I'll have to apologize if this has been covered. It's not about install, where to get them, etc.

My G35 is black and I feel that the straight clear corners draw too much attention, thus I wanted to get them slightly smoked. I looked into it further and folks are mentioning VHT or Testor's paint. My question is, is the clear plastic lens being painted? Is this on the outside or inside? Or is it the housing and the lens is left alone? Intuitively, it seems I should paint the housing. If not, next would be the inside of the lens, but then folks are mentioning about clear coating it...I'm a little lost in translation I think.

I was originally going to buy these from g35parts:
http://www.g35parts.com/G35-JDM-Clea...61f0-am900.htm

Until I stumbled across these on eBay. My only concern is with proper fitment issues some are talking about, while others are saying they are better than OEM!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2003-...item5adb0ebd2e

Lastly, I don't know which is the 'bump' and 'w/o bump' style. I want whatever this one is

 

Thats the w/o bump, the with bump has a noticeable rectangular bump on the lens.

 

Be careful with Ebay, people have ran into problems with water getting inside the housings from buying replicas. Your better off going to a Nissan dealership, they sell clear lenses. There's vendors on here that sell the LED bulbs for these.

 

Thank you for the replies.

Concerning the LED bulbs, are these premade or do you have to fab them up yourself to work? Additionally, which ones would match the hue of the xenon headlights, but obviously not as brightly.

 

^You can buy them pre-made. Not sure about the brightness though, I'm positive the answer is somewhere on this forum.

 

If you want to tint them yourself, get Testors Transparent Black paint from most any hobby store in the models section. Mask the back of the light housing and get to work painting. Light coats and wait 10 min between coats until the shade you want is achieved. Then use a clear over them as added protection, I found just the Testors alone was very thin and super easy to scuff without a few layers of clear coat over it. And there you go, that's all there is to it. I just did the stock orange ones on my Athens Blue because it was a bothersome eye sore. In daylight you can hardly tell they are really orange underneath, at night though you can tell and the light through them is still clearly visible. Try tinting the orange first and see how you like it, all it would cost is the ~$4.00 for the paint.

 

That was very helpful, thank you!

 

I bought those clears from ebay and knock on wood they are great on my OB. Tight fit and no water

 

Do you have a photo of them on your car by chance?

 

I went from running a setup like that picture to switching to the amber bulbs included with the clear corners. I think they look great at night, much better than the white LEDs. Try it out, you may like it, and it's a very easy way to make the clear corners less conspicuous.

 

Here is what they look like on Athens Blues with just the tinted amber corners.

 

You can always get the ebay ones and put a little silicone sealant around the edges to make sure they don't leak as well.

 

That amber blacked out corner looks fugly. It looks almost red now.

 

Got the lights a few days ago...boy we get ripped off here in Canada. 40 dollar product and 10 dollar tax/duty charge Install was actually disappointing how easy it was, I was hoping to have to use a screwdriver or something at least

I'm liking the clear look and have not painted, don't actually see myself doing that. The hue and brightness of the clear bulbs matches the DRL but I feel when the headlights are on they look kind of goofy and would prefer to have them match at least the hue. I'll have to look into LEDs more but for now, they are much better than the orange!

 

Yeah, it sucks when someone could walk up to your car and steal them in 10 seconds!!!