EL tail on a sedan civic
04-17-2005
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EL tail on a sedan civic
i was thinking how hard do you guys think it would be to but acura el taillights on a sedan. it looks like the only thing i would have to change is the trunk lid and the lights in there. im just wondering because i like those lights and i want do do something diffrent before i paint my car.
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Rep Power: 296 Another thing is that there are no keyholes on the trunk of an EL so you'll have to manually pop it open from the drivers side or install some type of remote opener.
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Rep Power: 355 yeah maybe i'll just do a coupe conversion or something. i have 4 weeks before my buddy is painting it. any idea's? i don't like the clk lights. maybe skyline?
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Rep Power: 270 I remember reading about it somewhere here.. perhaps you could search and/or try talking with APRBoy and/or TeLLy .. might be mentioned somewhere in APRBoy's conversion pic thread - http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=172793 Have fun looking
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Rep Power: 344 I think the only reason APRBoy had to modify the trunk and rear end is that his car is an 02 and he got an 04 rear end conversion done. From what I've seen up close an 01-03 EL trunk and taillight setup should match up with the 01-03 Civic fenders and bumper. The rears are exactly the same in mounting points and the outer taillights and trunk mounting points are identical as well. I have less experience working on 04+ EL's or Civics, but I imagine that while their parts might line up better with each other, certain dimensions and mounting locations would not be perfectly compatible with 01-03.
*edited* how the hell did I manage to misspell "dimensions"? Sheesh!
*edited* how the hell did I manage to misspell "dimensions"? Sheesh!
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Rep Power: 316 yeah telly the bunpers will be ok just a trunk lid and lights and thats it..
You also need like you said to drill new holes to acconodate the lights above the bumper
You also need like you said to drill new holes to acconodate the lights above the bumper
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Rep Power: 355 all i want is the inner tail, i'll look into it more and look for stuff from honda maybe they can help me out with the fitment sizes and stuff.
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