Whelp, the other night at my weekend job (one more Sunday left before I'm outta retail FOREVER!), another Monsoon storm was whipping up toward the end of my shift. I went out to shut my sunroof, only to discover a large portion of my driver's side tail lens destroyed with lots of little telltale chunks of plastic lying around underneath. I immediately assumed some a-hole with a trailer or some old fart with a pickup had backed into it, but there wasn't even the slightest scratch on the bumper or on the trunk lid. I also knew it wasn't a vandal for the fact that they surely would've knocked in more than that, or gone for something more pricey like the rear window. Turns out, a shopping cart got a running start at my car, thanks to the 40+MPH wind gusts that night, and the corner of it plowed right into the turn signal/reverse lamp area of the lens. Lucky me, huh?
Of course, it couldn't have aimed for the passenger side lens that already had a big nasty scuff on the reverse lamp area, it had to go for the one pristine lens on the back.
So, it's time to go shopping for a new pair.
My ideas thus far:
-GT tail lenses (painted black to match)
-Smoked LX lenses (do they require red colored bulbs for the brake lamps?)
-Throw on a cheap set of GTS taillight covers to hide the damage (and hope the cops don't throw a fit over it)
I was wanting to spray my lenses with some of that VHT Nightshades stuff before this. I'd just like something that ties in with the blackness a tad better than OEM LX lenses.
And NO, I am NOT going to even consider smoked or carbon-fiber Altezzas.
Anyone have any other ideas than the three above? ... or maybe a spare set of GT lenses lying around the garage that they just want to give away, perhaps?
Of course, it couldn't have aimed for the passenger side lens that already had a big nasty scuff on the reverse lamp area, it had to go for the one pristine lens on the back.
So, it's time to go shopping for a new pair.My ideas thus far:
-GT tail lenses (painted black to match)
-Smoked LX lenses (do they require red colored bulbs for the brake lamps?)
-Throw on a cheap set of GTS taillight covers to hide the damage (and hope the cops don't throw a fit over it)
I was wanting to spray my lenses with some of that VHT Nightshades stuff before this. I'd just like something that ties in with the blackness a tad better than OEM LX lenses.
And NO, I am NOT going to even consider smoked or carbon-fiber Altezzas.
Anyone have any other ideas than the three above? ... or maybe a spare set of GT lenses lying around the garage that they just want to give away, perhaps?
