Kouki Tail lights for MKIV?

Heartbeatracer

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Anyone think the Kouki Tail lights are worth it, or should I go with the JDM lights for the MKIV white pearlescent?
 
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Supracentral

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'97-'98 taillights are nice, especially on a white car, however I prefer the 1st gen (zenki), but that's a matter of preference really.
 

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Just to contribute to the MkIV section so it has some activity, can anyone post a picture of the difference? I believe the 97-98 lights had a dark gray background behind the lights, correct? Not sure what the earlier ones looked like...
 

te72

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Thanks Mike. Nothing I have to be concerned with now, but the girlfriend is wanting a MkIV as her next car, so it may come up eventually. I get the feeling that it would depend on the paint on the car really... I can see the new style looking great on the IJM, and white cars, but the old style looks great on black, red, orange, blue, etc...
 

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Just to be clear, Japan used the same tail lights as we did, so there aren't really any "JDM" tail lights. :)

Some places in Europe did move the lights around inside the housing though (orange - red - white - red instead of orange - red - red - white). These were only available for the early style, as the Supra wasn't sold outside of Japan and North America after 1996.

Jeff