tail light conversion
10-16-02, 06:19 PM
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after reading that thread on putting a turbo hood on an N/A 7, i'm a little hesitant to ask this question (and i hope it hasn't been asked recently, b/c i couldn't find it using search), but what do you guys think of putting series 5 2nd gen rx-7 tail lights (89-91) on a series 4 2nd gen. i think it's just a unique visual mod, something that not too many people do. but i'm the last person to like riced-out civics with ten-foot aluminum wings and coffee-can exhausts. anyways, what you guys think?
10-16-02, 07:00 PM
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Originally posted by RyosukeTakahashi
Its been done, I've done it. I love it and makes it look ten times sweeter. Just follow AAron cakes instructions and make sure you get the liscene plate bezel as well.
Its been done, I've done it. I love it and makes it look ten times sweeter. Just follow AAron cakes instructions and make sure you get the liscene plate bezel as well.
10-16-02, 07:49 PM
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yup and i have a pair of tails in decent shape if your looking. we can work something out. badboy@kuentos.guam.net
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10-16-02, 10:18 PM
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Originally posted by BDoty311
I did it aswell and i used the S4 liscence plate deal. You can use it with a little cutting.
I did it aswell and i used the S4 liscence plate deal. You can use it with a little cutting.
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10-16-02, 11:39 PM
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Re: tail light conversion
Originally posted by coldfire
i think it's just a unique visual mod, something that not too many people do. .....what you guys think?
i think it's just a unique visual mod, something that not too many people do. .....what you guys think?
10-17-02, 12:12 AM
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Re: Re: tail light conversion
Originally posted by Icemark
Its actually very common for many FC owners to do, that don't remember the ugly mid-eighties T-birds that had the same tail lights as the series 5 FC.
Its actually very common for many FC owners to do, that don't remember the ugly mid-eighties T-birds that had the same tail lights as the series 5 FC.
Wait, my car also has four round wheels just like a T'bird. Does that make it look like one? Perhaps it looks more like a Camry, coz they have four wheels too... j/k
10-17-02, 12:18 AM
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haha, they have similar tailights so they look the same? go figure i want some S5 tails for mine, i had a chance a while back to get some for like 75 bucks but lost it. oh well for another day i spose. S5 tails look sweet, they make the S4 cars look better. as far as the T2 hood thing goes i dont see it as rice, its a good looking hood. if i had an N/A i want a T2 hood on it.
i want some S5 tails for mine, i had a chance a while back to get some for like 75 bucks but lost it. oh well for another day i spose. S5 tails look sweet, they make the S4 cars look better. as far as the T2 hood thing goes i dont see it as rice, its a good looking hood. if i had an N/A i want a T2 hood on it.
10-17-02, 12:26 AM
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Re: Re: Re: tail light conversion
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I hear this again and again and laugh every time. If you think an S5 and a T'bird look even vaguely similar from behind, you need glasses. Early Mazda rotaries had four round taillights, as does the 95-on RX-7. Do they look like T'birds too?
Wait, my car also has four round wheels just like a T'bird. Does that make it look like one? Perhaps it looks more like a Camry, coz they have four wheels too... j/k
I hear this again and again and laugh every time. If you think an S5 and a T'bird look even vaguely similar from behind, you need glasses. Early Mazda rotaries had four round taillights, as does the 95-on RX-7. Do they look like T'birds too?
Wait, my car also has four round wheels just like a T'bird. Does that make it look like one? Perhaps it looks more like a Camry, coz they have four wheels too... j/k
And I thought (and still do) that even back in 89 when the series 5 lights first came out that they looked just like that mid-eighties T bird. There is a very US domestic car look to the series 5 lights, that is radically different than any other Mazda product before or since. I see if I can find paictures to post that compare them, and eat my hat if you don't agree after seeing them next to each other on the same page.
And besides that I normally completely agree with you, the arguement that the early Rotaries had them is lame. No RX-7 had round tail lights for the first 10 years of production.
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Re: Re: Re: tail light conversion
Originally posted by NZConvertible
I hear this again and again and laugh every time. If you think an S5 and a T'bird look even vaguely similar from behind, you need glasses. Early Mazda rotaries had four round taillights, as does the 95-on RX-7. Do they look like T'birds too?
Wait, my car also has four round wheels just like a T'bird. Does that make it look like one? Perhaps it looks more like a Camry, coz they have four wheels too... j/k
I hear this again and again and laugh every time. If you think an S5 and a T'bird look even vaguely similar from behind, you need glasses. Early Mazda rotaries had four round taillights, as does the 95-on RX-7. Do they look like T'birds too?
Wait, my car also has four round wheels just like a T'bird. Does that make it look like one? Perhaps it looks more like a Camry, coz they have four wheels too... j/k
10-17-02, 12:39 AM
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Re: Re: Re: Re: tail light conversion
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Actually 4 round lights would be better than the 3 found on the FC and Tbird.
And I thought (and still do) that even back in 89 when the series 5 lights first came out that they looked just like that mid-eighties T bird. There is a very US domestic car look to the series 5 lights, that is radically different than any other Mazda product before or since. I see if I can find paictures to post that compare them, and eat my hat if you don't agree after seeing them next to each other on the same page.
And besides that I normally completely agree with you, the arguement that the early Rotaries had them is lame. No RX-7 had round tail lights for the first 10 years of production.
Actually 4 round lights would be better than the 3 found on the FC and Tbird.
And I thought (and still do) that even back in 89 when the series 5 lights first came out that they looked just like that mid-eighties T bird. There is a very US domestic car look to the series 5 lights, that is radically different than any other Mazda product before or since. I see if I can find paictures to post that compare them, and eat my hat if you don't agree after seeing them next to each other on the same page.
And besides that I normally completely agree with you, the arguement that the early Rotaries had them is lame. No RX-7 had round tail lights for the first 10 years of production.
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Foster, only US FDs had the taurus looking lights, all others had the round lights.
Icemark, the S4 had the black trim, the S5 had body colored trim.
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Icemark, the S4 had the black trim, the S5 had body colored trim.
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10-17-02, 12:18 PM
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Originally posted by GatorRX
Put S5 tails on my 88 (S4) vert, didn't use the S5 license plate bezel, and the S4 one didn't need any cutting.
Put S5 tails on my 88 (S4) vert, didn't use the S5 license plate bezel, and the S4 one didn't need any cutting.
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10-17-02, 03:40 PM
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the vert lights have a keyhole on the left or right light, to open the trunk. US coupe guys/gals have hatches so we have the key located above the tailights and not in them. so if you put the coupes lights in a vert, you won't be able to get in the trunk, or .......yah.
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i just got my 88 TII three weeks ago and haven't done any mods yet. i guess it's fast for the size motor that it is. keep in mind, i'm coming from a 265hp camaro. anyway, the whole point behind this reply...what do you consider to be too high a price for s5 lights??
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