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Most stupid car lights

Post by Timster » Thu Apr 05, 2012 4:33 pm

With the plethora of horrible "fashion" car-lights on the road, which do people think the most stupid/ugly/chav ??
Especially the LED's

I'll start the ball rolling with:
Stupid daisy-like Range Rover front lights.
Most Alfa Romeos (the rears have a ridiculous "eye" style)
Every new Audi (where the DRL LED's don't match the Head/sidelight colour)... so look aftermarket and cheap.

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Re: Most stupid car lights

Post by Dave_Hedgehog » Thu Apr 05, 2012 4:36 pm

old miserable wankers tend not to like them

i think they make a refreshing change
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Re: Most stupid car lights

Post by Timster » Thu Apr 05, 2012 6:07 pm

Are you calling me an old miserable wanker ?
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Re: Most stupid car lights

Post by PJC » Thu Apr 05, 2012 6:30 pm

Seems so, must include me too then.

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Re: Most stupid car lights

Post by sonny » Thu Apr 05, 2012 6:31 pm

Dave_Hedgehog wrote:old miserable wankers tend not to like them
He does have a point Tim
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Re: Most stupid car lights

Post by PJC » Thu Apr 05, 2012 6:33 pm

Phew I am not a miserable old wanker then.

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Re: Most stupid car lights

Post by Timster » Thu Apr 05, 2012 6:51 pm

It's the "Old" that I find offensive.
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Re: Most stupid car lights

Post by Dave_Hedgehog » Thu Apr 05, 2012 7:45 pm

TimsterRS4 wrote:It's the "Old" that I find offensive.
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Re: Most stupid car lights

Post by PJC » Thu Apr 05, 2012 7:48 pm

Just experienced.

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Re: Most stupid car lights

Post by Timster » Fri Apr 06, 2012 12:48 pm

Plus the Citroen DS3. With the horrible near-vertical bars for led's on the front.
It's just twatty.
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Re: Most stupid car lights

Post by drybeer » Sat Apr 07, 2012 1:51 pm

PaulRS4 wrote:Phew I am not a miserable old wanker then.
Thank god considering your new car might have them?

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Re: Most stupid car lights

Post by Mr Footlong » Sat Apr 07, 2012 5:49 pm

What about the alu metal eyelashes people are fitting on to loads of fiat 500's? I saw one up close & personal in pink in a Tesco car park at the weekend. You could physically twang the eyelashes. Impaler's dream.
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Re: Most stupid car lights

Post by stu » Mon Apr 23, 2012 2:13 pm

I don't mind them as long as it's not lots of little dots (ala Range Rover) or a line of them pretending to be one solid bar of light.

It needs to be perfect uniform brightness over the whole illuminated area - then it starts to look good, like something off Tron. The very newest Audis (face lifted B8s, well kitted out A1s) are getting it right. First try was piss poor.

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Re: Most stupid car lights

Post by MikeFish » Fri Apr 27, 2012 1:57 am

Sorry but LEDs are the way forward. I've gone LED crazy, replacing all the lights on my car with LEDs (other than the xenons). I've also changed all the spotlights in my house for LED bulbs. My son describes the non LED lights as looking "buttery".
The new S8s headlights are all LED too.

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Re: Most stupid car lights

Post by Dave_Hedgehog » Fri May 04, 2012 5:18 am

MikeFish wrote:Sorry but LEDs are the way forward. I've gone LED crazy, replacing all the lights on my car with LEDs (other than the xenons). I've also changed all the spotlights in my house for LED bulbs. My son describes the non LED lights as looking "buttery".
The new S8s headlights are all LED too.
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