tail lights
12-30-2005, 10:55 PM
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tail lights
i need a new LR tail light anyway, i was lookin on ebay for one and came across these
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/98-99...25247653QQrdZ1
my car is black and i was just wondering if you guys think these are two ricey...not a fan of the altezza stlyle light but i thought these looked pretty sharp...what do ya think?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/98-99...25247653QQrdZ1
my car is black and i was just wondering if you guys think these are two ricey...not a fan of the altezza stlyle light but i thought these looked pretty sharp...what do ya think?
12-31-2005, 02:41 PM
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Re: tail lights
Nothing wrong with going aftermarket. The problem that I found with those taillights though is that the plastic lense seems to look cheap (atleast to me) during the day. You could very easilly purchase those taillights, then do one or two very light coats of VHT Nightshades to make them very lightly smoked, and then it'd look perfect.
01-01-2006, 12:40 PM
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Re: tail lights
And then your taillights will warp like the rest of the people's who put blackout covers on their taillights. 
Blackouts trap heat in, the heat then warps the taillights. Then you'll be stuck with HAVING to leave the blackouts on to hide the screwed up taillights. Your best bet is to use VHT Nightshades, it tints the lense but doesn't trap the heat.
Blackouts trap heat in, the heat then warps the taillights. Then you'll be stuck with HAVING to leave the blackouts on to hide the screwed up taillights. Your best bet is to use VHT Nightshades, it tints the lense but doesn't trap the heat.
01-02-2006, 02:03 AM
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Re: tail lights
If u get 'em I'd put blackouts over them.. I put blackouts over some altezzas on mine and they haven't messed up the taillights yet.. but I don't daily drive mine. I'm gonna be switching back to stock taillights next year but the way altezzas light up is kinda cool.
01-02-2006, 03:30 AM
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Re: tail lights
The whole warped tail light thing is more like a myth or old wives tail imho. Ive had B/O's on almost every car Ive owned excepte for the Camaro and never had an issue except for people only stealing one or losing it. Not saying it couldnt happened but not something to not sleep over. Someone asked this before but does any make plain clear taillights?
01-02-2006, 06:34 AM
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Re: tail lights
Originally Posted by Honda Hunter
The whole warped tail light thing is more like a myth or old wives tail imho. Ive had B/O's on almost every car Ive owned excepte for the Camaro and never had an issue except for people only stealing one or losing it. Not saying it couldnt happened but not something to not sleep over. Someone asked this before but does any make plain clear taillights?
FWIW I have personally seen 3-4 warped taillights because of blackouts but its in FL not sure if that affects heat more or not.
ehh not a fan of those... I guess they woudl look cool under blackouts.
I did a 93-96 conversion on my car.