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just wondering if the NB lights are interchangable?

also dose anyone have pics of the diff NB lights? (Head lights and tail)

cheers

irwin

The headlights match up with the bonnet and guards but I think the bumpers are slightly different. I've heard of the NB8B/C bumper being fitted to an NB8A fairly successfully though. Maybe you should borrow a light and try it out.

The tailights are the same as yours except the indicators are clear instead of yellow.

Hasnt Safetyman fitted the new nosecone and lights, see here http://www.cardomain.com/ride/234875

Yeah, he changed the nose cone, but it didn;t sit quite right with the NB8A lights, so he ended up upgrading them as well.

Whether or not the NB8B light will fit with the NB8A nose cone i'm not sure of.

I beleive the tail lights are interchangable.

Just get an NB8B!

if money wasnt a problem craig i'd buy an SE and got boost hunting but alas im an apprentice and am yet to breake the $500 a week mark. unless i work over time

is there any hassel with taking apart the head light and spraying the silver plastic inside black?

This is Carlos's car



I bought myself a NB8B front for my birthday, now i just need time to test fit it, see if i need to shave a little off the plastic where the NB8A light is more rounded then send it and my hard top off to be painted.

look the same too me... those lights the same shape as the SE ones? (with the dark insides)

Nooooooo that's the same lights with the updated front.

You can do this mod so your lights look a little less cross eyed.

Na, that black car is an NB8A with an NB8B bumper.

im confused...

ok plain english yes/no why/whynot

do the dark SE lights fit in my nb8a?

Ok .. from what Carlos (safetyman) has told me ..

The NB8A lights and the NB8B lights ARE Different.

The top edge that lines up with the bonnet is the same.

The short edge that lines up with the 1/4 pannel is the same.

The NB8A light is rounder at the bottom and about 5mm shorter on the inside than the NB8B light.

"approximately midway on the 98 light is about 1mm thicker which makes it a little trickier getting the bumper on."

Easy way to pick the difference
NB8A lights have 2 areas, the indicator (orange plastic) and the main headlight (high and low beam), the NB8B lights have 3 areas and a different plug to connect the headlight i presume.

You could always do the porka upgrade?

haha, now theres a car in need of some new wheels... makes it look like a toy.

thanks okibi, your a gun.

very tempted to try and retro some SE darkened lligths into my car, but its starting to sound like i'll need to change the from end to pretty much an SE... i just want the lights heheh

anyone know how much the lights cost on an SE? and where best place to look would be?

never tried panel beating before, got some mates that do it... and their not all that bright... how hard can it be haha