Valenti Tails on Dark grey (Asphalt) BRZ/86

[g_moles]

hey, I'm pretty torn on which Valenti tails to get on my new dark grey BRZ (I know, just seems like there are more people on this camp here ).

Smoked - looks pretty sick, but worried it might attract coppers
Clear red - the white stripe doesn't look that attractive on the dark grey car?
Half red chrome - Is it too red???

What are your thoughts? 4 years late though :/

[Brayden_23]

You are about to get a ton of differing opinions, none of which will really help you. I will provide my own thought process and hope it helps you a little.

After owning my car for almost a year now, I am still running stock tails. I was originally thinking of getting a smoked tail light because I liked how clean it looked on our color. I decided against it because it really reduces the visibility to the rear (you will come to learn that you will want to do everything you can to be visible, as A-holes will try to run you off the road all the time since they have a hard time seeing us in our small cars that are the same color of the road). I debated getting the clear lens Toms for a bit too, but many people have been experiencing issues with those..

What I think I have concluded is a good look for us DGM/Asphalt owners is stock tails that have been redded out. It looks pretty good in my opinion. Either that, or wait and see how much I like the new OEM tails that come on the 2017's..

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7826

[FatFree]

I've had the smoked Valentis for about two years and I have had absolutely zero issues with them. I've never been pulled over by the police for them. Whenever I see a cop I like to turn my lights on because it's extremely difficult to tell that the tail lights are smoked when the lights are on. I think they look great with my asphalt FRS and I don't ever regret buying them. That being said, the Valentis are pretty hard to see on a bright sunny day when the lights aren't on. Sometimes I consider leaving my lights on all the time but I always forget :/

[DGM-BRZ]

I have wondered about this question for ages.

Let me tell you my personal opinion.

The Smoked- It's way too dark. It makes your car have literally no contrast at all. Smoked lenses are for light colored cars and not a dark one.

Clear red- I agree with you 100%. The white light tube looks really off.

Half red chrome- Stay away from this too. The red looks good but the chrome and clear parts of the valentis looks sooooo terrible.

I went with the Valenti STYLE Taillights. It has the sequential turn signal too.


http://www.ft86speedfactory.com/vale...l#.V12zWuYrKRs

These are the ones I bought, along with the GCS smoked Reverse lights. I woulda went with Red-Red reverse lights but they are apparently on national back order and I don't want to wait.

The valentis I linked are personally the best looking ones by-far on the DGM. The white tube isn't as noticeable because the casing is so red.


I think you would agree since it seems like you think the same way I did.

[FatFree]

^^^ I disagree with this guy but to each his own. Here's what the smoked Valenti tails look like on my car.

[00NissanNinja]

I'm going half red chrome on mine. Hoping it looks good, I pondered this for quite a long time. Smoked would be a good choice for me if the tube was red (which I think there was a special edition that had a red bar but no idea if its being sold anymore).

[DGM-BRZ]

Originally Posted by FatFree

^^^ I disagree with this guy but to each his own. Here's what the smoked Valenti tails look like on my car.

Oh wow, that actually looks decent.

But personally, I feel like the red+dgm contrast looks better together.

I bought the same smoked reverse lights though, glad that looks good on dgm.

Nice car tho

[FatFree]

Thanks. I think contrast is important too but I think the smoked works well with my setup

[g_moles]

Fat Free - that looks real nice, but being in silly Singapore, changing your OEM lights out for ANY LED mods is technically illegal. I just feel that smoking it out just attracts them popo that little bit more.

DGM-BRZ - Im quite with u on this one. it looks pretty good. any pictures?

00NissanNinja - do you have any pictures of your car with lights on/off?

[g_moles]

Valenti Helix Reds on Black (Note - mine is dark grey)



Valenti Red/Chrome on Black



The new Helix looks pretty interesting as well, not sure if it will look any good on dark grey.

[Kodename47]

@g_moles I have the same colour and have debated the same thing. I also think that the smoked would be a little too mucg. I like the FT86SF Edition ones and think they would look good. I'm also not a fan of the chrome of the middle one you posted, however the top one looks good as well.

[00NissanNinja]

@g_moles sure when I get them. Won't be here till the middle of this week. Black car posted is pretty good approximation of how it'll look on the dark gray.

[DGM-BRZ]

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QHvefK2MEA"]FT86SpeedFactory - Valenti Sequential Tail Lights - YouTube[/ame]

This is the vid I watched to finalize my decision. Ours is a DGM/Asphalt color but you can get a good idea of how it'll look

I just ordered em a few days ago so it wont be here for a few weeks, sadly.

[austin_ellas]

Go for the smoked! I have a dark grey twin and I was in the same boat as you, I was really torn on which to get. After a few beers I ordered the smoked ones and they're still my favorite addition to my car.