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Opinion on headlights with my new wheels...

I need opinions. I am getting a new set of wheels this weekend and I'm wondering since the wheels I am getting are black, if I should change the headlights/corners to black housing. Here are some pics that should help.

** Also, I have seen black housing clear corners and black housing amber corners, what do you think?


 
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those would look good with black'd out headlights......and they would look good on your truck with the color of it...
 
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just look at my avatar

i like the newer corners done with the head light mod better than any one else i have seen
 
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Silver... is that an 06/07 corner with the headlight mod done? The headlight itself would be no different than if I bought it off Ebay, as there shouldn't be any differences between doing the headlight mod and the black housings for sale.
 
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I say go for it, dibs on the clear corners haha!
 
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yea i think it would look good also. HOOK IT UP!
 
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there the 06/07 units with the head light mod

this is what i had they where my stock 03 corners nightshaded

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now

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im not a fan of the all blacked out corners off ebay but you cant beat the price for them
 
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I might just hold off for now. How careful were you with the 06/07 corners, I've heard they can be hard.
 
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they where easy nothing a good old spoon did not cure
 
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I say go with the black headlights and clear corners with the black housings or the '06's with the black housing, either of those will look pimp!
 
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Black lights would look great with your truck and those wheels
 
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those are the same wheels i want to get! i'll have to see them in person when you get them put on, let me know!
 
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Yeah the black headlights and corners would look good, but I don't think the corners with the amber lenses would look to hot.
 
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Here's my version of both. Hope it helps.

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evan likes!
 
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I think I'm going to go with the ones that are clear all the way.
 
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i say stick with the chrome headlights. The black stands out and doesn't match with everything. at least the stock headlight housing goes with the chrome on your grill and bumper.
 
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I know I don't have any chrome on my truck but the black headlights flow really well with our color. Personally, I think with the black rims that the blacked out headlights and corners (no amber) would look great because it flows with the valence, grille, mirrors, tires, rims, stepbars, trim, and undercarraige. There's a lot more black on every truck than you think. Plus you have to remember, that's a photoshop up there. It would have a glare on it which would make it stand out less.
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DO IT !! DO IT !! Bicardi and cola.. DO IT !! Haha(that is the voice of Ben Stiller in Starsky And Hutch...)BUt Anyways do it...IT looks awesome... but do the wheels first to see if the clear lights you got now look the best....
 
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That's what I am going to do... the wheels will be on Sunday, prepare for pics!
 
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