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Old 10-07-04, 08:57 PM
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Round tail lights real or not?
I just bought a set of round tail lights off this kid and was wondering how i know if they are real or just converted into japaneese spec tails.
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why does it matter? if they look correct and you didnt pay the price for real ones then i wouldnt care.
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Old 10-07-04, 09:03 PM
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I paid $250 but it would be nice to know.
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i think the real ones have raised up (or out) plastic circles where the round sections of the interior of the light is. i'm not 100%, but i seem to remember that from a previous post. in any event, i'm pretty sure there is a difference in the lenses.
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Kinda like knowing if your girls **** are real. same ****
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Originally Posted by legal-z

i think the real ones have raised up (or out) plastic circles where the round sections of the interior of the light is.
Yep. I have the '96+ JDM taillights, and if you look closely, the lens circles protrude just slightly, maybe a couple millimeters or so. With the mask and paint job, they will be flat.
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they also have a raised ridge on the US spec 95, but i say if you cant tekk then you got what you paid for
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Normally it would be smart to find this out before paying...
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SpeedKing can you post a close up picture.
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Originally Posted by KINETIK_FD3S
SpeedKing can you post a close up picture.


I started a thread on this:
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...highlight=tail
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Jeeezzz, you can barely see the round at all.....only on the amber side
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The camera does not capture it well, you can see it a *little* better in person. The red has it also, but yeah it is really hard to see.
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Originally Posted by KINETIK_FD3S

SpeedKing can you post a close up picture.
Sorry for the huge pic, but shrinking it causes it to lose what little detail there is. As I mentioned above, the lens of the circles on the '96+ JDM taillights protrudes maybe a few millimeters, and none of the pictures I took really capture it, however, it can be easily seen with the naked eye. Where I circled is the edge of the lens circle and the flash is reflected in it.

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I was still gonna get them anyway even if they werent real cause i needed a tail light anyway
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i could kinda see an edge on them.
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