I got a 97 hatch and my brother has a 2000 hatch. His tailights are "white" and mine are "red". His hatch is silver, mine is red. Would the 2000 "white" tailights look good on my red 97 hatch? Does anyone have pics of this?

Thanks!

 

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Question's kinda vague. You got any pics?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BlackoutVTi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Question's kinda vague. You got any pics?</TD></TR></TABLE>

Not really. unless I'm misreading he wants the red/white tails from a 00 on his amber tailed 97.

It's an easy swap. I think on the coupes you have to change the harness, but on the hatch you should be fine. Plug and play.

IMO The red/whites look much better.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ek forever guy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Not really. unless I'm misreading he wants the red/white tails from a 00 on his amber tailed 97.

It's an easy swap. I think on the coupes you have to change the harness, but on the hatch you should be fine. Plug and play.

IMO The red/whites look much better.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yup you got it. Yeah, I'll prolly swap them.

 

the RED and white look better on any color it makes it look newer...just ask plpz with 96-98 civic coupe they all have 99-00 red and white tail lights..

 

good exterior upgrade. i say go for it!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ek forever guy &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Not really. unless I'm misreading he wants the red/white tails from a 00 on his amber tailed 97.

It's an easy swap. I think on the coupes you have to change the harness, but on the hatch you should be fine. Plug and play.

IMO The red/whites look much better.</TD></TR></TABLE>
For both the coupe and the hatch swaps you'll want the new taillights with the matching harnesses.

If you get 2000 taillights and use your 1997 harnesses you'll have white turn signals.

 

red n orange- jdm, only sausages dig these
red n white-nice, only girls dig these

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by barney gumble &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">red n orange- jdm, only sausages dig these
red n white-nice, only girls dig these</TD></TR></TABLE>
Wrong.

Red, white and amber - "96-98" taillights. There are USDM versions and versions for other countries too. The JDM ones will be missing a reflector that the USDM ones have.

Red and white - "99-00" taillights. There are USDM versions and versions for other countries too. The JDM ones will be missing a reflector that the USDM ones have.

Neither color combination is exclusive to a certain cuontry unless said contry only had those years of Civics available.

 

For the sake of laziness on the OP's part ....



99-Spec Civic Type R tail lights on my Roma 97 hatch.

Oh, and 'barney gumble' .... you're an idiot.

 

TBH, i say the 99-00 spec rear lights give a cleaner look to any year civic, defo swap them over buddy!

al9955

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by al9955 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">TBH, i say the 99-00 spec rear lights give a cleaner look to any year civic, defo swap them over buddy!

al9955</TD></TR></TABLE>

You bet I will, my brother owes me. I gave him my wheels for free. (cuz they're 17's but **** they were $700 wheels.)

Get this though, he is 15 (not old enough to drive yet and he has a 2000 hatch).

 

I read somewhere that I also need his wiring harness or something like that. Is this true?

 

Nope. Just buy the appropriate amber bulbs from your local auto parts store.

 

nice hatch Eran

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by meagainsttheworld &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I read somewhere that I also need his wiring harness or something like that. Is this true?</TD></TR></TABLE>
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hatchling37 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Nope. Just buy the appropriate amber bulbs from your local auto parts store.</TD></TR></TABLE>
I'd highly recommend the matching harnesses. See, the turn signal bulbs are the only things different between the '96-'98 harnesses and the '99-'00 harnesses. While you can find amber turn signal bulbs for the '99-'00 harnesses or clear turn signal bulbs for the '96-'98 harnesses, it's difficult to find them at any local auto parts store and they are sometimes even more expensive.

Basically, if you pick up the harnesses at the same time (they often come with the taillights anyway) then you'll be saved the hassle in the future of finding just the right replacement bulbs.

A set of '99-'00 hatch taillights with harnesses should set you back around $100-150. Usually even when they sell without harnesses they go for the same amount.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 1jdmferio &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">nice hatch Eran </TD></TR></TABLE>

Thank you

Oh, and to the OP and everyone else, here are the differences in the tail light harnesses: