Okay Mike, fair enough. Since we are comparing race cars to project/weekened toy cars I have to ask a couple questions. Seeing as how tape on your headlights has been a common thing for a very long time, everyone who goes on a track with their glass headlights has to tape them. Why is this silly and "ricer" to run on your car for style purposes? This isn't something silly like fake hood scoops and glue on spoilers. This actually has race lineage. Fake oil coolers don't.
I feel kind of stupid for protecting a few pieces of tape, but I have a point to make. When you put coilovers (or whatever race type suspension you run) on to your car it is silly because you aren't on the track? You can lower your car a little to make it look a bit better, but its lame because you aren't driving a race car. You put sparco racing seats in your car, but you don't race. Nismo interior and exterior pieces, like air dams, shift knobs, spoilers, etc. But your car has never seen a track. It is all based off of aesthetic appearance.
Just because it isn't a race car, does not mean the car does not deserve racing style.
All of this crap over personal preference and a couple pieces of tape.