sorry my bad

i think
Different markets maybe???....im in nz. So the uk gtis do not have smoked tails, but the vr6s do?
Bit weird tho...my 96 8v was sold new in the uk and imported to nz in 2001 and it has the smoked tails (same as the vr6 ones)
My 97 16v (jap import) has them too. All the other gtis/vr6s here have the same factory smoked tails as standard.