Used S13, S14, S15 and 180SX Tail Lights From Japan: Prices (2026)

Used genuine Nissan tail lights for the S13, 180SX, S14 and S15 still sell every week on Yahoo! Auctions Japan, and most cost less than the shipping worries suggest. Between 1 May and 26 October 2026, S15 pairs sold for ¥10,000 to ¥44,444 (median ¥22,000, about $138), early 180SX pairs for ¥12,000 to ¥39,800, and 180SX kouki pairs for ¥29,000 to ¥132,000. We read 311 closed listings on 28 Oct 2026 and kept 201 genuine lamp units; dollar figures use ¥160 to $1.

The other 110 listings are the reason this guide exists. They were centre garnish panels, bulb sockets, harnesses, modified lamps, other cars, and 46 aftermarket replicas. Whether Nissan still supplies any of these lamps new is not confirmed on an official page, and the discontinued OEM parts guide explains why no factory reproduction programme covers the S-chassis.

What do used genuine tail lights sell for in Japan?

These are sold prices, not asking prices. A sale marked ジャンク (janku, junk) or 現状品 (genjōhin, sold as-is) still counts, because that is the price you bid against. Medians appear only where at least 10 sales were read.

Two patterns stand out. First, the late versions cost the most. All six S14 kouki pairs in the table at ¥50,000 or more were sold with the centre garnish or trunk lamp section, and the top one went for ¥121,001 after 50 bids. Second, one store sold the same 180SX kouki pair, quoting Nissan part numbers B6550-60F00 and B6555-60F00, at a fixed ¥69,900 to ¥71,500 on ten dates. We kept those out of the table. A kouki pair described as new sold for ¥66,000, and a new kouki left side for ¥37,310.

We also pulled 194 JZX100 listings. They split across Mark II, Chaser and Cresta, early and late, and cold-climate lamps with a rear fog, so the counts per bucket were too small for a fair table.

Which price tier fits your build?

How do you tell a genuine lamp from a replica in the listing?

Sellers put 純正 (junsei, genuine) in titles as a search keyword, so it appears on garnish panels and harnesses too. Read past it.

On the 180SX and S14, check whether the centre garnish is in the photos. Titles with 3点セット (three-piece set) include it, and that changes what the price buys. For the rest of the listing vocabulary, see how to read Yahoo! Auctions drift parts listings.

What should you ask the seller before you bid?

Here is the step where tail light buys go wrong. Of the 201 genuine units, only 23 titles said no cracks (割れ無し, ware nashi) and only 4 said the lamps were tested. Most photos show the red face. The back of the housing, the mounting studs and the bulb sockets stay out of frame. To find out, you have to ask in Japanese through the listing’s question box, before the auction ends. Then the lamp still has to be boxed for a flight.

Can tail lights go by EMS, and how should they be packed?

By size, yes. Japan Post’s English EMS limits page, checked on 28 Oct 2026, allows 1.5 m maximum length and 30 kg to the United States (length plus circumference 2.75 m), the United Kingdom and Canada (3 m). Australia is 1.05 m and 20 kg, and Germany is 1.05 m, 2 m and 30 kg. A pair of tail lights is light but bulky. Two 180SX pairs in our data were listed for domestic 140 and 160 size boxes, and one S14 kouki four-piece set was listed to ship as two parcels. When volume is the problem, a courier can beat EMS; the comparison is in EMS vs courier for drift parts.

Japan Post’s how-to page says Fragile and This Side Up services are not available on overseas shipments, and advises double packaging. It also says not to tape or tie several boxes together into one parcel. So each lamp needs its own rigid inner box with the lens face padded. Both boxes then go inside one outer carton with every gap filled. The same rules apply to the bigger pieces in used rear bumpers and side skirts from Japan. If you are replacing the front too, the used headlight price guide uses the same method. If a lamp arrives cracked anyway, read damaged or wrong parts from Japan before you pay, not after.

A used factory tail light from Japan is cheap next to its replacement problem. It is a good buy when it is the right number, questioned in Japanese, and boxed twice.