OK well last night i went out bought some testors paint and a heat gun, got a little ballsy and decided to do the red/clears on my own...a lot easier then i thought, i practiced on a stock one to get an idea of how to pull them apart...thanx for the help everyone gave me in my other thread about this and heres some pix for ya...

thread #1
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=278651

Reason #1 why we practice on stock ones first
http://images.cardomain.com/member_i...88_33_full.jpg

Reason #2 WAY to much heat
http://images.cardomain.com/member_i...88_34_full.jpg

All Clears pulled apart
http://images.cardomain.com/member_i...88_30_full.jpg

http://images.cardomain.com/member_i...88_32_full.jpg

After Paint
http://images.cardomain.com/member_i...88_35_full.jpg

http://images.cardomain.com/member_i...88_36_full.jpg

On the car
http://images.cardomain.com/member_i...88_37_full.jpg

http://images.cardomain.com/member_i...88_38_full.jpg


Cars dirty as hell but the lights are blingin
--Dan

 

Looks really good Dan. Good job. You're gonna make a lot of people jealous.

 

i start the bidding at 180

 

more like 200.

 

where did you get the paint?

 

come on now i need to get at least my $222 back lol...these tail arent goin anywhere yet but with my luck i'll take the car for a ride and get rear ended...


I got the paint and heat gun at walmart, paints in the toy section with the models...paint was like 2.50 i think and the heat gun was 20 bucks which made things so much easier...

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...tem=2455424936


lol i knew there was gonna be another set rite after i finish mine...o well...those are david l's for those that want red/clears, prolly much nicer then having to paint em yourself...but those are probably going to go for a decent amount of $$

 

I am going to do this shortly. So what all do I have to do? From reading these 2 threads i get a heat gun and take off ALL the sticky film (the red and the amber). So that leaves the tails all clear. Right? Then i tape off the turn signal portion and paint with that stuff from wal-mart. Let dry and then apply? Is this all right?

 

that looks nice...wash that CAR!!

 

Welcome to the club!

Ian

 

[being nice] No, 95/96's can not be cleared out like 97-99's. he bought these all clears which aren't made anymore and painted them. they are very rare to find and can't be found at a store unless they've been hiding on a shelf for 4 or more years. [/being nice]

 

nice work, now i want someone to do another set with Krylon stained glass paint. then we can see the differences between the 3 paints

 

I'm like them, a lot. Too bad I don't think red/clears are worth over $300, other wise I'd do it.

 

you should have practiced on ur originals and let me get the spare ones, cause i broke mine doing the same thing, now im trying to get some new ones from this girl that has carbon fiber altezzas.

 

Nice meticulous work...DanIamyoudaman!

 

Looks good

 

im jealous..its so hard to find some all clears..