How do you guys paint Alatezas? Do you guys take them apart using a heat gun or oven and paint the inside like the 97-97 maxima taillights. Help needed.

 

yea i would use the oven, it is much easier, then take them to a shop, and get them to match the paint, unless it was black. or some people paint the lense.

 

vsamoylov: u gave up on red/clear lenses?

 

Use the oven.

Put the Altezzas in there at 400 degrees for 25 minutes. Then put your OEM tail lights back on the car.

 

no, i got me a idea. first want to try something different and if it does not work out, get me red/clears. plus altezas are cheap on ebay and some guy gave me a offer of $300 shipped for red/clears. so are you guys possitive that they will come apart just like the tailights on the 97-99 maximas?

 

I think I know what your idea is, I had the same one but no one wanted to donate any old lights and i'm to cheap to experiment

 

so will they come apart?

 

Oh yea, they would come apart...look at some directions from the VQPower how to's and you should be set .....if your gunna do what I think your trying to do, let me know how it comes out. (I dont want to say anything until you tell the public first)

 

You paint them on the outside: http://www.vqpower.com/v2/modules.ph...howpage&pid=14

If you want to take them apart, you can use the oven at 150-200 degrees for like 5-10 minutes (keep a close eye on it), but BE CAREFUL since the altezza tails will break easily. Some people have opened them successfully so take your time

 

and they are glued with that sticky black stuff right and do you guys think that all of the altezas are like that(the ones on ebay)? Cause 5th gen tailights you can't take apart cause it is a one-peice taillight. And how about the tails on our cars right now, do they come apart also?

 

that sounds about right.

 

bump bump help

 

Who paints their Altezza's?????















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bump bump 123456

 

wrong wrong wrong, that was wrong


I bought a heat gun to peal the door pilars and ended up using it for all kinds of crap. I seperated my taillights w/ them too. You just gotta be patient and keep the gun moving.

 

I think the painted euros/skyline tails look awesome idk about you guys, i would do it but i don't have 100 to put in the damn car!

 

do you mean like flavors car? If so I agree, its a really clean look!!!
I think you can get those for like $55 bux now on ebay and paint should only run like $5

 

maybe if you're getting the flat regular spray paint. but if you want it to match your car, paintscratch's cans cost a bit more than that...



200 degrees for about 10-15 minutes...the inner lights are easy to do, the outside ones are much more difficult and fragile in my experience.

 

interesting. i am going to try my new idea soon and tell you guys how it turns out.

so

Altezas come apart with a heat gun or oven just like the 97-99 maxima tailights
Our original tailights aslo come apart with a heat gun or oven

is that right?

 

Oh yea, I guess your right. The O'reilys near me sells those little scratch repair bottles of factory paint for like $2. I dont think they have spray cans though....

 

I took apart our factory taillights w/ a heatgun. I would think altezzas would be the same but dont know. I think its the same principal as the oven though. All your doing is heating up the glue and seperating the casing

 

I hope they will be the same. If not I will sell them one ebay or the org. outcome i hope will be good

 

now I'm all curious of what your project is cuz if it looks great then u kno people are gonna jump all over it. Me = Anxious to see.

 

ur not gonna put the stock outer housign on the alteazza's ? i thought about that with gen 2. i hope im wong. it may look good but may be off. actually, i think i know wht ur gonnma do.. it takes no time to get the tails open trust me i did it alot. check my homepage for instructions. very simple takes 20 min per side. and get to posting pics.. iwanna see wht ur up to..

blake

 

When spring comes around im gonna get my Altezza's Gen 2 carbon fiber lights and i gotta replace all the loghts up front cuz of the cold weather them ****ers broke on me so i drive with one light that i got from pep boys

 

Painted altezzas are really nice!