95.5-2004 Tacomas & 96-2002 4Runners 4th gen pickups and 3rd gen 4Runners

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Old Mar 1, 2004 | 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by X-AWDriver
I got my clears for $30 new and the JDM version goes for over $70 that was my reference to costing $40 more.
I'm with you on the price. I brought up the non-frosted corners because of the final match w/the projector glass. If you're going to lay down 250$ just for the glass you're probably anal retentive enough to match everything. That's not meant to be mean, in fact it is what I did. I took it the step farther, going for a few months with non-frosted clear corners and frosted headlight glass.

Back to cost, since I"m thrifty in-between my binges. In the back of my head, i've wondered if there was a big difference in the quality in different costs/mfgers of the clear corners. In all the threads about clears, I don't think anyone has said they bought crap (then again, no oen may want to admit that).

Maybe someone, anyone, will admit to trying the 19.95$ corners (clear or frosted). That would certainly save some change.

Before I forget (forgive me for adding this after posting) having admired my vehicle with both frosties and non-frosty corners I can't say there is a large difference when your vehicle is a light colour. My runner is "natural white" so the extra white you get from the frosted corners really isn't noticed. Perhaps in a dark vehicle there could be a colour concern, but perhaps not.

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Old Mar 1, 2004 | 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Bennito
I'm with you on the price. I brought up the non-frosted corners because of the final match w/the projector glass. If you're going to lay down 250$ just for the glass you're probably anal retentive enough to match everything. That's not meant to be mean, in fact it is what I did. I took it the step farther, going for a few months with non-frosted clear corners and frosted headlight glass.

Back to cost, since I"m thrifty in-between my binges. In the back of my head, i've wondered if there was a big difference in the quality in different costs/mfgers of the clear corners. In all the threads about clears, I don't think anyone has said they bought crap (then again, no oen may want to admit that).

Maybe someone, anyone, will admit to trying the 19.95$ corners (clear or frosted). That would certainly save some change.

Before I forget (forgive me for adding this after posting) having admired my vehicle with both frosties and non-frosty corners I can't say there is a large difference when your vehicle is a light colour. My runner is "natural white" so the extra white you get from the frosted corners really isn't noticed. Perhaps in a dark vehicle there could be a colour concern, but perhaps not.

I understand what you're saying now. I'm the same way but I just wanted the clear look to hold me over for a while until I could afford to go with all new lights. I figured 60 bucks for the clears on the bumper and corners wasn't that bad seeing that they should be really easy to sell when I do upgrade the headlights.
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