Alteeza's - Carbon or Gunmetal

by **LuckyVal3** » Thu Jul 03, 2003 10:50 am

I'm sure everyone has seen the Carbon Fiber Alteeza Tail Lights, but what about the Gunmetal? If you haven't I've got a link for you:
http://www.racerwheel.com/rt100173.html

Now is it my eyesight or do they seem almost brown-ish? I'm guessing it's the reflection of the gunmetal color with the acutal red lights inside of the casing but has anyone seen them installed on a car? I've got a black SEV6 and I can't imagine having tail lights with a brownish hue. If you had a black solara, what would you do?

by **TadS** » Thu Jul 03, 2003 11:39 am

I have the carbon fibers on mine. I have a hunch that the tails in this picture are reflecting something to give them that hue. I don't think anyone on here has installed the gunmetals, but they could just be ducking the haters

. Anyways to see the Carbon Fiber ones you can check my Cardomian site. Maybe you should just buy a set of each as they are down to like a hundred bucks on eBay

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by **j0hn19** » Thu Jul 03, 2003 4:34 pm

i like the gunmetals more now than i did the cf..... only bcoz lexus has gunmetal tails..ie IS300, at least with gunmetal it looks less ricier than the cfs...altho the cfs are tyte

by **WTF??** » Thu Jul 03, 2003 4:45 pm

LuckyVal: If you got the 99-01 solara, id keep the taillights you have... IMO their much better than the altezzas that all the civics and integras have... not to mention the condensation you have to worry about... but hey wutever floats your boat! :lol:

by **FLASH** » Thu Jul 03, 2003 6:55 pm

TadS wrote:they could just be ducking the haters .

heh, heh...now who would do a thing like that.. :oops:

All the various pics ive seen of the gunmetal ones look like dirty chrome ones. Check ebay for varying pics, though ive never seen them ON the car.

by **LuckyVal3** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 5:29 am

What about the condensation? I can see how it could happen but out of everyone I know who has them installed on Honda's and what not, they've never had the problem - Does anyone that has Solara Alteeza's notice the problem of condensation building in them?

by **TadS** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 7:44 am

You can more or less fix this with a good application of silicon around the edges. It's just like sealing up the clear corners except you use more silicone

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by **FLASH** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 7:45 am

The altezza lights come with sealent inside of them already, and won't have any condensation.

by **TadS** » Fri Jul 04, 2003 7:48 am

You must have gotten a good set Flash, mine were really bad about condensation. I guess this is an example of the wonderful quality control you see in aftermarket parts :lol:

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by **BASolara99** » Mon Jul 07, 2003 7:28 am

my tail lights are fine i put them on 5 weeks ago and i havent ahd any problems yet

Alteeza's - Carbon or Gunmetal

Alteeza's - Carbon or Gunmetal

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