What Do You Think About My Modification To My Car?

[Praetor]

Honestly, I don't think I would've spent the money on something like that. But that's just because I don't have a big disposable income right now. If I did, I'd think about doing the same thing.

Dude, it looks cool. Like others have said, it's a subtle touch but very effective. And the narrative that you did for it had me rolling. Nice job!

 

[toant103]

Originally posted by: Kenji4861
http://civic.spoofee.com/

shipping cost $75?

 

[iam4u2nv]

After looking carefully I can actually tell them apart. They look nice. They look much safer too as the turn signal is now Orange which stats show is better seen. Also they look brighter than the original. I would like too see the whole back end to compare to the whole back end you have of the before to see how they really look. If you like that is what matters.

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

you have to remove your bumper to change tailights?? Man...Honda really makes it hard for you guys!

I remember changing the driver-side headlight bulb on my friend's 97 Civic coupe, I had to relocate the power-steering resevior...and my hand could still barely go between the resevior and the headlight assembly to twist and pull the bulb out!

Why can't they just put more space for trivial things like this?

 

[0roo0roo]

ugh no. u only have to take bumper out to rip out entire assembly. light bulb comes out from back, not front

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
ugh no. u only have to take bumper out to rip out entire assembly. light bulb comes out from back, not front

I know..that's why I said you have to remove bumper to change taillights and not bulbs.

Anyway this is the mod I did to my Maxima's tailights..only cost me $2 for material and a lot of hardwork.
pic 1..
pic 2..

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
ugh no. u only have to take bumper out to rip out entire assembly. light bulb comes out from back, not front

I know..that's why I said you have to remove bumper to change taillights and not bulbs.

Anyway this is the mod I did to my Maxima's tailights..only cost me $2 for material and a lot of hardwork.
pic 1..
pic 2..

u links are dead.

 

[Kenji4861]

Thanks for the comments guys~

NOBODY Can tell the difference!
I think 95% of people would think these are stock lights. So I agree. I mean, if someone told me their Accord lights changed... I would be thinking "what did they look like before"? I think only the Civic owners can tell a difference in these lights. These are not altezza lights, so I hope people don't call me ricers. People that want to make their car look better != Ricer. These are just Japan's Version of OEM taillights. The stock lights for US 2003 Civic have these lights with the orange turned into red.

Waste of money?
Waste? Yea, again, probably 95% of people would probably think so. I love my Civic but one thing I didn't like is the taillights. I love the way it looked like from the front, but the back just... I needed to change it. So for me I think $325 was okay... I thought maybe I should get a TV, monitor, cpu/mobo... but I can always sell the taillights for full price... I'll tell you, there was about 2 months of hesitating to get these since my gf, friends, brother, strangers, homeless.. all were telling me it's a waste of money.

Damn, you were ripped off on shipping
I had a choice of doing EMS or SAL shipping. EMS had tracking, insurance, air, and quick (I got it in 2 days from Japan). SAL was the opposite but about $20 cheaper. I checked on Lik-Sang, and they charge about $60 EMS for a PS2 shipment, so I figured, the shipping fee is legitimate. There was also a list on some Japanese site. So if you plan to order anything big from Japan, shipping will be expensive as $50-$75.

It's Interesting How...
The comments on here really differe from Civic Owners Forum - 2k1civic.com

 

[Kenji4861]

Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN
you have to remove your bumper to change tailights?? Man...Honda really makes it hard for you guys!

I remember changing the driver-side headlight bulb on my friend's 97 Civic coupe, I had to relocate the power-steering resevior...and my hand could still barely go between the resevior and the headlight assembly to twist and pull the bulb out!

Why can't they just put more space for trivial things like this?

I didn't have to take off the bumper, but it made things easier and I also wanted to clean the part between bumper and body.. I had some wax/polish between it.
If you don't remove bumper, you need to reach up to the screws from under the car.

 

[Thegonagle]

I think they look nice. Not $335 nice (it's all relative though), but they are nice lights. They don't look cheap, and that good, because they're not.

 

[SOSTrooper]

I actually like the new tail light. I dont like the stock one, they're not very pretty

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: Kenji4861
http://civic.spoofee.com/

I like them much better than the stock tail lights for only one reason: They have an amber turn signal. I HATE tail lights that don't have an amber signal.

ZV

 

[0roo0roo]

its true, the stock lights on the 2002 civic are drab. dull opaque red the 2001 model b4 had a nice clearish tailight setup. dunno why honda made the 02 so drab ig uess so they could easily spruce it up every year on

u probably have to see it in person

 

[heartsurgeon]

you'll be a babe magnet now!!!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAH not.

 

[Angrymarshmello]

Wow, you even made a web page about it! Uber c00ln355!!

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo

Originally posted by: mAdD INDIAN

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
ugh no. u only have to take bumper out to rip out entire assembly. light bulb comes out from back, not front

I know..that's why I said you have to remove bumper to change taillights and not bulbs.

Anyway this is the mod I did to my Maxima's tailights..only cost me $2 for material and a lot of hardwork.
pic 1..
pic 2..

u links are dead.

Yeah your right. Hmmm...I htink the image is too big. Ah well, anyway the idea was to clear out the orange signal part of hte taillight..so it has a nice and clear red/clear look. The top half of hte tails are red, and hte bottom half are clear.

 

[Maverick]

wow...$335 for that? I think we have another contender for Ferengi of the Year

 

[CraigRT]

I am normally not a fan of changing tails (usually think stock looks better)

but those actually look pretty decent. that and the color of your car is nice too.

cheers!

 

[Kenji4861]

Originally posted by: heartsurgeon
you'll be a babe magnet now!!!!!!!

HAHAHAHAHAH not.

If anyone has a mindset that fixing their car makes them get girls... they have some major growing up to do.

Some people like their car and want to make it look better. Some people want to impress their car buddies. Some people want to make it look better than other stocks. Some people modify their car to make their car faster. Some people just want to be different... the reason can be anything. Maybe there are people out there that modify their cars to get girls like you said.

I just liked the japanese tail lights more than the US version. Yes, enough to have it specially ordered.

 

[edro]

Those look GREAT!

I am SOOOO Glad that you didn't put those crappy clear ones in (Euro Style).

 

[StageLeft]

Total of - $335

HOLY MOTHER OF CHRIST $335 to change something that wasn't broken, looks basically stock, and you can't even notice when driving and that nobody on the road would even THINK about giving a second look for?

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Total of - $335

HOLY MOTHER OF CHRIST $335 to change something that wasn't broken, looks basically stock, and you can't even notice when driving and that nobody on the road would even THINK about giving a second look for?

SCREW THAT! :Q

 

[tommigsr]

come on guys, stop dissin him. to each his own. I personally wouldn't have done that, but hey, whatever floats your boat sir! I would've left the stock ones back on but if you think that it looks good, just leave it!

 

[slycat]

i must be old or something coz if i ever saw that...
i really REALLY can't tell it apart from the originals.

Without taking a close look at the originals i'd say...
"erm...so dood, what did u say u changed again?"

 

[slycat]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
its true, the stock lights on the 2002 civic are drab. dull opaque red the 2001 model b4 had a nice clearish tailight setup. dunno why honda made the 02 so drab ig uess so they could easily spruce it up every year on

u probably have to see it in person

can there be any more "tongue-outs" in your post?