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As the title states... I was looking to change my tailights to something darker... for my black 04 aveo, and was curious if anyone has the black one from Altezza that you can get off ebay for under 100 bucks. Are they a direct match? Like take off the stock ones, put the new ones on? Are they nice looking? Thanks!
get the led ones!
Link??? Ya a search on the forums showed that some people had fitting issues. Got a link for some nice LED ones for the 04 hatch?
Or if anyone has purchased the Altezzas lately that can confirm that they fit better now :) I really am digging the look of these over the LEDs at this point he he.
i dont recall seeing any fitment issues, taking the off the stock ones are a pain, and the new ones dont want to go in but i got my in after a few minutes...i got a pic or two in my build thread with the led taillights, same ones you would want to get as well (you will see years like 04-07 hatch, those are the ones you want).
Yeah the ones I were looking at LOOK identical to the stock ones in terms of fitting in there nicely. And they say 04,05,06 Aveo Hatch in the description. I mean for 80 bucks it's almost worth grabbing them. Worse case scenario, they don't fit nicely so I return them hah.
Do the LED's are replaceble? I don't think they are, and if they are not, what happens when one or two of the little light bulbs blows? We use tons of LED's on our vehicles and equipment and all of them are not replaceble(burn, toss it in the garbage) and for that reazon I don't like them...
I had a good experience so far with Altezza (but I also replaced all the bulbs with SMD LED tower style bulbs) and I love the way they look. I didn't think I'd like them more than the full LED ones that hunter is talking about (and the ones that I have on pictures in my thread), but I actually like the way they look better now. The full LED ones are nice, but if the bulbs start acting up/burn out, the only way you have to fix/replace them is to bake the whole tail light, solder/replace LEDs/wiring, and then bake them together... but to me that's a time consuming process that I don't want to go through every time one of them burns out. I have a set of those with a row of them dimming when I press the brake but they're not worth my time IMO. And with Altezza you can always take out and replace just the bulb instead of having to bake the light open...
Go black altezza...
Dammmmmn. Yeah those are the ones ha ha. I just ordered them last night! Figured they were worth it to see how they look. Thanks for the input folks!
They will not fit straight out of the box.
You have 2 bulb sockets for the stock tail lights that you need to put into the altezza. Once you take out the original lights, you will notice one of the 2 sockets is noticably bigger then the other one (its longer).
The way they made the socket holes in the altezza, the original bulb sockets will fit without a problem but once you put the tail light back in place the longer of the 2 sockets will hit the body of the car, preventing the altezza to fully go in place.
What you need to do is modify the socket holders in the altezza so that you can put the longer of the 2 sockets in the bottom hole of the tail light instead of the top one, 5 minutes and a simple rotary tool like a dremel will do wonders.
whats the difference on the Altezza lights some are $55 and some $93?weather there black or chrome?
never mind cheaper ones come out the same price with shipping. lol
So do you mean two of the three on the bottom,? or do you mean the top one?.Quote:
Nemasys
They will not fit straight out of the box.
You have 2 bulb sockets for the stock tail lights that you need to put into the altezza. Once you take out the original lights, you will notice one of the 2 sockets is noticably bigger then the other one (its longer).
The way they made the socket holes in the altezza, the original bulb sockets will fit without a problem but once you put the tail light back in place the longer of the 2 sockets will hit the body of the car, preventing the altezza to fully go in place.
Do you have a pic of the back with the sockets in place. ?
Just asking to see if the wiring is in the right place.
He means the two on the top (the two red ones). That's the same problem you run into with either aftermarket option: full LED or Altezza (both black and chrome). But that's nothing that a piece of 2x4 and a mallot can't fix within a matter of a few minutes with no damage to the paint... 8-)
Is it made that much off or is the lights socket in the wrong place?
Check out my Cardomain pg 4.
yeah, i have those too. they had some fitting issues on mine. i had to switch the sockets where the bulbs go and cut some plastic away. now it fits tho. but it was a pain doing that... i dono if they are better now.Quote:
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