Taillight Swap

by **2AZFE FTW** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:21 pm

I recently bought a 2001 Solara despite the gaudy femine taillights. Would the taillights from a 1st generation Solara fit my car?

Edit: It's a 2002. I dont know what I was thinking. Is it possible to swap the tails?

by **ThatVietGuy** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:25 pm

You DO have a first generation.

Gen 1

Gen 1.5

Unless the guy before you decided to swap the lights. Then yes, you can swap them back.

by **Ilovemylara** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:25 pm

Since your car is a 2001, it should already have gen 1 tail lights. The "feminine" ones were only on the gen 1.5s (2002-2003). I found a way to make the gen1.5 tails look WAY better, as you can see:

Just tape off around the chrome ring, and paint or tint the outer red area black.

by **2AZFE FTW** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:27 pm

My bad-- it is a 2002. Finger must have slipped.

by **makethemusic72** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 12:30 pm

Ilovemylara:

How did you do that? Its mad sexy.

by **Ilovemylara** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:35 pm

makethemusic72 wrote:Ilovemylara:

How did you do that? Its mad sexy.

Thanks man

I just taped off the "circles" using blue masking tape, an I painted the outer red reflector areas gloss black. I used poly-urethane spray paint, its Much more durable than enamel.

by **krawzyazn** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 1:55 pm

Ilovemylara wrote:
makethemusic72 wrote:Ilovemylara:

How did you do that? Its mad sexy.

Thanks man I just taped off the "circles" using blue masking tape, an I painted the outer red reflector areas gloss black. I used poly-urethane spray paint, its Much more durable than enamel.

I did that too but with silver lol damn it I thought I was the only one that did it

by **Ilovemylara** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 2:02 pm

LOL well you did it b4 me, so I guess your the first one with them.

by **SleeperSolara** » Tue Jul 28, 2009 3:49 pm

Genaration 1 Solara tail lights.

by **2AZFE FTW** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:04 pm

ThatVietGuy wrote:You DO have a first generation.

Gen 1

Gen 1.5

Unless the guy before you decided to swap the lights. Then yes, you can swap them back.

My apologies, I said it was a 2001. Its a 2002. :roll:

Do you know whether or not it is possible or were you only saying that based on the thought that someone other than me had done it in the past?

by **Pogs** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:11 pm

its possible. the taillights are interchangable.

by **2AZFE FTW** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 12:18 pm

Thank you, I appreciate it. I just wanted to make sure before I paid for em. :wink:

by **yaddadaimsayin** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:51 pm

yeah.. don't know what they were thinking when they made those 1.5 tails.

by **Chinky420** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 1:51 pm

gen 1 taillights > gen 1.5 taillights

gen 1 smoked tail lights >?< gen 1.5 smoked tail lights
(those look pretty good on a black lara, ilovemylara...krawzy, i haven't seen yours, so i don't know how the color combo works)

honestly, i'm just not a fan of the altezza tail light look....it still seems kinda ricer to me (even though it's OEM on the 1.5's).

but yes, it's interchangable...the only things that aren't interchangable between the gen 1 and 1.5 are the front end's (head lights, grill, fogs, etc).
unless you change out the entire front end bumper.

by **2AZFE FTW** » Thu Jul 30, 2009 2:45 pm

Yeah I really like what ilovemylara has done to his, but that would not work quite so well with my red paint.

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