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Old Dec 21, 2002
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to altezza or not to altezza

i have my stock tails down in the basement
and i was wondering if my car would look better with them on
i have chrome headlights and they match up pretty well

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Old Dec 21, 2002
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What color is the car???
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IMO I'd keep them on since they match with your headlights

BTW sedan stock tails are nasty[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/IMG]
I had to take my tezza's off because I got black tyc projectors[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/IMG]
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ALTEZZAS ARE UGLY AS HELL I still don't understand why people buy them. They DO NOT look good. Stick with stocks.
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for our generation, i'd say altezzas look good..... but for the 6th gen, i'd keep the stock ones. especially the 99-00 si's...
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get altezzas but take it a step further: is300 taillight conversion
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noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo don't do it man u have too much to live for just don't do it!!!!!





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noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo don't do it man u have too much to live for just don't do it!!!!!





friends don't let friends rock tezzas[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif[/IMG][hr]

I'm with you man. They are the gayest things ever invented. Ricers use them. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-puke.gif[/IMG]
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Old Dec 21, 2002
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I agree CivicRookie..our generation does look the best with them. Some of the styles of altezzas are really gross.....but I have found that one or two of the styles are really nice looking. I'm just not really attracted to that "horseshoe light" in the back of my car lol.....
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dont altezza...

TYC


(i have the CF ones.. like the ones in fragas sig... they look nice on black)
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The only car that look good with altezzas would be the Altezza (IS 300). Any other car and its just fugly.
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No such thing as a nice altezza. That's like saying that I'm gonna go out and buy a nice KIA. [IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG]
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ALTEZZAS ARE UGLY AS HELL I still don't understand why people buy them. They DO NOT look good. Stick with stocks.[hr]
Hey dude, you have a right to your own opinion and all, but once you start saying stuff like that then it's not cool. Personally I have recieved many gestures of an appealing manner on my altezzas from complete strangers more than anything else on my car. (Although I don't have much else besides altezzas...) Nevertheless, it's just an opinion. True, if you are seeing the ordeal from the import community's POV, or if you are more on the conservative side, it does seem to be just another fad that SUV and even mini-van owners have exhausted - but some people DO think they look good (especially on our civics [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/IMG])

So I guess what I'm trying to say is BACK OFF THE ALTEZZAS BIOTCH [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/IMG]

Have a nice day.
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[hr]Originally posted by: SLAMMED01CIV
ALTEZZAS ARE UGLY AS HELL I still don't understand why people buy them. They DO NOT look good. Stick with stocks.[hr]
Hey dude, you have a right to your own opinion and all, but once you start saying stuff like that then it's not cool. Personally I have recieved many gestures of an appealing manner on my altezzas from complete strangers more than anything else on my car. (Although I don't have much else besides altezzas...) Nevertheless, it's just an opinion. True, if you are seeing the ordeal from the import community's POV, or if you are more on the conservative side, it does seem to be just another fad that SUV and even mini-van owners have exhausted - but some people DO think they look good (especially on our civics [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif[/IMG])

So I guess what I'm trying to say is BACK OFF THE ALTEZZAS BIOTCH [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-mad.gif[/IMG]

Have a nice day. [

It is just my oppinion, as well as a bunch of people on this site, but god they make me sick!!
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i put on gunmetal TYC's on my sedan and people think it is an altima... since i like the new altimas (and love the maximas, can't wait for the new one soon) i don't mind this. but it is all preference and who you ask about them.

oh yeah, down with bandwagon altezza haters (you know who you are.. some of you sport them too [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG] )
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i put on gunmetal TYC's on my sedan and people think it is an altima... since i like the new altimas (and love the maximas, can't wait for the new one soon) i don't mind this. but it is all preference and who you ask about them.

oh yeah, down with bandwagon altezza haters (you know who you are.. some of you sport them too [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG] )[hr]
Never in my life unless they are sitting on the back of my IS 300!
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[hr]Originally posted by: erica02civicCPE
I agree CivicRookie..our generation does look the best with them. Some of the styles of altezzas are really gross.....but I have found that one or two of the styles are really nice looking. I'm just not really attracted to that "horseshoe light" in the back of my car lol.....[hr]
yeah, that's all i'm sayin' cuz most of the other civics looked fine with their stock taillights....but the 7th gen? hmm... let's see, not only do they resemble the Focus taillights, but yeah, they have that stupid horseshoe light thing... altezzas all the way!!!!!!
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Old Dec 22, 2002
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- I don't know why everybody hates on altezzas. Aftermarket companies started to make them as a way to customize your car, to make it different from the rest, the same way a body kit does. Isn't the goal of 90% of the people on this site to customize their car so it is unique, or at least has their own style? True, when everybody and their mama started slappin on Altezzas it got a little played out, but I say each to their own, if you think they look cool put them on. I take mine off and on depending on my mood, usually change them once every couple months, it only takes 5 minutes.
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Old Dec 22, 2002
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Never have liked them on anything cops pull people over all the time here for Altezzas since they don't know what bulbs to put in them. I see it as this why attract more rice attention to your car? Altezzas got played out a long time ago now all clear taillights Rock

If you wanna waiste money on them go ahead and keep the dealers in business.

I am putting the $$ now to my next ride [IMG]i/expressions/beer_yum.gif[/IMG]

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i put on gunmetal TYC's on my sedan and people think it is an altima... since i like the new altimas (and love the maximas, can't wait for the new one soon) i don't mind this. but it is all preference and who you ask about them.

oh yeah, down with bandwagon altezza haters (you know who you are.. some of you sport them too [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG] )[hr]
Never in my life unless they are sitting on the back of my IS 300![hr]
Dude, please do us all a favor and only post your opinion ONCE!!!!!! God, ya we know you don't like them...But we really could care less after the 4th post .....So people do and so don't.....Personally I do like them (on a certain colour)
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I'm tired of my altezza's, so i'm selling them now and getting EDM euro spec tails.
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Old Dec 22, 2002
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I think some of them look nice, others look tacky. These are the only ones I would personally consider using. You're probably more likely to get pulled over by the cops with the flashy chrome plated lights than the solid red ones. Using the wrong bulbs is a guaranteed way of getting pulled over.
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noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo don't do it man u have too much to live for just don't do it!!!!!





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I'm with you man. They are the gayest things ever invented. Ricers use them. [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-puke.gif[/IMG][hr]
I agree
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ALTEEZAS ARE GAY!
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I didn't read through the whole thread, but there is a nice alternative to Altezzas. It's an all red tailight but the innier lenses are circles. So from the outside it looks all red, but when it lights up you can see the circles. I think they're halo too. One of the rings has a halo around it. I hate all that ricer bullshit like halos and whatnot, but those tail lights didn't look too bad.
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No such thing as a nice altezza. That's like saying that I'm gonna go out and buy a nice KIA. [IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG][hr]
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This might be a stupid question, but what actually sets apart an altezza tail light from other tail lights? Is the the chrome, or the clear lens that makes a tail light an altezza? I see some people have tail lights with carbon fiber look and don't consider it an altezza style light. I want to replace my tails with some type of aftermarket version, I have a silver coupe and the contrast between the plain, boring red tail light and the silver exterior of the car just don't look right to me. I wish they had more detail, I like the lights from the MB C240 Sedan, which are similar to ours only with more detail.
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I seem to think that people on this site just follow what the person before says. I bet there are some of you who liked altezzas before you joined this site, then came here, saw that someone said "Altezzas= [IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-puke.gif[/IMG] " and decided to feel the same way because you wanted to fit in. [IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG][IMG]i/expressions/laugh2.gif[/IMG]

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I have these and i think they look a lot better than TYC's

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