i have seen some 3rd gen maximas with a AEed look
has that black painted inside the lights

i like that


does any one have a write up for that or what?


thanks

Kyle Cisneros

 

hmmm the only ones I have seen (headlights at least) are the ones I have done (92GXE and 92SE)...although I am sure there are others that have done it as well but I just havent seen them.

Just bake the lights (350 I think...for 10 min or so)...take the lens off...tape off the reflector part...paint the edges...bake again and reinstall the lens.

It will be really hot so use welders gloves (what I used) or some thick towels.

Simple as that

good luck.

 

painted lights?>

 

awsm66 it was on your car that i seen it

loooks really good

would there be any special kind of paint i would need to use?


thanks

Kyle Cisneros

 

na just regular spray paint. I am not sure how good it will look without UK corners or taking the corners apart and painting them.

 

Maybe some pics?

 

well i am sitting here letting my head lights bake

what should i do once i get them open




thanks


Kyle Cisneros

 

probably a stupid question but what does AE stand for?

 

American Eagle.

 

Anniversary Edition...

 

too lazy to click on the links in my sig to go to my site? lol

Here you go:





LOL


Kyle I thought I pretty much covered it in my first post (its really as easy as I made it in my post lol). Just mask off the center reflector part (you can tell whats for lighting and whats not) so you dont get paint on it and paint the corners black. I just used regular spray paint and it worked fine. You will need to bake them again to put them back together.

Again be careful and dont burn yourself. Still not sure it will look good without UK corners but like I said you can always AE the corner lamps as well. Just dont bake them as long and probably not as high a temp.

good luck...if you have any more questions just post them up or email me.

 

well i didnt know if i was suppost to sand the corners down or not but i will wait till morning to paint


thanks for the replys


Kyle Cisneros

 

yeah you can sand them a little with some light paper (maybe 800 or so).

 

im not really sure what this sand paper is but it shines up metal and alloy REALLY good


use it for every think else



Thanks


Kyle Cisneros

 

well your goal when you are wanting to paint something isnt to shine it up but to scuff it up and give the paint something to stick to. That being said any higher grit (dont want to go course and leave huge sand scratches) sand paper will do for this. Heck even 2k grit would work because you dont need much bite since its something that is sealed and will never be in the weather.

Just use what you have and you should be fine.

I remember what I used now. I used a grey 3M scotch brite (painters one not the ones they sell at regular stores) to scuff it up.

post some pics after you do it and get them mounted.

 

alright

you helped alot


i admire you car alot



thanks

Kyle Cisneros

 

No problem...I try to help as much as I can. BTW thats not my car any more. Its Pervis Anathema's car now.

 

ohhhh alright

yea i remember a thread that was talking about that

sweet car tho


Kyle Cisneros

 

well i finnaly got to taking some pictures

will take more once the weather clears up

i also painted my clear corners to match




tell me what yall think about it

 

Michael, how can u not remember man . i did this to my corners back in '02. apparently i had to buy new corners and will do them again. cuz now they look like crap. look at my sig and u'll c.

 

how did you do you corners GRNMAXDMON

i did mine in a gay way

spraying the whole houseing with gloss black

but it turned out great

 

was tooken during morning



was tooken during night



also dont remind me about the bumper



what do yall think




Kyle Cisneros

 

looks good. i did mine the same way as u but i used flat black not gloss black. right now i'm workin' on doin' them again or get my old stock corners, take them apart, paint the inside flat black and then use crystal clear lense instead of the stock or aftermarket lense.

 

I didnt forget...I knew you did that but I was saying I didnt think AE lights would look good without doing that or having UK corners thats all.

 

Your car appears to be an SE yet doesn't have a sunroof...Is it a "floater?"

 

it should be the same with the gxe

sun roofs should be options or something like that





Kyle Cisneros

 

"floater"?

the sunroof was an option for the SE from 92-94. It was standard only from 89-91.

I have a 93SE with no sunroof.

 

yeah, i was just messin' with u.

 

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