PIctures of ALtezza on Protege
June-22nd-2002, 10:22 PM
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Originally posted by Protégé Ménacé
well i thought it was funny
whatever, guess i will stop being funny on the forum, yay boring old johhny with no personality or human social characteristics. fine
well i thought it was funny
whatever, guess i will stop being funny on the forum, yay boring old johhny with no personality or human social characteristics. fine
June-24th-2002, 10:00 PM
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Originally posted by Makaveli
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
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
hehe
June-25th-2002, 10:45 AM
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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.
June-25th-2002, 11:58 AM
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Originally posted by zeriak
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.
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.
June-25th-2002, 12:14 PM
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go get some more! i want to see a shot from the back (straight on?) in more light than this picture.
thanks!
thanks!
Originally posted by Inimical_01ES
Here's a pic of my 2001 ES with carbon fiber taillights. Hope this helps....
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.
Here's a pic of my 2001 ES with carbon fiber taillights. Hope this helps....
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.
July-2nd-2002, 08:57 PM
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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.
BTW, ProtegeMenace, I love this GIF regardless of whether I like Altezza lights or not!!
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.
Last edited by dynamho; July-2nd-2002 at 10:47 PM.
July-2nd-2002, 09:26 PM
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Originally posted by born2zoom
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?
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?
July-3rd-2002, 11:09 AM
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First of all, weren't Altezza lights designed for Lexus and the IS300? Next, I'm sorry but the "A Spec" (American Spec?) protege is silver like mine, and imho the chrome Altezza lights are going overboard. If it was a black car, yeah they might look good, but the CF ones look better on black I think. I would like a Gunmetal color or even a more flat silver to match my car.
July-3rd-2002, 11:32 AM
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Originally posted by zeriak
First of all, weren't Altezza lights designed for Lexus and the IS300? Next, I'm sorry but the "A Spec" (American Spec?) protege is silver like mine, and imho the chrome Altezza lights are going overboard. If it was a black car, yeah they might look good, but the CF ones look better on black I think. I would like a Gunmetal color or even a more flat silver to match my car.
First of all, weren't Altezza lights designed for Lexus and the IS300? Next, I'm sorry but the "A Spec" (American Spec?) protege is silver like mine, and imho the chrome Altezza lights are going overboard. If it was a black car, yeah they might look good, but the CF ones look better on black I think. I would like a Gunmetal color or even a more flat silver to match my car.
July-3rd-2002, 12:01 PM
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Zeriak,
You're right, in its current state, it is overboard. The stocks are nice but a bit on the bland side. I wish they looked more angular and more jewel-like such as the ones on Volvo S60's.
Dismissing these taillights as exclusive to the design of Lexus can be misleading. They just happened to be bold enough to adopt it earlier.
The Protege's taillights were designed using a focus group many years ago even before the concept of "Altezza" tails became popular. If the focus group testings were held now, Proteges may or may not have shipped with "Altezza" tails.
As it stands, the fact that our Proteges are beautifully designed cars are undeniable. The sedans were targeted towards the more conservative set, so our taillights did not get a major revision. As it turns out, Mazda decided to make a significant change to the taillights on the latest Protege5's from the ones preceding it, because the target demographic for them are much less conservative. The taillight style on the latest Protege5's share the same design principle as the latest 2003 Corollas.
I didn't want my tails to be conservative and I don't like it's current state, way too chromy. Hopefully, touching up with a clear red film paint will tone it down, like this:
You're right, in its current state, it is overboard. The stocks are nice but a bit on the bland side. I wish they looked more angular and more jewel-like such as the ones on Volvo S60's.
Dismissing these taillights as exclusive to the design of Lexus can be misleading. They just happened to be bold enough to adopt it earlier.
The Protege's taillights were designed using a focus group many years ago even before the concept of "Altezza" tails became popular. If the focus group testings were held now, Proteges may or may not have shipped with "Altezza" tails.
As it stands, the fact that our Proteges are beautifully designed cars are undeniable. The sedans were targeted towards the more conservative set, so our taillights did not get a major revision. As it turns out, Mazda decided to make a significant change to the taillights on the latest Protege5's from the ones preceding it, because the target demographic for them are much less conservative. The taillight style on the latest Protege5's share the same design principle as the latest 2003 Corollas.
I didn't want my tails to be conservative and I don't like it's current state, way too chromy. Hopefully, touching up with a clear red film paint will tone it down, like this:
July-3rd-2002, 12:10 PM
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Originally posted by dynamho
I didn't want my tails to be conservative and I don't like it's current state, way too chromy. Hopefully, touching up with a clear red film paint will tone it down, like this:
I didn't want my tails to be conservative and I don't like it's current state, way too chromy. Hopefully, touching up with a clear red film paint will tone it down, like this:
Now, to find those lights for less than $140.00 USD....As for chrome on the Blue Mica, I bet they look nice. Chrome makes dark colors look nice, but it doesn't match silver. If I were to have black emblems on my silver Protege it might look nice. I like those gunmetal colored ones that someone on this forum did. They look good!