Painted tails!!!

[1PhatCX]

those look really good man! good job
yea it was a lil hard 2 see in the first pic but the second one i noticed better hehe
i wanna attempt the all red but leave my reverse lights but dont feel like doin it right now lol
i'll wait till i'm drivin some time hehe

[Melt]

Originally posted by 1PhatCX
i wanna attempt the all red but leave my reverse lights but dont feel like doin it right now lol
i'll wait till i'm drivin some time hehe

Do it ... mine turned out great!

[1PhatCX]

u left ur reverse lights white right?

[XxLuckyLisaxX]

IS IT JUST ME OR DO HATCHES ALWAYS LOOK LIKE THEY ARE SLIGHTLY LEANING TO ONE SIDE JUST A BIT...

[1990civic]

if you put 90-91 tails on that car they would look better because they dont have that bright yellow on the end, it all pretty much one solid color.

[soulkeeper]

just got done doing mine, pics soon.

[MyFirst4G]

wow this is an old thread, but hey, i WAS gonna do that to my car..... lol

[FourthGenHatch]

Originally posted by 1990civic
if you put 90-91 tails on that car they would look better because they dont have that bright yellow on the end, it all pretty much one solid color.

Instead of all this painting crap I just got JDM taillights...



They are mostly all red with only a little amber on the edges, but its a nice amber, not nasty yellow.

[Melt]

Originally posted by 1PhatCX
u left ur reverse lights white right?

Yup

Heres the center piece, I couldnt get it off the car so I newspapered everything, put tape on the reverse lights, and sprayed it


And heres the finished product


Heres a nice close up of the left side, I just got around to redoing the left tail because the first time I ran out of paint and was to lazy to finish it right, so the center piece is really dirty while the left tail is clean

Originally posted by FourthGenHatch
Instead of all this painting crap I just got JDM taillights...

Paint ... $4
Sandpaper $1
The satisfaction of knowing you didnt give in to the ricey JDM fad, PRICELESS.

[killerclaws]

How long did it take all of you do paint your tail lights?

[FourthGenHatch]

Originally posted by Melt


Paint ... $4
Sandpaper $1
The satisfaction of knowing you didnt give in to the ricey JDM fad, PRICELESS.

Factory Honda parts are Rice? Wow, thats a new one.

[Melt]

If you lived in Japan then no, but since you live in the US and are buying factory parts that are JDM just because they look better, and probably paid more than what altezzas cost in the process, then yes. Dont get me wrong here man, I really like your car and think you are doing a pretty good job with it, but when people just do JDM stuff for the hell of it and not because they needed the product, the its kinda lame in my opinion.

[dirtydx]

i agree with melt on this one. what did JDM taillights cost?
my taillights look just fine painted.

[FourthGenHatch]

I see the Altezzas on ebay for $200, my JDMs cost like $125. My old ones had little cracks so replacing them wasn't exactly a waste anyway.

[Melt]

Originally posted by FourthGenHatch
I see the Altezzas on ebay for $200, my JDMs cost like $125. My old ones had little cracks so replacing them wasn't exactly a waste anyway.

and what do stocks cost? and I know tezzas can be found cheaper than that.

Fuck it I dont wanna argue about this shit anymore. You like JDM thats fine with me, after all its your car and like I said earlier you are doing a great job with it