Ok, here is the deal. I have a 96 GLE that has chrome door handles and moldings around the windows that are chrome also. When you look at SE modles of a Maxima, they have painted door handles to match the body color and the moldings are black. I will paint the door handles but what about the door moldings. I heard that people buy tape that goes over it. Where can I get it?

 

god, i have that chrome crap too...and i hate it.

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i want to see this answer too.

 

I just has my car painted too and am trying to find out the exact same thing. I hate that chrome on the weather stripping. I didn't know that there was a special kind of tape that people use to cover it up. I was going to go have my whole weather stripping re-dun. Sorry I can't be of more help but good post though and I'll let you know if I find out anything.

 

Hey Guys. I have a 99 Max GXE and I used "Black Out" tape to conseal the chrome. You can buy it at Auto Zone. Lata

 

autozone? do you remember how much it was and how do you apply it?

 

it's under $10 bucks and the instrutions are on there
just tape it on top and with a blade cut of the residue

 

does it look good? any more info?

 

people with older 7th serieses do the same exact thing with that black tape and it looks great...

 

ok, thanks cause i hate the chrome.

 

Any picts of this done?>

 

I used it on my chrome GXE grill. Boy, did I not like that thing. But, before I did it I ws unsure about the commitment with painting it so I found that tape and now it looks like matte black. Looks really nice.

I've had it on 3 months now and it seems to be holding up well.

 

I'm going to try this too because I hate the chrome on my gxe. Thanks

 

woohoo!!! another quick and easy mod for something that's been bothering the pi$$ out of me!

 

You can order the precut tape for your door from your local dealer. It should run about 15 bucks.

 

you sure about that? from the nissan dealer for $15?

 

i would love to see how this looks

 

dont paint your chrome door handles, i have black door handles, ill trade with you!!

 

well i want to see how it looks first, you got black handles so hook us up with a picture

 

well heres my car, i dont have any shots of the door handles yet, but ill try to get them up asap, but i just went out to check and theyre all in excellent condition.

 

yea crome looks fugly sometimes, exspecialy on these kind of things, im gonna try that thanx for the info.

 

i can't view the pic for some reason

 

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here is his pic, he did the coding wrong

 

will a 96 door handle fit a 98

 

pic does not load up either

 

Where can I buy this tape online. Anyone got pics of the final outcome>?

 

I have a gxe and used Blackout tape and it came out better than I expected. Although installing it is not that hard but time consuming,when installing it, you have to make sure the tape fits in every crease to avoid bubbles. I had mine on for around 3 months now and its holding up pretty well even through rain and snow.

 

it did for a while, he over used the bandwidth on his free server. it was a crappy small picture of a white 4th gen

 

my car with the black door handles, theyre in excellent condition but if we were to trade, i would need your chrome handles first since this is my daily driving car.

 

alright well, thanks for the pic of the finished product, but where can i get this? someone said there was precut tape available from dealers...where has everyone else gotten theirs?

 

You can purchase from Auto ZOne..(Blackout Tape)

 

well actually my car already had black door handles. but im looking for chrome door handles now from a black max. if your interested we could work out a trade

 

anybody???