 Tail Lights, What option do we have |
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 Nov 23, 2003 - 12:51 AM
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Enthusiast  Joined Jul 8, '03 From Dallas, TX Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
heyall...i have a 99 celi. What options do we celicans have when it comes to custom tail Lights..."apart from making changes to our existing stock ones".
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Nov 23, 2003 - 1:07 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 10, '03 From Connecticut Currently Offline Reputation: 11 (100%) |
Well if you have a coupe, you have about ZERO options aside from the Curren tails which are hard to get and expensive. The HB has the aftermarket circle tails which look like garbage, and JDM tails for the HB are on ebay all the time, but also, quite expensive.
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Nov 23, 2003 - 4:32 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jun 26, '03 From Wisconsin Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
no 99 coupe brah. st205 tail lights... check ebay
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Nov 23, 2003 - 5:30 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 9, '02 From San Diego, CA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
99 convertible which has the same tail lights as a coupe 
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Nov 23, 2003 - 5:57 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 24, '02 From Wirral, UK Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
there's a company in the uk who're possibly going to make afterburner style lights...
http://www.quadconversions.com/Celica/celi...urner_forum.htm the pic doesn't show the proper colour match as yet as they're prototypes. |
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Nov 23, 2003 - 1:19 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 8, '03 From Dallas, TX Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
i prefer my stock ones over that... How about Altezza Euro Style.... Would there be any other car, whose tail lights might fit a celi, with some mods(patches, fillers etc...)... |
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Nov 23, 2003 - 3:28 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 22, '03 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
nothin will fit directly...custom work would be needed i would think This post has been edited by Sh0gunkid8721: Nov 23, 2003 - 3:32 PM -------------------- Note to new members. Discussions such as the ones below are forbidden.
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Nov 23, 2003 - 4:31 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 29, '02 From ny to philly Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
there are no altezzas, but you might want to consider the clears made by fallenhero
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Nov 23, 2003 - 5:43 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 30, '02 From Michigan Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
no altezzas, no euros. all thats made for the hatch is the ST205 lights, and those afterburner things. other than that you are on your own.
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Nov 23, 2003 - 6:38 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 8, '03 From Dallas, TX Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
that is sad...wonder why we got left out..
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Nov 23, 2003 - 10:10 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jun 30, '03 From O-town, FL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Well, I don't think any kind of altezzas/euros would look good on our cars, I'd have to see. Sixth gens never really got popular, probably because the engines weren't considered very tuneable, like Hondas. Now, the 7th gens, imo, look good with euros.
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Nov 24, 2003 - 12:30 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Dec 26, '02 From Alabama Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
Here are two better pictures. The one Ghost posted up was... unfinished.
   http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4289172301 |
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Nov 24, 2003 - 12:47 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 8, '03 From Dallas, TX Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
how much do they cost....
Is there no one interested in making custom euro altezza style tails lights for the celi, cant we ask some manufacturer, if there is a bulk order... |
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Nov 24, 2003 - 1:14 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 22, '03 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Well....it is probably hard to design a really nice one for our cars and even if you did create one you would have to see how it would look in real life.
PLUS, you have to guage interest in it and not everyone here is interested in altezzas, but maybe another style like jaguar style or JDM curren style |
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Nov 24, 2003 - 3:08 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Nov 4, '02 From Hecho en la Republica Dominicana/Living in NJ Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
it's would cost a company around 100k just to make a D O T approved proto type ... so it would take a few hundred people for them to make the anything ... cause it always cames down to how much money they can make..
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Nov 24, 2003 - 10:02 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 8, '03 From Dallas, TX Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
The JDM ones that come for the s2000 are cool too, i think thy would look good ono a celi..
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Nov 25, 2003 - 4:23 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Nov 15, '02 From Corona & Vallejo, CA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I've seen s2000 tails on a 6th gen and I personally don't think it matches well. As for your question with Altezzas... there simply isn't a high enough consumer demand? Why? Because MOST people think euro lights on our ALREADY nice cars is (for lack of a better word) retarded-looking. Not to mention, Altezzas should remain on the car they were originally designed for... The Altezza and the Harrier, aka Lexus IS300 and RX300, respectively. |
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Nov 26, 2003 - 1:39 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 20, '03 From Seattle, Washington Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
And even simpler altezza are ugly and make ur car look like a POS and ricey ( so but i cant sand them   )
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Nov 26, 2003 - 7:04 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 16, '02 From Somewhere around Chi-Town Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
you could do what im doin and have em painted same color as the car but with translucent paint. ill get pics up as soon as i get the car back. almost looks like the tails are just part of the car and not a separate piece.
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Nov 27, 2003 - 1:46 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 8, '03 From Dallas, TX Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
that is something i too tried, take a look at my profile...however did not turn out the way i wanted it to...any suggestions... |
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Nov 29, 2003 - 7:44 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Nov 22, '03 From Tracadie-Sheila, NB (Canada) Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
IMO...all-red tail lights (painted by ourselves) is better than buying clear tail lights
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Nov 29, 2003 - 8:07 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 8, '03 From Dallas, TX Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
i did that, but that glossy finish does not seem to be present....i used clear coat..
 I think i might have thickly coated the candy apple red part.. can i undo n redo... |
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Nov 30, 2003 - 4:12 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 16, '02 From Somewhere around Chi-Town Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
about the redoing, it'd be difficult but i suppose it's possible. it would require a whole lot of paint thinner, rubbing, and the passing out every once in awhile from the fumes lol. and dude, im not talking about redding out my tail lights. im talking about getting them painted so they look opaque like the rest of the car yet light shines through.
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Nov 30, 2003 - 4:32 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 8, '03 From Dallas, TX Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
what kind of paint...same as the car body paint...
Is that legal...light might not be visible during the day. |
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Nov 30, 2003 - 5:21 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 22, '03 From Tracadie-Sheila, NB (Canada) Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
second on that |
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Nov 30, 2003 - 5:42 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 16, '02 From Somewhere around Chi-Town Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
my body guy did it on his GTP but in black. shines through just fine, we'll see though, hes doin it really thin too, the paint is translucent.
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Dec 9, 2003 - 11:36 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Dec 6, '03 From Florida Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
 Actually these look kinda cool, maybe whenever they get made I'll order me a pair, they would be different  
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Dec 10, 2003 - 1:17 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 22, '03 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
im bracing myself for the flaming to begin... 
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Dec 10, 2003 - 3:27 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 30, '02 From Michigan Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
im feeling the topic is dead, you may be able to come out from behind your fire retardant suit now olie
whew
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May 29, 2004 - 7:28 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jan 29, '04 From Brooklyn moved to Miramar Florida Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
APC has a set of euro light for the 6gen on the table but not on the shelf, this is what APC sent to me- when I e-mail them! Wow,
that some pretty good photo shoping. I will forward it to the R&D department. Thank you David Gaudreau Tech/R&D Supervisor 909-324-6021 Direct 800-594-4272 Toll free DavidG@4apc.net Fell free to e-mail or call David Gaudreau on the 94-99 celica euro light! This post has been edited by Punch: May 29, 2004 - 7:36 AM |
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May 30, 2004 - 3:08 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 31, '03 From Phoenix, Az Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
heres some that i designed, i would love these on my car, its meant to be a dark grey metallic houing, but it kinda looks silver in the pic
This post has been edited by jussten: May 30, 2004 - 3:09 PM |
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May 30, 2004 - 11:03 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Mar 8, '04 From Newport, RI Currently Offline Reputation: 63 (99%) |
where are the reverse lights ?
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May 31, 2004 - 8:56 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jun 21, '03 From Pennsylvania Currently Offline Reputation: 3 (100%) |
Jussten, wow.... you got some design skills my man! If i ever open a shop, you can be on my design team cause that pic looks very professional. I actually think those look very good. You should try to get a job in that field of work.
Batman722 has a point though. Not that i care that your design setup does not have reverse lights (i like the desigh just the way it is) but to be a legal design it would have to have some. Nice clean work though, dg --------------------  |
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May 31, 2004 - 3:24 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 26, '03 From Wisconsin Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
i think it would be phat to put the reverse lights on the non-circular piece towards the inside with the design right now. so it would be like a small curved rectangle. -------------------- i am awesome
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May 31, 2004 - 6:39 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Sep 18, '03 From Dirty Jersey Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
you might be able to do it liek the prelude aftermarket ones and do a half and half... prelude tails u can kinda see it in this auction.
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Jun 1, 2004 - 8:55 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined May 22, '03 From NOVA Currently Offline Reputation: 16 (100%) |
ok for the reverse lights on the photoshopped tails i say put just a clear piece in the first bottom "triangle"(the part inbetween the most inner circle light and the middle circle) that would be the best place to put a clear reverse light
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