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AKADriver
03-21-2003, 06:41 PM
http://img119.ac.yahoo.co.jp/users/5/0/3/3/buska810-img600x450-1047998876180sx.jpg (http://page2.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/b34915362)

Not only are they rather well made clear taillights for the fastback, they say "240SX" on them...

Currently selling for 11,500 yen (about $90).
DRO916
03-21-2003, 07:10 PM
i wonder what those would look like on.
Dousan_PG
03-21-2003, 07:30 PM
THEY LOOK LIKE ASS!!!
i've seen them on 240sx's. i'll find it ONE day and scan it. right now im too tired and lazy. the owner of this car had bad taste all around hahaha...

just cuz its JDM doesnt make it f*cking right!
KiDyNomiTe
03-21-2003, 07:50 PM
Originally posted by dousan36
THEY LOOK LIKE ASS!!!
i've seen them on 240sx's. i'll find it ONE day and scan it. right now im too tired and lazy. the owner of this car had bad taste all around hahaha...

just cuz its JDM doesnt make it f*cking right! \

I wouldn't really consider it JDM, don't really know hwo to classify it, and have no clue why it says 240sx if its for sale on japan auction.

Anyways clear tails look pretty wierd on all cars too me, used to think they looked good on some cars, but after a while stock lights rule.


Here is a pic of a half clear taillight, looks kinda funky, but imagine all clear, or photoshop it.
SilviaDriver
03-21-2003, 07:57 PM
Originally posted by dousan36
THEY LOOK LIKE ASS!!!


*ding*ding*ding*ding*ding* "Johnny tell him wat hez won!"

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid56/p27aaa20d49060051cf590f5312400248/fc780346.jpg
Dousan_PG
03-21-2003, 07:58 PM
aaah
people in japan want USA stuff (example: nascar)
people in USA want japan stuff (us)

here is the real deal

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid56/pb895e8b7a5c30cbaab4fb4bae287f16c/fc780307.jpg

full size:

Pic #142 (http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4291213751)
Got Sileighty?
03-21-2003, 08:30 PM
well this proves that the grass is always greener..........
AKADriver
03-21-2003, 08:52 PM
Yeah... the guy is selling, in another auction, a set of 240SX rear side marker lights. I guess the 180SX never had them, so... yeah. hahaha.
SilviaDriver
03-21-2003, 09:12 PM
wE sHoUlD sTarT buYiNg USDM pArTs, cuZ USDM iS tYtE y0! hahahha wait..we already got USDM stuff

i think ill start selling my USDM stuff on japanese ebay now. USDM 95 tails for sale!! 100hp to the ground! get em NOW!
TheTimanator
03-21-2003, 09:57 PM
hmmmmm....weird looking. Looks gross though. Think about when you hit the brake, and they light up pink like all those civics used too back when clears were popular. :eek:

I like the red/clears though. I would consider getting them over the kouki tails...but I guess thats just me:D
masta
03-21-2003, 11:46 PM
The Full Clears would not look so good. Wonder if it will show all the rust in your hatch being clear and all! Joking ;)

KiDyNomiTe: Those 50/50 tails look kinda good in that pic.
KiDyNomiTe
03-21-2003, 11:52 PM
Originally posted by masta

KiDyNomiTe: Those 50/50 tails look kinda good in that pic.

got the pic off of clearcorners I believe. They should sell them, but you have to send in your lights and they send you the modded ones.

Or you could tackle it yourself.
KEINsm
03-21-2003, 11:56 PM
People in Japan tend to emulate Americans...
we see the opposite happening in the US.

One more interesting fact is that Japanese Silvia and 180SX owners actually do KA24DE engine swaps to their cars!!!
If you think about it, a turboed KA24DE should have more power than an SR20DET (2.4 vs 2.0 litre).
Even if the SR20DET is a engine engineered for racing and the KA24DE is a "workhorse" low maintanence engine, some people prefer the bigger displacement and that added low end grunt that is associated with it.

I guess the bottom line is that people want to be "different" by getting novelty items for their cars.

By the way, those clear taillights are pretty ugly...at first glance, it reminds me of an American riced-up Eclipse.
radrex88
03-22-2003, 12:06 AM
I live in japan and Ive seen alot of silvias and 180's owned by japanese nationals. None of them had ka motors, and most dont even know what a ka motor is. Where in japan are you seeing this idiotic act.:confused:
KEINsm
03-22-2003, 12:17 AM
Not too many people do the swap.
Come on now...if you already have a K's why would you drop in a KA24DE???
The people I know in the Yokohama bay area have old S13 Q's (1800) or the original 180SX.
They just do it for fun, just for the novelty of having a "240SX".
Some try to turbo it and some just have it carburated.
Those who go turbo envy the Americans who get cast iron manifolds...they have to make custom welded ones that crack every few months.
Trust me...these people actually exist.

If "idiotic Americans" are called "ricers"
then "idiotic Japanese" are called "yankees"
radrex88
03-22-2003, 12:57 AM
Wow thats just weird, I ve never seen or heard of this and I ve been to alot of local hang outs, and a few drift races on base, oh well I really dont care to see the swap.
DRO916
03-22-2003, 01:30 AM
i think that pic of the black fastback with half clears looks decent. all clear looks horrible imo.
SilviaDriver
03-22-2003, 03:04 AM
well im not sure whether the KA swap is true in japan..if it is..gotta find me a friend in japan that IS interested
SR240DET
03-22-2003, 10:54 AM
clear tails = the new altezza's for the 240sx..
SR240DET
03-22-2003, 10:54 AM
clear tails = the new altezza's for the 240sx..
kurissuS13
03-22-2003, 07:22 PM
Originally posted by AKADriver
http://img119.ac.yahoo.co.jp/users/5/0/3/3/buska810-img600x450-1047998876180sx.jpg (http://page2.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/b34915362) ...

ewwww! at least they're not clearing the kouki tails. yet. *shudders at the thought*