No, the discolored look is just a light reflection in the photo. We are talking about that small little sliver at the top of the headlight, the same color as the body color. There is no performance upgrade, this is simply an aesthetics thing, no different than my smoked tail lights.
Here is a link to the discussion at the other site that has more pics:
http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/t200519.html