Sil-80 or flip light?

[drifterx]

i have 2 options....

1st) flip lights
body kit-$400-500
left fender-$50 junkyard or $140 new
need right fender too (maybe)
??hood??- $350

2nd)
sil-80
cost is unknown... but if i get it then i want an aftermarket front and an aftermarket hood if it isnt much more than a stock since i need to buy either or....

[DJ Machine]

if you like the look, and have to replace your whole front end anyway, i see no reason not to go with the silvia conv.

[Arcane]

this is all a matter of an opinion...it just depends on what you like...it's kind of like asking your mom, "hey mom, what do i want for dinner?"...remember it's your car...if you were taking votes, i'd get the flip lights...i'm probably one of few people who don't like the sil-80...

(Edited by Arcane at 4:52 pm on Feb. 20, 2002)

[nekoball]

the sil80's are nice.. but i prefer the popup lights myself. why do you need new fenders? did you get in an accident? i would think a silvia conversion with stock eveything would cost 1k.. atleat just for the parts.. and there painting it.. and if you wanted aftermarket parts..

john

[transient]

Something about flip-up lights just does it for me personally. I guess they just seem sportier.

[burgy240]

I like the sil-80 look.  If not I like the glass covered lights that fit in where the pop ups go(eastbear?).  It is all preference though.  good luck

[drift freaq]

flip up lights with projector beams baby. thats whats gonna be on my car. gonna have clear corners do it.

[misnomer]

The popups look much more refined than the silvia front (imho). The Silvia front looks like it came offa an old mitsubishi

[Bomix]

I like pop ups.. they somehow seem more unique.. though ppl think they are ugly..or old.. i think their pretty sweet when you know what to appreciate.   The Sil- front alright.. might as well go for an S15 front if you want to go conversion.  

the biggest part of doing a sileighty swap is getting the hood.  The hood costs an arm and a leg to get shipped over here.  I think for the price of the hood you can get a fiber glass one made.  Personally I don't like the sileighty with the regular stock front end.  I like the one with the NISMO front end, its stock also but it looks a whole lot better.  

[HaLo]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Quote: from Arcane on 11:49 am on Feb. 20, 2002
this is all a matter of an opinion...it just depends on what you like...it's kind of like asking your mom, &quot;hey mom, what do i want for dinner?&quot;...remember it's your car...if you were taking votes, i'd get the flip lights...i'm probably one of few people who don't like the sil-80...

(Edited by Arcane at 4:52 pm on Feb. 20, 2002)
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Actually, I also don't like the sil-80... <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=';)'>

[mbs13]

If you have a coupe Id go Silvia front end, if hatch Id stay with the popups...I think the fixed light conversions make our cars look like Z32's. My 2

[AJ]

silvia front ends are the one reason i would want an s13 over a 14.. they r the sweetest lookin thangs out there imho.. of course,, s15 headlights on a s14 look even sweeter <img src="http://www.zilvia.net/f/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':)'>