Valenti Tails on Dark grey (Asphalt) BRZ/86
 

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 :/

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

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 :/

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.

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

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).

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 :thumbup:

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

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?

Valenti Helix Reds on Black (Note - mine is dark grey)
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Valenti Red/Chrome on Black
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The new Helix looks pretty interesting as well, not sure if it will look any good on dark grey.
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@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.

@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.

[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.

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.

They came earlier than expected installed today:

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Love the look, happy with my choice.

@g_moles


Smoked on a dark car look ugly IMHO. <---IMO kkthaxbye <3

Makes me think of a piece of dirt that no matter how much you rub, it never gets clean/washed off. :happyanim: :cheers:

I say try Tom's vs Valenti's if you really want dark ones. Light dark looks ok.



http://i1160.photobucket.com/albums/...ps6bd67d63.jpg



http://www.ft86club.com/forums/attac...1&d=1372162632


^^^Ugly^^^

TOMS Below

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com...33ea9896c7.jpg

^^^I dig it^^^



Nothing beats clean/clear on whiteout hehe :wub::wub::wub:

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3778/9...26114ff8_c.jpg


p.s. if you're car is above... nothing intended by this post...just my opinion. :cheers:

I wonder though what would go best on orange/hot lava :/.

I've had this debate in my head a million times. But i've arrived at the conclusion, after spending hours on google images, that only white and black twins look good with any type of tail light colors, I feel the red out looks best with the other colors because it creates a contrast that is stock yet different/intriguing, I would go red out Tom's or stock with tail as turn and signal as reverse. The only other tail light i've considered is the Intec tails that are molded and gives almost the look of a ferrari tail light.

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i have decided on VALENTI / HELIX SEQUENTIAL CLEAR LENS TAIL LIGHTS. Either the Red or the FT86SF edition

Good choice. Im hoping to receive my Red editions sometime next week. I'll post a picture if you haven't gotten yours already.

I say go full custom. OEM tails with black housing and red tint. I may be bias tho...Lol

http://i869.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps4dx3zbt6.jpg

I went with the red valenti. I feel that the red really makes the car standout and I love the way they look when turned on.


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Damn you got it so fast.. :( Being in Canada suckss

I've got smoked...
 

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z...t-Run-Turn.jpg

2.5 years and no issues with LEOs.... (of course now I've jinxed myself....).

I like the smoked look with Asphalt.

I like the new clear valenti revos on my DGM, to each their own. The contrast is ok. I might go with some red overlays or tint them red myself but for now i think they look good. I have pictures on my instagram @sal_brz too lazy to link a photo here.

Personally I think red based tail lights look best on the darker colors. Not Valenti or Tom's, but here's my stocks all red.

http://i1104.photobucket.com/albums/...m/IMG_4818.jpg

My vote goes for Black in stock tails or waiting until the new red/chrome Valenti Revos finally get released.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1QCRKpHkOE"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1QCRKpHkOE[/ame]

Short video I captured just after I did the install of the HC version sequential turn lights version from the Panson GB.

To be honest, I think the Tom's tail lights (darker one, not the red ones) still look the best with the dark grey car. But was looking for a change after I developed cracks on one side (from flying gravel), and constant fogging in the other.

http://i.imgur.com/CGBorYh.jpg

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These look great on the color. Looks super clean


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Does anyone have a picture of the blue chrome valentis on a dark grey BRZ or FRS? I haven't been able to find one in any of my google/forum searches :O