I finally completed my Stillen body kit last weekend, after 2 years of just running with the lip. Some guys might be interested in the tinted tailights and 5th gen muffler.







Dave

Looks real nice. Are you planning on lowering more?

Those are H&Rs, but they never seem to look very good in pictures (ie sit high). When I'm in the car the springs go down another .5". I've had Intrax, but they took out way too much wheel travel and made for a crappy ride. The H&Rs sit about .5" higher and the ride is light years better. It's a trade off.


Dave

ahh one of my fave 4th gens just got even better! keep up the good work Dave!!

My favorite 95-96 by far...very clean and tasteful man. Whenever a 95-96 owner says they have no choice in tails other than altezzas I point them to your car

Why does the tint look "dry" and gray like a primer?

Car looks gorgeous!

Amazing.. I did that to my 1996 tails and I had nothing but flames from .Org members. You do it and all is good. Dave and his magic! It was ok for a while but I got sick of having half matte and half gloss taillights and thinned it off. Pic below.

-Cyrus

Didn't he used to have the whole taillight smoked? I liked that a lot..

Dave, it looks amazing. I'm still surprised I haven't seen your car around town.

Oh and Vyrus, your tails look red/black. Not really tinted.

niiiice max. looks great man.

vyrus, you gotta have a black car to work the smoked taillights look!

Hey would deep green pass off as black? You can hardly see the green on mine.

Car Looks nice & clean dude. NICCe Work! Lata!
-Jeremiah
1995 Nissan Maxima SE

looks great. way to represent the 95/96 look and not convert the front and rear end to 97+ like so many people are doing.

one word: N I C E !

Car looks nice Dave.

dave i like ur front license plate...LOL

Looks great Dave. I love the body kit look; really adds some classiness and sportiness to your ride. I'm flying down to KC for the day on 2/10. Maybe I'll see if your car is always so clean.

hey dave, the car looks fantastic ! Very, very clean like the other guys said. Now you have looks and speed ! That is one bad MAX ! Job well done !

Dave, that is a very clean classy look! I think only the extreme dark green or black would show the tails as well as yours does. I wish I had the money and know how to start the modification process on my 98.

wow that looks great!!! Why doesn't the front lip looks glossy to me?

Very nice! I love the tails especially. I dont suppose you could tell us what paint you used? And the process? Just the outer lens, or the insides too?

WOW, That was a great idea for the tails for anyone that has a black max!!! that really does look nice i envy you for that idea now all i need is some pointers on how to do it!! let me know!! thanks a lot!!!

The car looks great DAVE!...same question above about the front lip...looks like its flat black.

Thanks guys. I really wasn't expecting such a response since I really don't think my ride is that "custom". I really appreciate the compliments. A carbon fiber hood with black anodized hood pins is next.

Here's the paint I used:

http://www.autodynamic.com/detail.as...UCT_ID=VA-3400

Most rice shops seem to carry it. I like it because even though the tails are just smoked, 95% of the stock light comes thru. The reason they look a little flat (they're not near as flat in person) is because there is translucent red paint under smoke paint from when I had the ambers tinted red. I went back to the smoked look because I look better on my black Max. In the process, the red paint underneath made the smoke paint a little flat. I'll probably do some wet sanding to bring a little more shine out of the paint.

Painting is easy. Simply remove the taillights, mask off the area you want smoked and then paint in thin coats. I believe I went with 3 thin coats. I didn't want it black, I just wanted to make it look like the taillights off of the older VW Golf GTIs (mid 90s) and make the taillight look more uniform.

I think the smoked tails will look fine on most any color Maxima. Just use thin coats. If you use too much paint, simply use finger nail polish remover. It will remove the paint, but will not cloud the plastic like thinner will.


Dave

You and Skiboarder weren't suppose to see that Yes, the front lip isn't very glossy. The reason being I painted it myself with black spray paint (with flex agent). Seeing that the front is constantly scraping curbs and streets, it takes some abuse and has to be touched up about twice a year. It was hard to justify getting the lip done professionally with how much abuse it takes. It wasn't so noticeable until I put the rest of the kit on. I'll probably wet sand it and spray some gloss on to try and even it out some.


Dave

hmmm....not so sure about that. it looks so much better on your black max than on Vyrus's red.

how do the lights still functions? are the still visible and bright? it would be spectacular if you could take night pics....it looks like it would kill the light emission

everything looks better on black cars...they look like wet mirrors...if you know what i mean just completely beautiful.

Ask and you shall receive:



It's a crappy pic because I had to time the shutter to match the hazard flashes. As you can see, all the light is coming through and matches the untinted light below. Keep in mind that my ambers were tinted red prior, so when my turn signals come on, they're red. When I just had smoke over the ambers, the lights would still be amber when they were on. BTW, red turn signals are legal for those wondering.

As for Vyrus' car, I'm sure it looks better in person and out of direct sunlight. His talis may even look better if he were to redo them and just smoke them lightly so the contrast isn't so aggressive.


Dave

wow! thanks for the speedy timing, that was awesome.

now i'm very interested in this mod....i like not having to open my tails like in the dallas tail light mod. not because its bad, just because i know i could mess something up

thank you again dave

Very very clean and nice. Some 18" EVO 5's would look nice as well on them.

god dammit chillinmax, your sig is way too damn tall

Dave, your car is slow and ugly.



j/k car looks great and the taillights look awesome.

Looks good. That's nice and clean. The only rant is the Nissan emblem on the rear, 95/96's look so clean with no emblems IMHO. Is it just me or is your front lip a different color that the side skirts? It looks to be a flatter black?

LEMAR

dam your car looks hot Dave. I love those license plates, european style or whatever, compliments your car very well.

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Chill dude. i gotta put them side by side, but havent figured it out yet.

just an observation

I ran my car with no emblems on the back for about 3 years. I put the hamburger back on on a whim and decided I liked it because it added just a little something to butt. I'm always trying to style my Maxima after the Bavarian makes and BMW offers thier models with no emblems on the rear except for the BMW emblem. I kind of did the same.


Dave

Now that's how a 95/96 should look. I've always wanted to smoke my tails, but I heard that the spray stuff doesn't come off. I'm refering to this stuff thats similar to your paint, called Nite Shadez or something like that. You think that simple nail polish remover would do the trick?

Do you guys think a thin layer of this stuff would look good on a silver I30 like mine? I think it would go well with my gunmetal rims and dark tint.

Oh Dave, a light tint would look real nice on your car...more black is always good.