To clear or not to clear

[PropellerHead]

One of the mods I have been considering is euro clears like are on my E39. I have been back and forth on it since I like the contrast of the orange and blue colors. Difficult to explain, but I do.

Well, since I got the silver StopTech calipers, I am starting to give a little on the idea of clears bc they could provide sort of a silver/blue 'theme' for the X. Here's a quick photoshop... What say ye?

[LVP]

I've never minded the orange and still have on my E36. My preference is orange, but whatever you do, match the front and rear. What does your rear look like? Ahahaha….

[Ricky Bobby]

I have a silver / blue theme on my E53, I just swapped the wood trim for Titan silver, have silver turn signal bulbs, Titan grills, etc. My last piece of the pie is to update my headlights to have clear turns, that will be done with my headlight retrofit, I am actually going to trim the pre-facelift turn signal section to look like facelift shape, and wrap that in 3M brushed aluminum vinyl, close enough to clear as I can get lol.

I say GO FOR IT!

[PropellerHead]

Originally Posted by LVP

I've never minded the orange and still have on my E36. My preference is orange, but whatever you do, match the front and rear. What does your rear look like? Ahahaha….

This is the rear. I would not ever (never) go full clear on the back. Tooo... Lexus/Inifinity for me.

[Ricky Bobby]

I think he meant what bulbs on the rear, looks like you have the stealth bulbs so it would match nicely.

I don't think any of us meant "all clear" tails as that is a travesty

[Doru]

Voted clear - flows really nice with the color combo you have, and is subtle. The amber gives the car a too much of a "rainbow" color scheme.

[Bianca98]

I like that the amber adds a little bit of color. But both look good.

[TiAgX5]

How do I vote if I like the clears AND pie???

[jljljl]

Now that you've shown the back, it seems like clear is the way to go, if you're trying to match. It matches nicely.

but the OE amber looks good too, adds that colour which is nice.

[X5SND]

I'm kinda partial to the amber corners. I know that's pretty much blasphemy around here but all clears just look like they're missing something for a NA market car.

Stick a stealth bulb or an led bulb that has a white body (one that still lights up Amber!!!) and it changes the look of the corners enough. With all clears upfront those red tails are really going to stand out as well.