Used my leftover niteshades tint spray on the badges and some left over wheel clearcoat. Didn't like how the rear of my car was way too cluttered (chrome badges, keyhole, license plate frame, muffler, window sticker), but I wasn't about to shave it bc i like the badges. Came out nice and real easy to do, unsure of how it will hold up though.





This is how it looked before


Thanks go to Will (metallic97gxe) for giving me some tips on his badges..

 

looks nice

 

hummmmmmm.....not bad, did you take them off to paint or just tape stuff up?

 

Did you mask at all or just forget it because your body paint is black already?

 

I took the badges off the car, masked off the keyhole.

 

Looks good, I dont have any badges but I will be doing my key holes. (My Black Front emblem looks very nice)

 

blacked out..looks good! wonder if that look would work on beige car..anybody..anybody. that muffler looks tight, is it loud, what kind is it??

 

Looks nice, I wanted to paint the chrome emblems black too. How did you put them back on?

 

i did it to my front emblem. I like it.

 

I painted my emblems flat black a while ago due to the car having the orignal getto mod ... the "gold package" I like the new look alot..... I haven't done the keyhole yet

 

he got the idea from me and I have a Pebble Beige Maxima...



http://www.nissanx.net/gall/Pics-Mods

 

metallic97gxe, what tye ofpaint did u use? I have als have a pebbe-beige and I would like to do the same, also if u could post a pic that would be great

 

metallic97gxe, what tye of paint did u use? I also have a pebbe beige and I would like to do the same, also if u could post a pic that would be great

 

also, how did u get the "MAXIMA" and "NISSAN" off of the trunk?

 

I used regular spray paint gloss black about 4 coats sprayed about 15 mins apart so each coat is good and dry..here are instructions on how to "shave" your emblems...


http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=258753


I took mine off them cleaned all the adhesive off the back of it then cut small strips of double side tape to the back of the emblem then reapplied it..

 

thanks for comments

Tyrexx/LudeAEM how did you guys take the front badge off? I was considering doing the front emblem too.

nitromax- thanks...its a powertech PT-1011. Best sound I've heard a max put out exhaust wise so far, very deep.

jeeve- I put it on using leftover Silicone adhesive sealant I had laying around from using it to seal my clear corners up. My friend recommended me to use it. When his door molding fell off, he used that and its been through a year with no problems at all.

metallic97gxe-

 

I like, nice job Ludacris.

 

metallic i may have to copy you :-p, i also have a 97 beige Maxi... and i've been thinking about spray painting the emblems...

not sure if i want to do it black though... i mean i don't want it to be to ricey and make it something wild... but not sure if black is going to be my color of choice.

blah..

nice job Luda.

 

damn... ive had mine painted since i got my car.

 

Looks good! What muffler is that? 5th gen??

 

looks good to me!

 

Ludacris, did u smoke those lights or are they aftermarket?
If u smoked 'em please tell me how, they look bad ***!

 

sheerah07 here's the how-to link:

http://forums.maxima.org/showpost.ph...59&postcount=1

enjoy

 

I took off the front grill and carefully masked off around the badge. You may want to go out and buy some 2000 grit sandpaper from your local automotive store so the emblem has some grittyness to it so the paint will stick.

 

I'm of the opinion that its much easier to pry off the emblem and paint. This is similar to shaving the rear. Just heat up and pry. Except the front emblem has two little plastic pins that help align it. Be careful not to break those off. BTW, LudeAEM, 2000 grit is way to fine. I hope you meant 200 because 2K will do nothing and might even smooth it slightly.

 

ehh more like 600 grit. You just want a little grittyness. I didn't want to break anything so i just left it on

 

broaner, you can't just pry off a 4th gen emblem... at least i couldn't ... from what i saw it's part of the grill...

Unless you need to take the grill off to pop it out from behind...

 

really nice i like it

 

Looks good...l like the way the emblems blend into the butt of the maxima.

 

where do you guys buy the niteshades stuff?

 

I got it from summitracing.com. But others have found them at other places for cheaper, I think skiboarder got it for like $10 less than me or something.

Another tip guys...you can get a kind of black chrome finish to your badges if you do it right. The first couple layers of niteshades ended up leaving them with a kind of black ice color, or the Hyperblack that some wheels have...but mine were spotty bc I was rushing to get this done. If you are patient then you should be able to get a nice, even black chrome finish.

 

Looks good Ludacris. I like the theme that you have with the graphite stuff on the black car.
Very sharp looking with the lights tinted too.

 

Maybe on 4.5 Gens its different. Mine pryed off after being gently heated up.

 

So broaner you applied direct heat to the grill and then removed the emblem?

If so what did you use to "gently" heat it? Because personally i'm interested in spraying my emblem without getting anything on the grill...

oh and does anyone else have a 97 maxi who can't get their front emblem off?(without removing the grill)

 

I pried my emblom off with my hands. It came off with no problem.

 

looks good

...just in case you didn't know, the stock 99 SE-L badges look almost identical to your newly-done mod.

 

sorry to say but i think it looks horrible(tails and badges tinted)... just being honest!

Ant

 

Perfectly fine

I'm not modding my car to please others, I do what I like. If others like it or not it doesn't matter.

 

Looks good

I tried the same thing with mine but I didn't like the way the blck looked on my sage mist green, so I ended up leaving it shaved. I am thinking about doing something with the keyhole, maybe with body color touch up paint.

 

Luda, im liking the mod. I think this mod would look best on selected colors including black, white, and pebble beige.