I've seen people on PO body-color matching their Altezza housings and it's looked pretty nice. I just found out today that there are black chrome altezzas out that would be more black than the existing CF ones (the only altezzas I previously would have considered putting on my black lude).
My only beef with the carbon fiber and black chrome altezzas is that they don't bother blacking out the entire housing. They leave the outter part of the tail-light (the part that wraps around the trunk) clear, while the rest is black, which leaves it looking a little cheesy IMO. I believe that custom painted altezzas are the only way to go.
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Originally posted by SpanishRicer My only beef with the carbon fiber and black chrome altezzas is that they don't bother blacking out the entire housing. They leave the outter part of the tail-light (the part that wraps around the trunk) clear, while the rest is black, which leaves it looking a little cheesy IMO. I believe that custom painted altezzas are the only way to go.
not anymore, check out gen 4 altezzas, i think procarparts.com has them... but dont waste money on taillights anyway
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not anymore, check out gen 4 altezzas, i think procarparts.com has them... but dont waste money on taillights anyway
I just got me GEN 4 for my ride. It seems to me people hate them. Everyone always says that altezza are ***. Stock is better. And you are right but then everyone has stock. SO why not be different. I dont wanna be like everyone else and have the stock. I wanna make it look different. The only time i dont like altezzas is when i see the CHROME one on a dark colored car. I think chrome looks good on light color cars liek silver (which is what i have) and white. Alll others should go with CF
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..yeah this would look good I think. I don't have Altezzas but I wouldn't mind these black chrome ones. I just don't see many ppl openly discussing them here b/c everyone on this board seems to have a thing against Altezzas.
I browsed around for those 3 circle taillight for 5gen for months...
there were only CF and Chrome... this black chrome is definitely a new one if it's not customed.
not anymore, check out gen 4 altezzas, i think procarparts.com has them... but dont waste money on taillights anyway
DONT YOU dare order from there. i did worst mistake ever its been 3 weeks and i still havent received them, i call them up they took over 20 mins to get to me when they did iwas on hold even longer when i come out of hold someone tells me my address on my CC is diff from what i gave , duh i wanted it shipped to my apt, not my house but thye never notified me so if i never had called hmm i woulda never gotten my lights ARGH!!!
not anymore, check out gen 4 altezzas, i think procarparts.com has them... but dont waste money on taillights anyway
Well I can say without a doubt that those are the best Altezza lights I've seen so far for our 5th gens. I'm just concerned with the reliablility of a set of aftermarket tail-lights. I don't want to spend money on a set, then have it fog up or crack after a week.
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Originally posted by Pete I saw this one on ebay, I can't tell if they came that way, or if the guy customized them. It looks like the outer lens is missing.
That's pretty cool. The one thing I didn't like before was the way the clear lens looked when light hit it, but even after I've seen it sans lens, I think I still like the stock housings better. The mostly straight lines of the 5G don't look right with those small circular lenses IMO. Maybe if there were only 2 and they were larger (Skyline-style). Something like these for the 6G Accord 4-door:
I really like that look.
...i guess im one of those guys who dont like altezzas....dont get me wrong two years ago when the gen1's came out i bought them....but....heh, that was two years ago....and these days i see them on mustangs, tercels, corrollas, civics and god knows what other cars...i mean be different...but in a tasteful way, come on the circlular lens on the gen5 altezzas dont even go with the car.... ill rather not be "different" in that way.....sorry dont take this as a flame.
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Originally posted by SpanishRicer My only beef with the carbon fiber and black chrome altezzas is that they don't bother blacking out the entire housing. They leave the outter part of the tail-light (the part that wraps around the trunk) clear, while the rest is black, which leaves it looking a little cheesy IMO. I believe that custom painted altezzas are the only way to go.
Originally posted by soon2bsh ...i guess im one of those guys who dont like altezzas....dont get me wrong two years ago when the gen1's came out i bought them....but....heh, that was two years ago....and these days i see them on mustangs, tercels, corrollas, civics and god knows what other cars...i mean be different...but in a tasteful way, come on the circlular lens on the gen5 altezzas dont even go with the car.... ill rather not be "different" in that way.....sorry dont take this as a flame.
Yeah man i love your car tooo....sorry the keyboad getting wet from drooling....I love the car the rims...the JRSC with SS.... What kind of rims are they? How much does somethinglike that run. Cause I have Silver lude and I want to get a setr of white rims for it. KNow of any good once that are not a lot....i'm on the budget. Plus i got rear ended by some lil old lady last night.
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Yeah man i love your car tooo....sorry the keyboad getting wet from drooling....I love the car the rims...the JRSC with SS.... What kind of rims are they? How much does somethinglike that run. Cause I have Silver lude and I want to get a setr of white rims for it. KNow of any good once that are not a lot....i'm on the budget. Plus i got rear ended by some lil old lady last night.
hmm...thanks, im surprised you know i have a supercharger....even though i dont mention it anymore in my setup...hehe....the rims are racing hart evolutions CP-8 225/40/18 if you find a real good price they should run about $1600 w/tires, mounted, and balanced...heh with that accident, try to find a good bodyshop that is willing to hook you up with something.
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Looks to me a lot of ppl are modifying the 3circle altezza light.
My question is... did anybody try to put an extra bulb in the center circle lense taht does not light up??
it would look sweet if all 3 circle lenses light up at night!!!
those of you that played around with the altezza plz tell me if this is even possible?! wanna make sure I can do it before I get one.
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It seems to me people hate them. Everyone always says that altezza are ***. Stock is better. And you are right but then everyone has stock. SO why not be different. I dont wanna be like everyone else and have the stock. I wanna make it look different. The only time i dont like altezzas is when i see the CHROME one on a dark colored car. I think chrome looks good on light color cars liek silver (which is what i have) and white. Alll others should go with CF
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