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      08-04-2013, 12:13 AM   #1
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Arrow E92 Smoke Reflectors vs. Various Car Paint Finishes

I've seen an older thread on different reflectors, clear, smoked, carbon, and painted. I've heard a lot of pro's and cons for all of these options.

Here are my thoughts, the clear really sticks out specially when I have a lot of carbon fiber going on, however the carbon is almost to dark looks like a whole in the bummer, and painted while it matches sticks out and seems a little off. The smoked seems like a nice compromise, however I haven't seen a lot of different paint finishes for these different options specially for mine, smoked on Sandstone.

Hope the forum can turn up some pics so we can compare the differences for reflectors. Cheers!


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Euro bumper.
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Euro bumper.
That would be nice plus adding the front PDC with it
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Agree! I had mine filled in a few months ago. Looks great in my opinion.
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Euro bumper.
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The painted reflectors look like zits on a beautiful girl's face.
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For $75, I'll go with the painted reflectors.
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For $75, I'll go with the painted reflectors.
Your car is a beauty man, but I bet black is a bit warm right now in Houston. Let me know if you ever drive out to midland.

+1 on the painted reflectors unless you have lots of free cash or maybe need a new bumper for some reason. I would prefer euro but I'm personally not willing to get the bumper just because.
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if you have a dark color, painted reflector will blend in seemlessly. Any other color, it won't work well.
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If you have the money and inclination than Euro bumper would be the best option but I just went with color matched painted reflectors. Could be better but it's not bad imho.

Smoked, clear, etc is a bit too tuner style fast and furious for me
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Your car is a beauty man, but I bet black is a bit warm right now in Houston. Let me know if you ever drive out to midland.

+1 on the painted reflectors unless you have lots of free cash or maybe need a new bumper for some reason. I would prefer euro but I'm personally not willing to get the bumper just because.
Thanks man! It can get a little warm down here but the car is either at work in a covered garage or at home in the garage so not too bad. Our daughter and son-in-law live in Midland. He works for NOV up there so we get up there periodically. Assuming you're in the same type biz?
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Thanks man! It can get a little warm down here but the car is either at work in a covered garage or at home in the garage so not too bad. Our daughter and son-in-law live in Midland. He works for NOV up there so we get up there periodically. Assuming you're in the same type biz?
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I had black reflectors before but doesnt look as good as them being shaved as i do now.
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