PIctures of ALtezza on Protege
 

I am gettin a 2002 protege ES. I was wondering if anyone has pics of their car with altezza tail lights to see what they look like.. ANy help would be greatly appreciated.

Mark

OMG, everyone knows you dont like altezzas already, so stop posting your annoying pictures. They stopped being funny the last 10 times you posted them. And besides he is only asking for a pic to see how they look.

Haha Rice
 

Well the mazda 6 comes with clear lights, as does the nissan altima, maxima and the lexus Is 300...so u lost with the rice deal....getting tinted windows is more of ricey thing to do... later

No way Menace, phuk them. I think its funny as hell. We need people like you and me to give people a kick in the ass sometimes. Everytime you post sumthin I always bust up. Keep up the good work. Don't let the "haters" get ya down man. i got your back. RICE-A-RONI!!!!!

I bet these altezza haters have hUUUGGGEEEEE azz spoilers
 

HEre is a picture that I was looking for...

Protege es with altezza

LOOKS LIKE THE BACK OF A LEXUS TO ME

Re: Haha Rice
 

I won't get into the argument of whether altezza's are rice or not, but for the record, the American version of the Mazda 6 won't be getting them. Instead, it'll be getting traditional red tail lights with subtle silver accents.

Please don't put the Nissan Altima and Maxima in the same class as the other two cars. Those things are frickin ugly.

http://www.knology.net/~negatize/images/028_28.jpg

Other than those nasty-ass side skirts, I think this car looks pretty nice. Normally I hate altezzas though...

ooh that is a clean looking car, i likes :) Those sideskirts have to go though, they stand out like a sore thumb hehe. He needs to get a full body kit next time ;)

Amen

Those side-skirts gotta go

Altezza's don't look bad on silver cars if you have to have them, but they definetely don't look great on other colours if you ask me.

Mark, check in the 'Photo Gallery' section for pics......

Johnny, keep up the good work hehehe:p

Re: Haha Rice
 

Oh, and in case we all don't know - the lights on the Lexus IS are the REASON why we call them Altezza lights.

The IS is called the "Altezza" overseas - get it??

Oh, and let me get this straight - tint, which is very functional in keeping your car interior cooler, looks great, and helps keep thieving eyes from looking into your ride is RICE, and "Altezza" lights, which serve no real purpose, everyone and their mother has, and often look cheap and plasticky are NOT?

I don't get that logic at all.

Oh, back to the topic - there are these carbon fiber-look Alteezza lights for the Protege sedans. I actuall like the way they look, becuase the plastic chrom crap is kept to a minimum, and they are quite clean-looking. This is coming from a guy who has a fairly intense dislike for the Altezzas in general - but even I think these look good: http://www.nopionline.com/index.cfm?...c=L8460587.jpg

hello
 

thanks for the post...I knew the lexus is called altezza overseas. But I feel that altezza or excuse me CLEAR TAIL LIGHTS look good on the silver protege or any silver car for that matter. As for tints, having them on the front side windows looks good, but it seems like your hiding something (I want the girls to see me). Peace.

Re: Re: Haha Rice
 

I saw these on a black gen 3 and it looked good IMO. I normally dont like the chrome ones though. To me they look rice "the chrome ones"

Re: Haha Rice
 

AYFKM

How can you tell with your head up your ass like that...

No offence dude but are you serious ???

And keep up the shit menace keeps em honest LOL

hey dont curse chico

Here's a pic of my 2001 ES with carbon fiber taillights. Hope this helps....

http://mixx.8m.com/images/DCP_0007.JPG

Sorry, it's an old pic... (pre 19's) If anyone else wants more pics let me know and I'll go snap a few with my digicam.

Altezzas=Yuck!
Why do that to your car!? :rolleyes:

you know a fad is past its time when APC starts making it and you can pick one up at your local Pep Boys or AutoZone stores :D

The car I saw was just like yours but it wasnt lowered so much. I think they look great!!!!

Like I said before - the carbon-fiber lights for the Protege are one of the few "altezza" lights I like. One of the VERY few, and only the CF ones - chrome=crap in my book.

I agree with you 100%. The chrome ones look like the toys you get out of those 50cent machines at the grocery store... and every time I see them they make me wanna :barf:

:barf:

Re: Re: Haha Rice
 

I saw a altezza the other day (IS300) and god knows I wanted it so bad, jeez you don't know lol .... it was red and the tires were all juiced up and what not, the car just looked slick as hell ... well you get my drift
I am ready to get one of the lot and just have it as my second car
soon baby soon
Bruce

I guess you say that because you see a lot of riced out hondas. It's the good guys that don't do that :D

Agreed. To me rice is when you got your car done all up but then got nothing to show when you go. It the in Fast and the Furious. They had the show and the go. At least in the movie...

ALtezza
 

I started this thread to get some pics to see how the tail lights look - not to get negative views on it. Does it matter that you dont like them? People have different views, worry about yourself. Later. Thanks to everyone who posted pics!

MarkSpark

Protege Menace:

you need to get a life, just because you hate altezza does not mean you have to crap every thread about altezza and post dumb pics about them. Don't you have anything better to do in your life?

I think the chrome ones would really spruce up a silver or red car. Carbon fiber for the red and the black. I've thought about purchasing the chrome ones for my ES, which is silver, but that is one of the last things I want to do:

1. Injen CAI.
2. Thicker rear stabilizer bar.
3. Upgrade the struts?
4. Upgrade the interior.
6. Severe engine upgrades.
7. Clean up the exterior.

For the record I think our taillights and the antenna on the outside of the car are just fricking hideous. I don't know what Mazda was thinking. So those will be the two things I change on the outside. As you can all see there are more important things to do than making it pretty for the other people.

If carbon fiber altezzas would have been out when i bought mine I would have got those, but all there was, were the chrome ones and I personally like them on my black car. You can check it out here

http://www.cardomain.com/member_page...mber_id=protru (second to bottom pic)

Also, whether it's rice or not is up for debate, but here's my opinion:) Around here I probably see more proteges than I do civics, but almost every single civic I see has altezzas, and I've only seen two proteges with altezzas so I think they're nice on proteges since 1. I like the look and 2. I can tell my car apart from others.

Shayne

rice or no rice, here are pics of my altezzas.

http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/...4874&members=1

maybe if the blinkers weren't so reflective looking, it would look better. over all I like carbon, or black altezzas better than the original ones

lmao...what a character!!!:D

I kinda like the CF ones and the 2nd Gen one on that Nopi link, but Damn! I can think of better ways to spend $140.00!

actually bro, them sideskits arnt that bad. rims are kinda fugly. altezzas have to be in carbon fiber or NONE at all!!
hehe

You can get more natural-looking side skirts from your dealer. They aren't as 'flashy' and work well with the stock styling of the car. Also, I wonder if anyone makes the Altezza lights with the grey plastic like they have in the head lights. I would like that a lot better than some fakey carbon fiber or way too shiny plastic chrome.

I agree thats why I dont like the chrome ones. They are so shiny it makes them look cheap. I would love too see what they would look like it they were gunmetal.

go get some more! i want to see a shot from the back (straight on?) in more light than this picture.

thanks!

John will like this picture:
http://diduceme.homestead.com/files/fags.jpg
Thats my stance on altezzas.

http://users.rcn.com/enamho1/images/Picture_007.jpg

I'd like clear red plastic much better than the hyper shiny chrome, but it's unavailable at the moment. I've got red film paint to spray over.

The stock lights are very nice looking and I'm keeping them freshly wrapped up in case these clear tails get shot out.
http://users.rcn.com/enamho1/images/altezas.gif
BTW, ProtegeMenace, I love this GIF regardless of whether I like Altezza lights or not!! :rofl:

These are good cheap replacements (compared to expensive stocks) that in my opinion, particularly the Protege versions, don't look that bad. The ones on Civics, Eclipses, and some trucks are not as good.

My Sweet Pros
 

Pic's kinda bad, but you get the idea.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/...5/fdaec22d.jpg

I doubt you'd be flaming Altezza's if you have an IS300.