Body Color Painted Side Reflectors

[DeltaV]

Ha! Moot point (for me, anyway)…

Looks like Sal and team at KDM Warehouse don’t have them in Ascot Green.

 

[Robilar]

Ha! Moot point (for me, anyway)…

Looks like Sal and team at KDM Warehouse don’t have them in Ascot Green.

I think if they get enough requests they can get them made. The green just came out for 2022, give it some time for members to get them.

 

[Kia Stinger]

Yes, we can definitely do Ascot Green. We'll just need ten pre-orders and can then have 20 sets made...

 

[Robilar]

I love mine, they matched the car paint precisely. It's one of the best external mods you can do that no one other than Stinger owners will notice.

 

[Kamauxx]

I love mine, they matched the car paint precisely. It's one of the best external mods you can do that no one other than Stinger owners will notice.

I had my reflectors painted back in the summer of 2018 and a few months later a guy driving a Geo Metro stopped to tell me how much better it looks with the reflectors gone. He told me he had a modified M3 back at home and was trying to get me to race.

I found it pretty interesting that a non-Stinger owner noticed such a small detail. I guess he was a true car guy.

 

[jthrelf]

I've been debating adding smoke tint to the reflectors. But then started thinking about the reason they're there in the first place. Anyone concerned about the higher (albeit very slightly) risk of getting t-boned at night without the reflectors? Not sure if it's even worth considering.

 

[Robilar]

I've been debating adding smoke tint to the reflectors. But then started thinking about the reason they're there in the first place. Anyone concerned about the higher (albeit very slightly) risk of getting t-boned at night without the reflectors? Not sure if it's even worth considering.

I've been driving for 38 years and never even come close to that type of scenario. The only way you would get t-boned is if someone ran a red light or stop sign when you are passing through an intersection. I'm not sure having reflectors would change their driving pattern.

 

[JSolo]

Anyone up for some light reading? Answer somewhere in this link;

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2004-title49-vol5/xml/CFR-2004-title49-vol5-sec571-108.xml

 

[Deviate]

Anyone up for some light reading? Answer somewhere in this link;

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2004-title49-vol5/xml/CFR-2004-title49-vol5-sec571-108.xml

Whoa buddy....nobody wanted homework.

 

[DeltaV]

Yes, we can definitely do Ascot Green. We'll just need ten pre-orders and can then have 20 sets made...

Is the preorder process documented on your site or something I would do here?

 

[Kia Stinger]

Is the preorder process documented on your site or something I would do here?

We did something similar with Federation Orange. We just get ten people to make a purchase in advance and then we place an order.

 

[DeltaV]

We did something similar with Federation Orange. We just get ten people to make a purchase in advance and then we place an order.

Happy to.

How does one order a color that isn’t listed on your site?

 

[Kia Stinger]

Happy to.

How does one order a color that isn’t listed on your site?

That’ll be arranged when we get ten people interested. Otherwise it may never come to fruition.

 

[DeltaV]

That’ll be arranged when we get ten people interested. Otherwise it may never come to fruition.

Sooooo, how do you know if you have 10 people interested if they have no way to tell you via an order request?

As you said, “We did something similar with Federation Orange. We just get ten people to make a purchase in advance and then we place an order.”

Do you start a thread in the forum?

Help me help you help me.

 

[Robilar]

The nice thing about getting them on a 2022 is that there won't be any paint fade on your car so the factory paint they use will match up perfect. I was lucky that my 2019 spent a year and a half in underground storage before I bought it, paint matched perfect.

 

[DeltaV]

The nice thing about getting them on a 2022 is that there won't be any paint fade on your car so the factory paint they use will match up perfect. I was lucky that my 2019 spent a year and a half in underground storage before I bought it, paint matched perfect.

Yep, it fell into my lap on Saturday, right off the truck. I wouldn’t even let them pull off the plastic or wash it.

It went straight to my detailer (hasn’t even been home, yet) for PPF and ceramic, which is why I was so interested in getting these painted (and clear coated?) reflectors quickly so they can be protected at the same time.

 

[Licorice]

So, I’ve seen 3 solutions to the huge reflector:

1. Stock, full-length reflectors
2. Decal/wrap over stock, full-length reflectors
3. Painted replacement panels that remove any reflector

But has anyone seen a solution that is, essentially, a painted replacement panel with a reasonable length (5 inches?) rounded reflector at the leading edge?

Better looks and legal/safer.

Thanks!

Like this? (it's just vinyl, and not the best colour match, but I wanted to get an idea of how a partial delete would look before I went further and bought colour-matched paint and did it myself) ...

 

[DeltaV]

Like this? (it's just vinyl, and not the best colour match, but I wanted to get an idea of how a partial delete would look before I went further and bought colour-matched paint and did it myself) ...

Actually, that’s very similar to my thought, other than you’ve left the trailing few inches square to reflect and I’d leave the leading few inches rounded to reflect. Nicely done!

I’ve been mostly convinced that it’s unnecessary and fully painted is the way to go…partially due to my understanding that the painted solution is a painted stock reflector, not a new piece painted. This eliminates the possibility of a grooved transition from paint to reflector.

 

[Robilar]

Actually, that’s very similar to my thought, other than you’ve left the trailing few inches square to reflect and I’d leave the leading few inches rounded to reflect. Nicely done!

I’ve been mostly convinced that it’s unnecessary and fully painted is the way to go…partially due to my understanding that the painted solution is a painted stock reflector, not a new piece painted. This eliminates the possibility of a grooved transition from paint to reflector.

It is indeed a painted reflector.

Has the same mounting hardware which is a good thing because the pressure pins on the stock reflectors are insanely hard to get off without breaking

 

[Kia Stinger]

Sooooo, how do you know if you have 10 people interested if they have no way to tell you via an order request?

As you said, “We did something similar with Federation Orange. We just get ten people to make a purchase in advance and then we place an order.”

Do you start a thread in the forum?

Help me help you help me.

We can put a list of people interested right here for now. I don't want to start collecting money until I know exactly what it's going to cost. Each set of Federation Orange actually cost me $15.00 last time. I lost money on each set. I'm going to make sure I have a firm price so that doesn't happen this time.