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 fromsteve_earwig wrote:Is that why they don't make cars with chrome bumpers any more?
97" crystal/tinted rear lights
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Re: 97" crystal/tinted rear lights
i think i'd better cover them 

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And I thought it was because plastic's cheaper. I was extracting the micturation, btwmjb wrote: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 fromsteve_earwig wrote:Is that why they don't make cars with chrome bumpers any more?

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Re: 97" crystal/tinted rear lights
I was tiredsteve_earwig wrote:I was extracting the micturation, btw

<steve_earwig> I think this forum is more about keeping our cars going with minimal outlay than giving our cars more reason to go bang
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Re: 97" crystal/tinted rear lights
Having just read this thread can I have the last 5 minutes of my life back please? 

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