Altezza Lights

I'm looking for suggestions for which type type of Altezza tailight to put in my 97 Integra. Styles, brands etc. would be much appreciated. Also, what are the best web sites for finding these types of things? Cost, reliability etc.
Thanks

www.RSversion.com
www.procarparts.com
www.planetperformance.com
www.shopcms.com
www.matrixracing.com
www.motionmania.net
www.speedandstyle.com
www.jcwsportcompact.com
www.stylincompacts.com
www.summitsportcompact.com
www.contemporarywheels.com
www.californiastylin.com
www.morepowerracing.com
www.importdirectusa.com

or go to local pepboys...

I cant help u with brands or anything tho, nvr been a fan of Altezza tail lights...

:ylsuper: :iagree:

I don't think i picked up why nobody likes the altezza/euro lights?

I think they've been played out

I'll give you my .02 on why nobody likes them.

- Kid turns 16, kid gets car. Kid sees fast and the furious, wants a "sweet" looking car. Kid buys Altezzas, a 5" exhaust tip, and a "NOS" steering wheel cover. Kid suddenly thinks he is the hottest new thing in town...Rice!

I think those type of kids ruined them...to be quite honest. Ricochet said it best with his picture, IMO.

get all red all clear or carbonfiber tail lights dont get the altezzas you mom and sister have on their cars be different and cool at the same time.:killbarne

Originally posted by jason11762
get all red all clear or carbonfiber tail lights dont get the altezzas you mom and sister have on their cars be different and cool at the same time.:killbarne

Hey...each person has their own definition of what "cool" is. Who's to say Altezza's aren't cool? I don't like them...but if he wants to get him, then that is his choice...because honestly, I don't care what kind of taillights he puts on his car, as long as he likes them!

Originally posted by Mrock
I'll give you my .02 on why nobody likes them.

- Kid turns 16, kid gets car. Kid sees fast and the furious, wants a "sweet" looking car. Kid buys Altezzas, a 5" exhaust tip, and a "NOS" steering wheel cover. Kid suddenly thinks he is the hottest new thing in town...Rice!

I think those type of kids ruined them...to be quite honest. Ricochet said it best with his picture, IMO.
Mostly true. They're very played out because they're inexpensive, and it's the first thing you see on a lot of cars even before they have an exhaust. A taillight which lights up and does its job is all one should ever need. Hypocritically, mine are tinted black with Nightshades (minus the white signal portion), but that was $10/can and you don't EVER see that on a hatch.

Originally posted by ade57
I'm looking for suggestions for which type type of Altezza tailight to put in my 97 Integra. Styles, brands etc. would be much appreciated. Also, what are the best web sites for finding these types of things? Cost, reliability etc.
Thanks



This is just a suggestion, but have you looked at TYC brand. I have tailamps for my civic and i really like them and i dont see that many people with them.

Hey you can't make everybody happy, so get the lights if you like them. I personnaly don't think there is anything wrong with them.

Just a thought to remeber, "There are more people out there that say its stupid to do anything with your stock car(swaps,exhaust,etc) then there are that say altezza's are horrible." Does that make it hypocritical for somebody with engine mods to say altezza's are bad? It's all just in the eye of the beholder i suppose.

Rant rant rant,Anyway enough of the heavy shit, I believe you can do whatever you want to your car as long as you treat it like the finely tuned peice of machinery it is!

Originally posted by Modus Operandi
"There are more people out there that say its stupid to do anything with your stock car(swaps,exhaust,etc) then there are that say altezza's are horrible."
Um no, getting a swap is the best thing you can do with a stock car and I'd rather have an exhaust on my DX than altezza's... go jerk off to super street or some other ricer porn and come back when you know what you're talking about.

Before i even type anything else i just wanted to point out that my post was pretty ez going and i was just making an observation. But of course somebody always has to rain on the parade.

I said there are a hell of a lot more people out there that look down on moding your engine then think poorly of altezza's.

Lol you seriously are an idiot. Learn to read before you try to critique my post. :thefinger

Edit: I just had to add this in. I would love it if you could find where in my post that i said a swap was good or bad for your stock car? I would feel really stupid if I were you right now. Seriously though were the did you come up with ricer porn? I guess i should feel insulted but im not even sure how you would do somthing like that. "Oh man check out those APC wipers they are so hot!"

Opinions are like assholes, everybody's got one and yours isnt worth shit.

Originally posted by Modus Operandi
There are more people out there that say its stupid to do anything with your stock car(swaps,exhaust,etc)
You must feel pretty stupid if you can't even understand what you just posted. And who cares what everyone thinks, it's a known fact that altezzas on a stock car make you a complete moron. If you post on any forum or talk to anybody besides a mexican, they'll tell you the same.
I believe you can do whatever you want to your car as long as you treat it like the finely tuned peice of machinery it is!
Buying lights for a stock honda isn't treating it like the "finely tuned piece of machinery it is," which by the way, they aren't. If they were, my air/fuel meter wouldn't bounce around, it would stay on quiescent stoic.

Man, i thought i read on a thread here that you are going to be a electrical engineer. You need to post a pic of that diploma when you get it because i have to know what school you went to for engineering where a student could say its a known fact altezzas on a car make you look like a moron.

Okay here im gonna spell it right out for you, "There are more people out there that say its stupid to do anything with your stock car(swaps,exhaust,etc)". When i say this it means that THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES THAT WOULD THINK PAYING XXXX AMOUNT FOR AN ENGINE SWAP IS RIDICULOUS OR FOR WHATEVER OTHER REASON THINKS IT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA. How much fucking plainer can i make it.

I still have no idea why you got so pissy about me just making a casual observation. Do you have inadequacies about your own life that you feel like you need to run the show at an automotive forum.

Hell if your gonna argue with me at least try and be clever.

Edit: I almost forgot to comment on the tuned machine bit, here is one point ill admit to. If you arn't impressed with how your car engine works and what kind of thinking was involved in creating somthing like that i'd love to see your designs on whatever powers your vehical because your average gasoline powered engine would never be enough for a car-god like you.:bigthumb:

Arguing on the internet is like winning the Special Olympics, your still a retard if you win. So suck it up and quit acting like a 12 year old. Jesus

Last Note: Im still having trouble with the whole rice porn thing, i guess im just slow.:frown:

Yeah, it is fair to say "engine swaps are stupid", although there are a LOT more people who'd rather have an engine swap than some altezza's on their car. If you offered me a Honda civic with an H22A in it...or a Honda civic stock, except for Altezza's..I'd take the H22A civic...but like you said, everyone has their own opinions. If you want Altezza's, take em.

They're just another product out in the market, and if someone wants to put Altezza's on their car, that is 100% their decision, and I respect it...I just don't have to like it. That's once again, my .02 cents..

Thank god for some reasonable people. Well of course i would like an engine swap over some altezza's its like comparing apples and oranges(hundreds vs thousands). But what about an engine swap over a new pool in your backyard(off the top of my head, i have no idea how much a pool would set you back)? I wasn't trying to say people would want altezza's over a swap, anybody who would be for that needs a kick in the ass.

Anyway thx for at least having an open mind to what im tryin ta say.

Down here in tampa, anything as much as having the wrong trim, having a carbon fiber hood (whether you want it for it's looks, or actually for the weight factor), people will jump you about it. I'm doing both exterior work, and engine work to my CRX, so I know it's no fun to have people jump your back because of your personal tastes..I've had it done to me. Once again, I just want to make it clear I am on no one's side...just saying I don't personally like Altezza's...but I'm not going to stop anyone from buying them for their own car...unless they're a friend of mine..because I once heard "Friends don't let friends put Altezza's on their car"....just some track humor..sort of.

"Friends don't let friends put Altezza's on their car..." lol i like that.

I live on the opposite spectrum of the country in Northern Michigan(I'd say the town but you couldnt find it with a map) and I could count the number of tezze's on one hand Ive seen driving around MI. So I guess living in an area where every other car is sporting them would lead somebody to get a little....anxious?... about them. Hell people see a Honda where i live and they have a "Why isn't that a truck" look on there face. And in about a month I'm moving even farther north for college (engineering richocet lol). Theres 2 more of my pennies in the pot.

By the time this thread is finished, we'll have a few bucks! Hey, maybe we can all set up a group buy on some Altezza's...

But I do know the feeling. I just moved into Tampa last WEEK, from Columbia, Missouri. Missouri doesn't really have much an import scene, besides some people who "cruise" on the weekends to have fun..there's not many. Here, there's CRX meets, hatchback meets, plenty of people who meet up at the strip on the weekends, it's pretty fun. My brother owns a 369hp 92 Civic hatch..(no, that's not a typo. I have the dyno sheet to go along with it). His hatch looks pretty stock, except for a carbon fiber hood, projector headlighs, and some GSR rims. So being his brother, a lot of people expect me to have a mostly stock looking car..and to be honest, I plan on doing some body work on my CRX...if they don't like it they can suck my exhaust pipe!

Yeah dont take any guff from those swine (Fear and Loathing...*cough* sig *cough*)

I'm jealous, anything I do for my car has to hold up to 5-7 months of hard winter and salt (yes ROAD SALT.. its like rocks that eat at your car) not to mention some of the worst roads in the US. Enough about reason not to live in Northern Michigan. Your bro sounds like he's got a good thing going with that 92 hatch. Now all you have to do is do enough work to your car to beat the shit out of his and rub it in his face over and over. lol

Better yet with the money we could start an AA group. (Altezza Awarness...lol)

AA? Are you sure you don't mean Altezza Anonymous? Heh....

Yeah, in Missouri, we got a fair amount of rain and snow...and that was never fun. At least my CRX hasn't been through that stuff..hopefully never will! I am a fan of Eclipse's..and actually had considered getting an Eclipse GSX Turbo..that'd be plenty to beat his civic...with some work, of cousre. It's crazy how well those eclipse's respond to modifications, and with AWD, the traction you'd get is sick! I'm still slightly considering an eclipse in 4 or 5 years. Missouri also has some of the worst roads in the U.S. Driving down here from Missouri, I could practically feel the roads gettin' better...

Originally posted by Modus Operandi
Arguing on the internet is like winning the Special Olympics, your still a retard if you win.
Thanks mr. last years' funny joke

Originally posted by Modus Operandi
Well of course i would like an engine swap over some altezza's its like comparing apples and oranges(hundreds vs thousands). But what about an engine swap over a new pool in your backyard(off the top of my head, i have no idea how much a pool would set you back)? I wasn't trying to say people would want altezza's over a swap, anybody who would be for that needs a kick in the ass.
ah ha! see you never said that. You were comparing engine swaps and altezzas which were apples and oranges. Now you are making a little sense. Swimming pools are quite a bit more expensive, but point taken. Also, what's with the paranoia about me "taking over af.com?" I'm not the smartest guy nor do I claim to be, that's why I'm here... to learn more.

Originally posted by Ricochet
that's why I'm here... to learn more.

Amen, brother.....

Okay a few things and i'm done with this. First and foremost what i really want to know, If your here just to learn then why did you jump down my throat for a casual observation.

Second,There are more people out there that say its stupid to do anything with your stock car(swaps,exhaust,etc) then there are that say altezza's are horrible.

Okay here i go again, if you read through this calmly you'll see that i wasn't saying anything about taking a swap over tezzes. What that quote means is that the number of average americans out there that think engine swaps are a bad idea outnumber the average americans that think altezza's look stupid.

And paranoia.....fuck it im done arguing with you, everything i post has to be explained over and over again, i hope i layed it down ez enough so you know the point i was trying to make.

Last Note: You could have targeted anything else in my post but you had to make fun of the Special Olympic joke. At least you could have said. "hey this is where your wrong, [insert quote], [insert clever insult or phrase]"

damn noob you're like an annoying ex girlfriend who won't shut up about something so stupid

Thats pretty hypocritical considering you are still replying. I said i was done but you gotta get the last word in eh? Even if it does make you look even stupider.Besides your the one thats bitchin about this and that, im just tryin to have a healthy debate.

And if your gonna do somthing don't do it half ass:


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Originally posted by Modus Operandi
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lol, haven't seen 1337 writing in a while, even though that is only really half 1337, anywayz... k, there are always gunna be the ppl out there who hate altezzas and there are gunna be those who dont believe u shoudl spend so much money and swap an engine. But who cares. You have u car and do whatever u want to it. If u like the look of altezzas, then buy and install them. If u have the money for an engine swap, go ahead and get one, its ur car do what u want to it. Sum ppl will hate ur car, sum will like it. So lets end this stupid thread until it turns into that "TURBO HELP!!!!!!" thread... The original poster asked about where he/she could buy altezzas, i gave a list of sites (just looked through an issue of SCC), couple ppl gave sum comments and suggestions. Then sum how it ended up in a flaming war about engine swaps and altezzas... :comprage1


Lastly, Ricochet u working towards becoming an electrical engi?? Cool, me too... Its a bitch tho...

Originally posted by iNgLi$
Lastly, Ricochet u working towards becoming an electrical engi?? Cool, me too... Its a bitch tho...
I'm only half way through my associates right now to get a technician's degree, then I'll have to go for the bachelor's :mad:
Yeah, it is getting a bit rough.

Anyways, to close this and many other threads like it, try doing the research yourself. You'll find hundreds of websites selling these things.
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GETTING BACK ON TOPIC HERE !!!

It kinda depends on the color of yer car. if its silver.. get chrome lookin.. if its black.. get carbonfiber.. or chrome.. red.. get black.. or chrom.e.. i dunno.. do that color matchin thing.. Jus go w/what you like, chek out ebay too, good deals there - fo shizzle