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Ummmm NO THANKS! (Official GS Altezzas)

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Old 10-05-06, 05:40 PM
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Pretty cool...If I had money to threw away i would buy a set of the smoked to see how they look
Old 10-05-06, 06:17 PM
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photochoppers get to work....
Old 10-05-06, 06:24 PM
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I wonder if I can buy a set, take them apart and throw the clear lense away and put my oem 01+ lenses over them. I think that would look sick.
Old 10-05-06, 06:45 PM
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why not just have the clear ones tinted red?
Old 10-05-06, 07:32 PM
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because I love my OEM amber turn signals. and tint tends to fade and look dull
Old 10-05-06, 07:41 PM
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well the true altezza lights did start with Toyota...What if the engineers at Toyota back in the day had decided to put these lights on the Aristo instead of the Altezza...I think that's what they wouldve looked like..kinda...sorta...ok maybe not.
Old 10-05-06, 07:53 PM
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this is ridiculous

I dont care if they were 1300 and JP stamped.........


they got Honda Civic written all over them
Old 10-05-06, 10:50 PM
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They probably arent even sealed.
Old 10-06-06, 12:28 AM
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I like how there's no photo of them on a car. I think it's because nobody would buy them if they saw how cheesy they looked on the car Just my $.02.
Old 10-06-06, 12:35 AM
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i like them... but i guess i'm all alone...
but if they said jp on them and they were this price... people would be jumpin all over these... u don't have to say it but u know its tru.... the clears look like *** but i like the smoked ones i'm really considering on ordering them
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Mr. Aristo - I agree man- they're hot. I don't like the clear one but the smoked one... nice.

I actually stood outside for a few minutes looking at my current tails and tried to imagine them a light smoked color... the inners would have to be tinted though and it wouldn't look right.
Old 10-06-06, 12:42 AM
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I detest Altezzas but I think the smoked ones look kind of cool
Old 10-06-06, 12:57 AM
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GUYS GUYS

Funny thing is these tails are DEAD ON the same lights that Carson sells as Wise, except they have a clear upper section. Ask any one of us who own the Carson / Wise tails to look at the inner reflector section of our lights and they will also confirm that these are identical except for the clear outer lens.

So taping or spraying the uppers red won't make much sense since all you need to do is buy the Carson version.

Now as for smoked, I have toiled with smoking the red section of my Wise tails. We'll see.

In the past I too have mentioned that I believed that APC style tails.

may one day come our way. I guess that day has come.
Old 10-06-06, 02:09 AM
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Originally Posted by RMMGS4
GUYS GUYS

Funny thing is these tails are DEAD ON the same lights that Carson sells as Wise, except they have a clear upper section. Ask any one of us who own the Carson / Wise tails to look at the inner reflector section of our lights and they will also confirm that these are identical except for the clear outer lens.
Well - one of our most resourceful and knowledgeable members has chimed in on these. Sounds like they might be worth a try...

(watches as everyone starts buying these eBay tails...)
Old 10-06-06, 08:11 AM
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If they were cheap enough id buy a set and have the upper section tinted red, kinda replicate the carson ones. I saw a set of altezzas on a show car, which was a civic but not a riced out one a very tastefully modded civic, they were tinted red and looked very nice as a matter of fact. Some of you Florida guys might know the guy im talking about, his name is Mark, he was a part owner of Henshin (the guys who created the buddy club 2 body kits), its a white hatchback with gold Volks, it was hit at HIN. I think it would look nice if it were done right. Poor man's JP!


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