Aftermarket tailights....LED or clear?

[TEKILA]

hey guys,
just a little bit of help with people's opinion on a few of these tailights by european-parts.net

i have been looking at a few and the obvious two that i have to choose from are these:

BLACK LED:
http://www.european-parts.net/catalo...ge.php?pID=615

OR

CLEAR BLACK:
http://www.european-parts.net/catalo...ge.php?pID=500

i also have a bit of a problem with choosing which rear fog lamps to chose from:

CLEAR BLACK:
http://www.european-parts.net/catalo...ge.php?pID=523

OR

CHROME:
http://www.european-parts.net/catalo...roducts_id=284

having a pure silver focus i was thinking that the clear black tailights and foglamps was the way to go, but i love the look of the LED tail lights but theyre too "silvery" to me, as it wouldn't look good up against the silver focus.

opinions please?
even if people could post some pics of their tail light set up to give me an idea that would be good as well!
i might get someone to chop some on for me too!

cheers,
brad

[Velociraptor82]

i think it heavily depends on the colour of your car. ie crome looks great on dark coloured cars but not the lighter ones (i found that out the hard way LOL)

but you gotta have all the lights matching so if you go the black taillights then you should get black fog lights and spoiler light as well.

as to led or globe... I opted for the globes believing they look better however it seems all the lv foci are going led and they look pretty good. so i guess its all just a matter of what you like.

here are some pics of mine with the chrome globes.
http://www.velociraptor.biz/images/a...Stripes/03.jpg
http://www.velociraptor.biz/images/a..._Brakes/11.jpg
http://www.velociraptor.biz/images/a..._Brakes/10.jpg

[focusrally888]

im big on polished steal with leds but my car is black velo above me is right about colour matching silver car with polished steal wouldnt match.. so i would say the black ones for you???

[TEKILA]

yea that is what i was thinking.....but i love the look of the leds! but the led tail lights are almost too chrome for me
do those rear black fog lamps even fit?
maybe if i tinted them? of course the legalities would come into action there but it would look better?

[Velociraptor82]

I didn't know black fog lamps existed until you pointed it out. (been looking for a matching revese lamp to replace the rear fog lamp myself) so i couldn't if it fits or not. but i have reason to believe it wouldn't.

[Velociraptor82]

see if you can find some pics of silver lv foci on the net. that should give you an idea of what the leds look like on a silver car...

[TEKILA]

smart thinking...onto it now

[melbzetec]

Different car I know and different lights, but it may give you some idea with regard to colourings.

I tend to prefer black on a silver car rather than chrome, but the brake light section here is an LED setup

ps the reflector strips on the reverse lights are Nightshaded....and they are exactly the same lights on the LR and the LS/LT

[melbzetec]

p.s. That is a colour photograph


I'd go the Black LED and the clear black reverse

[Fast Eddie]

I've got Melbzetec's tail lights he had previously on his Focus and couldn't be happier with them. They're from Auto Art U.K. (right Melbzetec?)

[TEKILA]

yea i think i am definately going to go black rear fogs with blakc rear led tail lights.
i was always going to go black fogs, but didnt no whether to go clear or LED tail light
if i dont like it i can slightly tint them
just waiting for someone to chop them on in the photoshop thread
then il go ahead with the order and wait!

[focusrally888]

i need to see pix as soon as you get em because i havent been able to see them with the lights on???


Thanks mate good luck

[melbzetec]

Originally Posted by Fast Eddie

I've got Melbzetec's tail lights he had previously on his Focus and couldn't be happier with them. They're from Auto Art U.K. (right Melbzetec?)

Correct Eddie...........glad you're enjoying them

[TEKILA]

well im definately going to go with the LED's, theyre on order as we speak. should see them in 2-3 weeks haha!
i didnt go with the rear black fog lamps as i am under the suspicion they are the wrong ones ie. LHD and not RHD
are my suspicions correct?
i also bought the XR5T rear spoiler as well

[AnthonyTDCi]

im not 100% that the rear fogs would fit. but i have seen some on ebay that might match.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Ford-Focus-Ha...QQcmdZViewItem

not a dead match but should go better than stock fogs.

as for the tail lights....i love the led ones! and i was thinking the exact same thing as you about having a silver car and chrome lights...

cant wait to see how it all looks!

[TEKILA]

yea i looked at those chrome rear fog lamps but i don't think il go for them simply because they are not black haha
i may have to see them on a silver car before they persuade me.
i cant wait to see my LED's either!

[TEKILA]

i hope zetec20 doesn't me showing off his beauty of a ride, but this gives you the idea what it will look like


obviously mine is silver and i will have the LED's but will those rear fog lamps look good against a silver focus?

[melbzetec]

I assume you're actually going to get two rear reversing lights, rather than a rear fog light?

Rear fogs are next to useless, and sometimes a dowright menace, in Oz

[TEKILA]

yea i dont use my rear fogs at all come to think of it, only for extra light at light time when im using the reversing camera!
where would i find two rear reverse lights like zetec20's?

[RJO89]

Mate get your rear fogs from www.teamtorquesteer.co.uk. They're an awesome bunch of guys over there. They have LHD and RHD available, and their postage is second to none. Take a look.

[TEKILA]

yea but are they rear fogs AND reverse light or just reverse light? coz im only after two reverse lights EXACTLY like zetec20's focus

btw i found another set of rear tail light LED's for the focus
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FORD-FOCUS-MK-...QQcmdZViewItem

would these fit our LT focus's? i thought we were MKII but it states they fit MKII so i only think of the LV.

if they fit then we have a buyer.

[RJO89]

By the looks of them the LT and LV focus' are the same tail lights (shape). I'm sure you might be able to strike up a deal with the guys at teamtorquesteer if you wanted two reverse lights instead. Just fire them an email.

[TEKILA]

iv hit both company's with an email regarding the rear LED tail lights and the rear reverse lights so when i here back from them both i will put in an order!

[Sorted]

Now thats what i call rear LED Lights......... they look awesome, love all the individual leds

[TEKILA]

so iv sent an email to european-parts.net in regards to getting just the rear reverse lights as opposed to the getting the rear fog lights and i got a reply saying this


"The fog and reverse lamp is available as LHD version only."

help?

[blue_focus]

I got the black tail lights on my sky blue focus.. looks really great but I rekon the LED lights would have looked even better.. just couldnt find any in AUS at the time. I rekon the LED

[Lanyi]

Cool, post some pics.

[orsest170]

This is what the Black LED's look like. The photos don't really do them justice, but I reckon they look great, especially compared to the rather ordinary factory tails.

[focusrally888]

blood oath they look amazing, what needed to be done for installing?

[orsest170]

Remove the two screws and 'wiggle' the light free (there are two plastic lugs holding them in place), then disconnect the two connectors. Connect the new lights and screw them in - about a 4 -5 minute job.