Tauro 09/22/2020 at 21:22

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I don’t mind red and orange, but it just didn’t work on the car for me. 

MUSASHI66 > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 09/22/2020 at 21:25

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The turn singles are white, and I can get the same smoke finish on the  front and rear markers and turn signal. Couldn’t do all three in red. 

MUSASHI66 > Thomas Donohue 09/22/2020 at 21:26

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I don’t even mind those with white paint and  beige leather. 

MUSASHI66 > pip bip - choose Corrour 09/22/2020 at 21:28

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I prefer smoke over clear. Car is red with black details - I do have the white stripe, roof and mirror covers, but I’m getting black handles and black emblems so black details work better for me. 

pip bip - choose Corrour > MUSASHI66 09/22/2020 at 21:33

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fair enough

Nauraushaun > Thomas Donohue 09/22/2020 at 22:03

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Lol, you got me. The BB. So good. Maybe I’m really only opposed to US regulations, not the orange lenses themselves.

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