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post Nov 23, 2003 - 12:51 AM
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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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post Nov 23, 2003 - 1:07 AM
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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.

We got shafted in the aftermarket department.


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post Nov 23, 2003 - 4:32 AM
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no 99 coupe brah. st205 tail lights... check ebay


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post Nov 23, 2003 - 5:30 AM
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QUOTE (Andason @ Nov 23, 2003 - 2:32 AM)
no 99 coupe brah. st205 tail lights... check ebay

99 convertible which has the same tail lights as a coupe smile.gif
post Nov 23, 2003 - 5:57 AM
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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.
post Nov 23, 2003 - 1:19 PM
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QUOTE (BenMMellor @ Nov 23, 2003 - 3:57 AM)
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.

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...)...
post Nov 23, 2003 - 3:28 PM
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QUOTE (kingpreetham @ Nov 23, 2003 - 11:19 AM)
QUOTE (BenMMellor @ Nov 23, 2003 - 3:57 AM)
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.

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...)...

nothin will fit directly...custom work would be needed i would think

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post Nov 23, 2003 - 4:31 PM
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there are no altezzas, but you might want to consider the clears made by fallenhero

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post Nov 23, 2003 - 5:43 PM
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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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post Nov 23, 2003 - 6:38 PM
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that is sad...wonder why we got left out.. rolleyes.gif
post Nov 23, 2003 - 10:10 PM
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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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post Nov 24, 2003 - 12:30 AM
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Here are two better pictures. The one Ghost posted up was... unfinished. wink.gif

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post Nov 24, 2003 - 12:47 AM
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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...
post Nov 24, 2003 - 1:14 AM
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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
post Nov 24, 2003 - 3:08 AM
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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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post Nov 24, 2003 - 10:02 AM
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The JDM ones that come for the s2000 are cool too, i think thy would look good ono a celi..
post Nov 25, 2003 - 4:23 AM
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QUOTE (kingpreetham @ Nov 24, 2003 - 8:02 AM)
The JDM ones that come for the s2000 are cool too, i think thy would look good ono a celi..

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.
post Nov 26, 2003 - 1:39 AM
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QUOTE (kuya1284 @ Nov 25, 2003 - 9:23 AM)
QUOTE (kingpreetham @ Nov 24, 2003 - 8:02 AM)
The JDM ones that come for the s2000 are cool too, i think thy would look good ono a celi..

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.

And even simpler altezza are ugly and make ur car look like a POS and ricey ( so but i cant sand them mad.gif thumbsdown.gif )
post Nov 26, 2003 - 7:04 PM
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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.
post Nov 27, 2003 - 1:46 AM
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QUOTE (Pvc99gT @ Nov 26, 2003 - 5:04 PM)
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.

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...
post Nov 29, 2003 - 7:44 PM
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IMO...all-red tail lights (painted by ourselves) is better than buying clear tail lights
post Nov 29, 2003 - 8:07 PM
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i did that, but that glossy finish does not seem to be present....i used clear coat.. confused.gif
I think i might have thickly coated the candy apple red part..
can i undo n redo...
post Nov 30, 2003 - 4:12 AM
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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.
post Nov 30, 2003 - 4:32 PM
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what kind of paint...same as the car body paint...
Is that legal...light might not be visible during the day.
post Nov 30, 2003 - 5:21 PM
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QUOTE (kingpreetham @ Nov 30, 2003 - 9:32 PM)
what kind of paint...same as the car body paint...
Is that legal...light might not be visible during the day.

second on that
post Nov 30, 2003 - 5:42 PM
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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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Actually these look kinda cool, maybe whenever they get made I'll order me a pair, they would be different tongue.gif

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QUOTE (Phat_Boi @ Dec 9, 2003 - 9:36 PM)
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Actually these look kinda cool, maybe whenever they get made I'll order me a pair, they would be different tongue.gif

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post Dec 10, 2003 - 3:27 AM
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im feeling the topic is dead, you may be able to come out from behind your fire retardant suit now olie smile.gif whew


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post May 29, 2004 - 7:28 AM
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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.
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post May 30, 2004 - 3:08 PM
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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
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where are the reverse lights ?


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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,
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QUOTE (DG_Performance @ May 31, 2004 - 7:56 AM)
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,
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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.


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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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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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