Yellow Headlight Tint or Smoke Tint on a Whiteout? HELP D: - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

spatcha88 · 04-07-2015, 08:22 PM

So,
I dropped so much money lately and am gonna wait a few months before getting new headlights and tail lights. In the mean time I'm going to tint my front headlights to add some swag, problem is I cant choose a color.

So the question is...
Yellow tinted headlights or Smoked black on a Whiteout FRS? BTW I will be using ebay headlight flm/tint. What you guys feeling more?

vividracing · 04-07-2015, 08:30 PM

Smoked black on a white car sounds too strong of a contrast unless you're going for a black/white theme. Yellow sounds more subtle and stands out differently than if it was black, plus you can theme it out with yellow elsewhere to compliment the look.

At least that's what I'd think if it were me.

-RyanG

spatcha88 · 04-07-2015, 08:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vividracing

Smoked black on a white car sounds too strong of a contrast unless you're going for a black/white theme. Yellow sounds more subtle and stands out differently than if it was black, plus you can theme it out with yellow elsewhere to compliment the look.

At least that's what I'd think if it were me.

-RyanG

That's what I'm thinking. Just ordered my spoiler, aprons, lip and skirts and it's all going to be Gloss Black against Whiteout. In the ghetto's of los angeles where I'm from everyone and their grandma has blacked out lights. The yellow just looks different and seems a bit more "subie" to me.

chas3wba0 · 04-07-2015, 08:48 PM

Cut 'em open and paint the inside housings black, leave the lens clear. Looks way better and doesn't have a negative effect on the function.

But if you must go with either smoke or yellow tint... yellow because why would you put dark tint over your headlights...

Cal3000 · 04-07-2015, 08:48 PM

Turbocharger

Autocon · 04-07-2015, 08:59 PM

Smoked looks far nicer. White with black accents goes together better than white with yellow accents due to the contrast.

Its a more striking look and yet, it stands out less than white on yellow since its such a different look. Its rare to see yellow front headlines so they stand out even more.

Plus with smoked headlights you should never make them very dark as that is SUPER dangerous/illegal. You just want them slightly darker than clear. Remember its called SMOKED for a reason, not black cloud.

spatcha88 · 04-07-2015, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Cal3000

Turbocharger

^^ this.

spatcha88 · 04-07-2015, 09:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Autocon

Smoked looks far nicer. White with black accents goes together better than white with yellow accents due to the contrast.

Its a more striking look and yet, it stands out less than white on yellow since its such a different look. Its rare to see yellow front headlines so they stand out even more.

Plus with smoked headlights you should never make them very dark as that is SUPER dangerous/illegal. You just want them slightly darker than clear. Remember its called SMOKED for a reason, not black cloud.

God damn the yellow looks so good

itsbirdy · 04-07-2015, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vividracing

Smoked black on a white car sounds too strong of a contrast unless you're going for a black/white theme. Yellow sounds more subtle and stands out differently than if it was black, plus you can theme it out with yellow elsewhere to compliment the look.

At least that's what I'd think if it were me.

-RyanG

I'd go with yellow.

extrashaky · 04-07-2015, 09:10 PM

Yellow looks like UV damage. The next owner will end up taking them here to get it fixed:

Tcoat · 04-07-2015, 09:22 PM

My standard response to this question:

spatcha88 · 04-07-2015, 09:48 PM

[QUOTE=Tcoat;2203366]My standard response to this question:

bro... this is a seriouz post

extrashaky · 04-07-2015, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by spatcha88

bro... this is a seriouz post

That's no reason for us to take it seriously.

spatcha88 · 04-07-2015, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by extrashaky

That's no reason for us to take it seriously.

Damnit... I enjoy this community. But for reals I have 2 people liking black smoked and 1 liking yellow. cmon more input!

04-07-2015, 08:22 PM	#1
spatcha88 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Drives: 2013 Scion FRS Whiteout Location: Los Angeles Posts: 113 Thanks: 2 Thanked 52 Times in 16 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Yellow Headlight Tint or Smoke Tint on a Whiteout? HELP D: So, I dropped so much money lately and am gonna wait a few months before getting new headlights and tail lights. In the mean time I'm going to tint my front headlights to add some swag, problem is I cant choose a color. So the question is... Yellow tinted headlights or Smoked black on a Whiteout FRS? BTW I will be using ebay headlight flm/tint. What you guys feeling more?

04-07-2015, 08:48 PM	#4
chas3wba0 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Drives: Yes Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 1,052 Thanks: 1,629 Thanked 813 Times in 407 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Cut 'em open and paint the inside housings black, leave the lens clear. Looks way better and doesn't have a negative effect on the function. But if you must go with either smoke or yellow tint... yellow because why would you put dark tint over your headlights... __________________ "If thy pleaſure be in Underſteere, thou art Weird." - Distraxi

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vividracing Join Date: May 2012 Drives: 2013 Scion FR-S Location: Gilbert, Arizona Posts: 2,593 Thanks: 491 Thanked 1,065 Times in 617 Posts Mentioned: 49 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	Smoked black on a white car sounds too strong of a contrast unless you're going for a black/white theme. Yellow sounds more subtle and stands out differently than if it was black, plus you can theme it out with yellow elsewhere to compliment the look. At least that's what I'd think if it were me. -RyanG

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