Ok soooo i have some pics, i shall show you guys

i used the OEM mounts and used a grinder to fit the E36 lights in FLUSH

i wont post the pics in the thread so that way 56Kers can view them on their own time uploading all the pics as i wrote this will come back later

 

*These show where i used the grinder (five pictures)
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*These compare the rust on the right and left sides the driver side is on the lleft... oops
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-NOTE after grinding, and before painting I de-burred the grinding areas and used a wire brush to take the paint with rust under it off

*These show after they were painted with High temp grill spray paint (has a nice flat black color to it)

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* These show the grinding areas on the plastic grille (little blurry)
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ok... really blurry

* This is my "quick disconnect" re-wire
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* Making room for my custom CAI
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* Pics of my battery tray and rust
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**after wirebrush, simple green and paint
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Hmm looks like you did a good job. I wanna do the same to the brackets..alhough I think I'll need new headlamps if I'm keeping my stock ones cuz I cant adjust/aim them at all and the left is aiming higher than the right one. how much did you get your e36s for?

 

Not sure why you keep saying FLUSH because unless you use the Wade/GTS covers (or the glass off the new clear headlights) they will not be flush because the Maxima hood is rounded and the E36 lights are straight. Now you may have done that and I have just missed where you posted it.

also if you use the covers you will not have to grind the grille.

So far it doesnt really look any different than all the other installs except you took your time and painted everything which I applaud you for.

 

indeed, I kinda want e36 lights on my car now!

 

i have some more pics...

i got the lights at a junkyard believe it or not for $40 + 5 for the wires... (wtf) lol

well i, yes i did notice that they werent curved but i DEFF tried to make them inside the engine bay as much as possible i think they look nice

all i have to do is make the brackets so they dont bounce around

and thank you very much micheal that actually meant a lot to me coming from you (your vavle cover = SAWEET)

 

Did I miss something?

Where is a pic of the final product?

 

Yeah, I don't see it either.

 

final product is here i was too excited and went out to party lol

here are the pics numerous angles no night time or light output

----deff needs a cleaning and new paint


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also you can see in the pics... i took out the center nissan emblem, i thyink it makes it look WAY "meaner" + the lights add a little too

 

and your other work on your car

 

I def like the e36 on our maximas but not diggin the flat look since our original headlamps are curved. If I were to do the conversion I'd probably try to get the ones that are like the stock lens

 

i first started working on my driver side grinding and fitting -got that done- over a couple days period

then i got to the passenger side, this took only 2 days but the first time i worked on this side was at night (i work all day dreaming about working on my car )

yadda yadda got done grinding, put the OEM back in
*crack, crack, griiiiind* lol WTH!!!
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13 years old it happens but it happened at night lol i had no lighting on the road

also... my foglights dont work anymore, its killing me

 

ouch. my fog lights are brighter than the e36 projectors ><

 

Not a bad job, overall.

 

thanks guys makes me feel good, because i dont do things like this

washed it today; the grille looks A LOT better and so does the bumper cover

 

Why did you choose to have the inside edge of the lights protrude past the surface of the grill?
Nice job on the grinding and painting.

 

in my opinion they look like crap until they are flush (really flush) and your corner lights match your headlights.....

fyi i have flush mounted bmw lights with true euro corners....i also have a euro grille if i ever go get it from teh painter

 

I just checked your site - how are yours 'flush'??

 

You looked at his old pics. He flushed his just like I did mine...with the clear covers.

 

Ahhhh, ok, that's better then.

 

they look like crap

time to get Clear Corners then i guess ... what do the corners have to do with it fitting?...

 

thanks michael...

marshall, nothing with fitting, but they just stick out like a sore thumb.

 

then... how would i get them in more?...i dont need anymore grinding on my mount i dont think (90%) sure of that, i could shave some more of my grille

 

no i mean the corner lights dont match the headlights

 

ohhhhh ok then... time to look for REG clear corners then i know what ill do for "smoking" them that'll prolly happen in about a month

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/89-94...QQcmdZViewItem

there are clear corner lamps on ebay bro

 

are they any good? i heard something about the fitting..

 

dude my max has them on it there is no real fitting problem that i can tell

 

kool i might just consider them..think they;ll look alright on my car even though its all stock beside rims? btw your sig says 96 se rims, they're really 97-99 SE

 

thanx bro my bad typo lolz thanx for bringing it to my attention lolz

 

No problem dude. I just noticed too..you're getting an aluminum wing. Promise the whole maxima community you wont rice that baby up

 

lol dude juz let me do what ima do and once i complete it then give ur opinion once its been completed lolz would u all have a problem lets say i put the gtr 34 wing from the factory r34 ??

 

there was a guy on here that did that but I cant remember his name. Then again it may not have been an R34...personally I will not like it but I dont like spoilers of any kind on 3rd gens...but its just my opinion.

 

yeah I'm the "ric3r" of the forums dont make me look bad ><. I have a lil' more respect than a allum wing....

 

lol to all there own likings plus umm our cars do have spoilers on them already for those dat have the se package most the se's come with the factory foam spoiler so what difference is it between that and having a different type of spoiler. like i said to all there own tastes and likes.

 

lol, i think i would like my car without the wing, but i dont REALLY have to have the 3rd light do it? i heard its illegal to no have one i COULD take the GXE one and make it fit probably ill look into it later

 

Some of us with SE's put the spoilerless GXE trunk lid on.
Seems like us 'older' guys like the clean, spoilerless look - while the younger gen still prefers a spoiler? (like I did when I was younger too - but never a huge aluminum one... )

 

I still like the spoiler look better.
though mine is starting to come up

 

Exactly...like I have said a million times...do what you like and forget about everyone else. My cars have had the spoilers and I have taken them off because I dont like them. Well let me rephrase that...I dont like them with a lowered/kitted max which is what I have had. I do like the factory spoiler on more factory looking Maximas but I just dont like how the spoiler looks with the kit.


that is what I did on my old 92. its not hard at all to do...just get the bracket and light assy and put it back there. You do have to either cut your shelf or get the shelf from the GXE.


thats my opinion as well

 

I was just kidding when I mentioned the spoiler, I come back a day later and everything is picking on him for the spoiler...I didnt mean for that to happen bro. Like Michael said and I agree you always do what YOU like not what others like unless you worry about what people think.