This Saturday I take posession of a 98 Gold Max SE. I am thinking of dressing it up a bit. I intend to get some clear corners for the front and I am thinking of some Altezzas for the back. My first instinct is to go with the chrome finish but I know the people here have probably seen many combinations. What do you all think?

Is Ebay a reasonable source for Altezzas? Does anyone have specific experience with any of the dealers there that they can recommend them or warn me about them?

 

Yes Ebay is a reasonable source, but get the Gen 2's. They look better.

 

yep, gen.2 iz better i have carbon fiber altezzas 1 gen and i took them off after a month stock taillights look better in my opinion!!!!

 

How 'bout some red clears??? Those will make it look cleaner.

 

I agree. I think Red/Clears Makes the Maxima look even better.

 

When I first read this I thought you were a 4.0 gen but now that I realize your 98 I definitely recomend R/C's. If I had the option I would. I'm contemplating getting the CF trunklid that has recently been produced and 4.5 R/C's but thats 650 so....

 

Red/clears......no Altezzas. Won't look near as nice.

 

Get them and do the skyline mod... looks so good!

 

Definitely red/clears over the altezzas.
They look a lot better.
Just look at Optimus' car.

 

^^^Bump, red/clears look 100 times better

 

I bought the Altezzas off eBay. I installed them, promptly replaced them with the stock headlights after one day, then hit the GD forums to get a set of red/clears.

 

Do something different...open the altezzas and paint them body color or something...or red like one of the orgers did.

But yeah Red-Clears are much cleaner looking than the tacky altezzas...

 

red/clears....def...altezzas are pretty whack...but really its what u like...good luck...

 

It seems I’m on my own here. I went with Altezzas. And I think that they look great on my Pebble Beige max. I bought them from SWA (that’s before I discovered the wonders of eBay).

It’s all what you want though. It doesn’t matter what everyone else says—if I went with the majority of the opinions here, I’d have plain red-clears or something like that.

 

I had gen 1 altezzas in both chrome and gunmetal but went back to red/clears

 

MUCH better

 

Where can I snag a set of these Red/Clear's? (and for a decent price IF possible)
E-bay seems to be infested with Altezza's only... Thanks!

 

i like the way the cf looks but without the chrome trim

 

No more than $10 and a free afternoon. Make them on your own...look at the HOW-Tos..

 

Red/clears for a clean look...or as my friend would say:

"Friends dont let friends buy altezza"


*shrugs*

 

You guys are making me start to worry now... my gen 2's arrive today. i hope i like them.

 

I think they will look like fubar...ha ha

 

This is my baby with Chrome Gen1's:





And now with CF Gen2's:

 

where can i get those cans of nightshade paint? i'm thinking of tinting the lenses on my '95 since getting red/clears is pretty much out of the picture, and i'm going back and forth between tinting and altezzas.

 

Just go with the red/clears...those are probably the cleanest looking taillights ever. You could even do the DTM later to them.

 

[QUOTE=ChinoX]This is my baby with Chrome Gen1's:


Looks like a dang Accord.

 

Stock or red clears are best.

 

I'm actually quite pleased with the gen 2s. Call me crazy.

 

....RED/CLEARS...

 

none

 

Altezzas suck bolls.

 

[QUOTE=Brudaddy]dude!!! lol, you tell me then that the red/clears don't look like a civic?

 

It doesn't matter what car it looks like...altezzas are tacky and red-clears are clean.

 

Carbon Fiber Altezzas look very nice IMO. I dont so much like Chrome ones but they look ok. I would rather have carbon Fibers than red/clears anyday personally.

 

actaully had these on my "pebble beige" max. look good both during the day and at night i loved them. i just wanted sumthin more different then wht they were and red/clear. have my own setup.. check homepage for pics.. but if u want a good set of carbon fiber gen 2's.. i got a set that ill sell to ya for 140 shipped..

let me know..

blake

 

i say gen 2's. i went from red/clears to gen 2's. every maxima owner i pull up next to 3rd 4th and 5th gen at a gas pump come over and ask where i got them, and ask if they can see them with the brakes on. i love gen 2's esecally when i push in the petal and the cars behind me look like they are om fire.

 

hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.................. .....Brudaddy
,you got owned!

 

you ppl need to just pull the bulbs on the corners of the red/clears, dont try to put a red bulb in there it always looks pink unless its LED, theres 2 examples on this thread, just unplug them...

 

Yeah, those Altezzas are fugly as hellll

 

Wow. I love these threads about tail lights. So much debate over plastic lenses. But I gotta agree. Red/clears are great. I just put mine on a week ago. I also got clear corners in my trunk that I plan to install eventually. for red/clears!