Clear Lamps

[V8 Animal]

After finally getting the misses to grant me a set of clear lights im not so sure they will look that good on a silver car.

Can anyone post a picture please of them fitted to a silver car.

Also as there expensive i would be refitting the old ones back on the car when the time comes to sell i know you have to get the dash flashed would i have to get it flashed back again when refitting?
Or would be easier just to let them go with the car?

I have spoke to Stratstone about fitting these lights and they say it would de value the car and they want originality.
Not sure maybe just wait till i can afford a S

Thanks

[JohnG1]

Spotted thread has some pics.

Dealer is probably trying psychological warfare to get you to buy a new car!!

[mikey k]

Yes - Simples


Eurohoon 2011 27 177 by mikey k V8VR, on Flickr

[V8 Animal]

They do look good

[MichaelV8V]

That looks fabulous ...

Don't think there is any need to flash anything to swap the lights, aren't they just a straight replacement?

[X7LDA]

There is a flash required (or at least mine needed one) and sounds like the dealer is talking nonsense. Probably doesn't add value but it certainly won't reduce it - it probably only makes the car more desirable as they are a mod that most people will want.

[Lunablack]

X7LDA said:

- it probably only makes the car more desirable as they are a mod that most people will want.

[yeti]

V8 Animal said:

I have spoke to Stratstone about fitting these lights and they say it would de value the car and they want originality.

That sounds absolutely ridiculous to me!! They are an upgrade, it's not some aftermarket tat! A very few people might not want them, but you're hardly limiting your market by making the car look more modern. If anything, it'll be considered more desirable IMHO. It would have saved me £1200 if I'd found car that had them fitted!!

The reflash is to tell the car there aren't bulbs anymore - there are LEDs instead. If the flash isn't done, you'll get a bulb out warning.

[mikey k]

They are easy enough to swap back

[KarlFranz]

yeti said:

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The reflash is to tell the car there aren't bulbs anymore - there are LEDs instead. If the flash isn't done, you'll get a bulb out warning.

The red taillights are LEDs as well. The reflash was only needed early on when the DBS taillights were first being put on Vantages and DB9s. Newer clear tail lamps do not need a reflash.

[yeti]

KarlFranz said:

yeti said:

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The reflash is to tell the car there aren't bulbs anymore - there are LEDs instead. If the flash isn't done, you'll get a bulb out warning.

The red taillights are LEDs as well. The reflash was only needed early on when the DBS taillights were first being put on Vantages and DB9s. Newer clear tail lamps do not need a reflash.

Indeed, so depends on the age of the car the OP is posting about then? My 2006 had lamps so needed a reflash when I did it this year

[MichaelV8V]

When I collected my new MY10 car, they hadn't fitted the right lights, so it was a straight swap to the clear ones.

It's crazy to think they would devalue the car, if red is more valuable then why would so many of us pay so much to have clear ones

[V8 Animal]

It's a 2007 car guys now on the look out for a set of lights

[Jockman]

£905 fitted by Wilmslow, March 2010

[V8 Animal]

Good price from a dealer i might ring Stratstone Derby for a price

Seriously where to start looking HWM have them for £900 and they've come up on ebay but i have read there are 3 types so a bit nervous of getting the wrong ones off ebay.

[Lunablack]

MichaelV8V said:

why would so many of us pay so much to have clear ones

certainly a mystery to me

[MichaelV8V]

Lunablack said:

MichaelV8V said:

why would so many of us pay so much to have clear ones

certainly a mystery to me

Its because they look much nicer

[Lunablack]

MichaelV8V said:

Its because they look much nicer

Ahh thanks for clearing that up...... I'd never have guessed from the cars I've seen with them fitted

[Speedraser]

FWIW, I don't agree with the "clear lights look so much better" thing. I think they both look great generally, but with certain car colors it can make a real difference. My car is Onyx Black with an Obsidian Black interior, with red calipers and red stitching. I think the red lights go perfectly with this combination (especially since the rear reflectors are always still red). Also, and surely unfairly, clear lights make me think of all the Civics/Sentras/Eclipses/etc. with drain pipe exhausts and huge wings that have aftermarket clear rear lights as part of "the look." However, on a red car, I do think the clear lights look better since the red ones hide the design of the lights.

[tonyhall38]

the problem with the clear lights is that are in a grey housing....so on a grey or silver car look good...on my car would look st....