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View Poll Results: What do you think of altezza tail lights
They're the best thing ever. They should be fitted as standard at the factory! 3 2.22%
They're ok especially when they go so well with my fake, plastic bonnet scoop I got off ebay. 13 9.63%
They're dumb. Henry Ford, Von Dutch and Boyd Cottington would be rolling in their graves. 61 45.19%
What the hell are altezza tail lights? 3 2.22%
Ghey 50,074 100.00%
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Old 13-12-2009, 07:12 PM   #1
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Cool altezza tail lights poll

They've been popular for the last couple of years but what do we think of these bolt-on bits? Are they a hit or a miss for your car?

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Old 13-12-2009, 07:16 PM   #2
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Wouldn't put them on my car, looks cheap and tacky i think
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Old 13-12-2009, 07:30 PM   #3
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Miss them thay look tacky
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Old 13-12-2009, 07:35 PM   #4
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Wouldn't put them on my car, looks cheap and tacky i think
Agreed but your xr8 really wants EF tail lights I reckon. You fix that indicator yet?
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Old 13-12-2009, 07:36 PM   #5
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IMO, an abomination.
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Old 13-12-2009, 07:37 PM   #6
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Forget about it, just cheap and ricey
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Old 13-12-2009, 07:47 PM   #7
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I'm gonna be different and say it depends on the car.
While I wouldn't fit them to the XR, check out TUF260's car in the following link. I think the black lights on winter white look pretty sharp.

http://www.fordforums.com.au/showthr...page=421&pp=25
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Old 13-12-2009, 08:16 PM   #8
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tacky tacky tacky. they should sell them as "baby's first car modification" judging by the number of p plater commodores i see with them.
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Old 13-12-2009, 08:18 PM   #9
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Aftermarket Lights is no different to putting on a set of aftermarket rims.


Just depends on the car and or light.

The blacked out lights with the twin brake bulbs on BA's are nice...

But most chrome ones are tacky.
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Old 13-12-2009, 08:22 PM   #10
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Oh, and why would Boyd Coddington be rolling in his grave? Some of his cars used off the shelf custom lights....
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Old 13-12-2009, 08:45 PM   #11
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Aftermarket Lights is no different to putting on a set of aftermarket rims.


Just depends on the car and or light.

The blacked out lights with the twin brake bulbs on BA's are nice...
spot on mate.

i think mine suit my car heaps, and make it that little bit different to the next falcon. but there are a lot out on the roads that look horrid, I'm talking chrome tail lights on VTs where they have the red plastic along the boot, hard to explain, but it looks sh%thouse, and jap cars.

but it can look good.
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Old 13-12-2009, 08:47 PM   #12
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Good point re: Coddington. I only put him in 'cos he's dead and one of the few purists. If he didn't have it he'd usually manufacture it but he did stick some ugly steering wheels and after market bits on some of his cars.

At the heart of any modification is doing something new - the main point about these super cheap lights is that they have lost their originality. They're like wearing a novelty tie to a wedding or using comic sans on a business card. It all just screams 'novice'.
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Old 13-12-2009, 09:00 PM   #13
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plenty of cars with ugly rims...even on this site, and that's not new...

novice this..
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Old 13-12-2009, 09:03 PM   #14
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I voted number two.
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I voted number two.
hehehe I can see why maybe I shouldve.
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Old 13-12-2009, 09:05 PM   #16
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Most members seem to have voted......
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Old 13-12-2009, 09:31 PM   #18
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Most members seem to have voted......


I noticed that!
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Old 13-12-2009, 10:08 PM   #19
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A resounding result there. No vote rigging even needed.
Altezza lights shoulda stayed on bloody IS200's.
Some of these knockoffs are friggin dodgy in their operation and seem to get wired up incorrectly. REAL good look huh.
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Old 13-12-2009, 10:17 PM   #20
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Saw a standard VX the other day, normally they look just OK from the rear, but this one had the clear Altezza lights I nearly threw up, AU's just the same, they look so wrong. What goes through their heads when they put these things on??
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Old 13-12-2009, 10:38 PM   #21
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Nightshades are so much better looking
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Old 13-12-2009, 10:40 PM   #22
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They are one of the ugliest mods you can do to a car, how people think they look good is an absolute mystery to me. They *always* look out of place on the car and I'd sooner have my car painted hot pink before I'd fit altezza's, they're that ghey.
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Old 13-12-2009, 10:43 PM   #23
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I like mine.... so I guess that's all that really matters yeah!?
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Old 13-12-2009, 11:33 PM   #24
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I went for choice number 2, yes I do realise sarcasm is the lowest form of wit but I am comfortable with that.
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i didnt vote because there an option missing, and that is : on some cars they look ok but not on mine.
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plenty of cars with ugly rims...even on this site, and that's not new...

novice this..
and the truth to be said.. them lights not only made your ba more ricey but has also made it x100 uglier
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and the truth to be said.. them lights not only made your ba more ricey but has also made it x100 uglier
your opinion carefactor = 0

i think it looks good, and so do other people so that's all i care about, plus it's my car.
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Old 14-12-2009, 02:56 PM   #28
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Before i clicked on this poll i was wishing there was the bottom option.
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Old 14-12-2009, 03:01 PM   #29
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Again like others say, it depend son the car, i had em on my Barge, but i think its tacky that now car manufactuars are bringing out "chrome and blinged" clear/chrome tail lights from factory, like the new FG's and Aurions, those ligts look disgusting.
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Before i clicked on this poll i was wishing there was the bottom option.
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Seriously though - what the hell are Altezza lights.

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