Here is a comparison of the OEM turn signals vs the immitation Makotrends





VS



Notice the housing is rounder on the OEM's and the edges designs have contours.

I will have 99' Spec taillight comparisons up soon.

 

what you have to add to that comparison is the cost of each. That makes a big difference in a lot of peoples decision. Thanks for posting the pics, nice to see the comparo..more similar than I thought.

 

Makoto: $180
OEM: $380-$400

 

What's the cost comparison for the tails?

 

$50 do it your self, or $450-500 oem

 

Sorry, I mis-understood. I thought that this company Makoto was producing reproduction 99 tail lights as well.

I'm still planning on doing the conversion myself instead of dishing out $450 for OEM's.

 

is the top oem?

 

Yes, the top ones are oem while the lower pics are the mako knock offs. You cant really tell the difference from far away unless you like looking at that much detail. But the mako knock offs are well worth the money since they don't need an adapter harness either. I got those when they first started producing them. I have a post up somewhere on here explaining them when I first purchased the set from mako. They are very nice quality and haven't let me down yet. Again well worth the money so they really aren't cheaply made either.

EDIT: haha I just noticed that the pics of the mako lights at top post are the ones I orginally posted a long time ago.....those are mine, lol! Kinda funny to me sorry...

 

Thank you for doing this thread chickenwing. It will answer many threads asking about the difference.

 

Just in case anyone wants to see the original thread about this you can go look at it here. https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...ght=RX7SpiritR

BTW: just so you know, I ordered the smoke lense set.

 

I did leave out an important part...PRICE!

Only thing I don't like about the Mako's is the housings don't appear rounded as the OEM...But im considering getting the Smoked Mako's which should hide the differences abit more.

$410 VS $180 is something to consider!

Just adding my bits to the Forums.

 

Thanks for the comparo, good info to know. Josh