"Tacky factor"?
03-03-2011, 05:12 PM
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"Tacky factor"?
I've been kicking around ideas for external lighting, and would like input from you guys if it'd be cheesy or not.
On the front, I'd install 5 or so amber LED's on the lower black "scraper" under the bumper.
On the rear, 5-7 red LED's, flush mounted into the part of the bumper that's perpendicular to the ground, shining on the bottom part of the bumper (which a glow would be visible to those behind).
On the front, I'd install 5 or so amber LED's on the lower black "scraper" under the bumper.
On the rear, 5-7 red LED's, flush mounted into the part of the bumper that's perpendicular to the ground, shining on the bottom part of the bumper (which a glow would be visible to those behind).
03-03-2011, 05:37 PM
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Honestly, the rear idea just came to me today while i've had the front on my "to do" list.
Just waiting for things to warm up!
03-03-2011, 06:20 PM
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Probably on the back could look cool. About to place on the bumper scraper... It will look very tacky. I would place them on the headunits, on the bottom. Is just an opinion... You have the last word.
03-03-2011, 06:29 PM
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Tacky like beauty is in the eye of the beholder as they say. Its your HHR, do whatever makes you happy or that you think is cool, if you don't like it, or you stand back and think "Oh crap, what did I do"...you can always take them off and try again. Just avoid the Hello Kitty seats covers I saw in a car tonight outside the McDonalds, blech!
03-03-2011, 06:31 PM
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External lighting is so 90's. It was just a passing fad that is only in real use with some segments in the car culture.
This is the issue with doing some mods. THey may be cool and neat today but in 10 years you look back and think what the heck was I thinking. Trust me I have been there and done that my self.
Things like the Lambo doors are cool for some now but in the future when the doors refuse to shut right and they can't get replacment parts they will wish they had left them alone on many cars. Even Lambo does not do the doors anymore.
The trick to a well done car is to mod it in ways that will not fade in time. It can and has been done often as it just takes a good eye and judgment. Good car builders do it all the time.
This is the issue with doing some mods. THey may be cool and neat today but in 10 years you look back and think what the heck was I thinking. Trust me I have been there and done that my self.
Things like the Lambo doors are cool for some now but in the future when the doors refuse to shut right and they can't get replacment parts they will wish they had left them alone on many cars. Even Lambo does not do the doors anymore.
The trick to a well done car is to mod it in ways that will not fade in time. It can and has been done often as it just takes a good eye and judgment. Good car builders do it all the time.
