97" crystal/tinted rear lights

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Re: 97" crystal/tinted rear lights

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steve_earwig wrote:Is that why they don't make cars with chrome bumpers any more? :mrgreen:
Nah it's just changing styles. There's a difference between reflective and reflectors - reflective surfaces reflect light at the opposite angle (gross oversimplification) whereas reflectors are designed to reflect light back at where it came from
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Re: 97" crystal/tinted rear lights

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i think i'd better cover them :roll:
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mjb wrote:
steve_earwig wrote:Is that why they don't make cars with chrome bumpers any more? :mrgreen:
Nah it's just changing styles. There's a difference between reflective and reflectors - reflective surfaces reflect light at the opposite angle (gross oversimplification) whereas reflectors are designed to reflect light back at where it came from
And I thought it was because plastic's cheaper. I was extracting the micturation, btw :P
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steve_earwig wrote:I was extracting the micturation, btw :P
I was tired :P
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Re: 97" crystal/tinted rear lights

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Having just read this thread can I have the last 5 minutes of my life back please? :lol:
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