I have a black Maxima and want either the Dallas Taillight Mod or the Tinted Tails. My preference is the Tinted one but I'm not sure if the visibility of the light will be affected too much. Any opinions?

 

do like i did i think its DTM

 

Did you paint the inside or outside of the light, and with what kind of paint?

 

go with the DTM since you can see the light. If you do choose to tint them, only do a light coat similat to Saab or VW. Black tint looks ricey

 

Do the DTM. It looks much better. Paint the inside of the tails with tint spray. 2-4 coats make it look real nice.

 

Darrick's car:

 

the 97+ lights look so much better than our 96/96. I would put those in. Correct me if im wrong but you only have to change the rear bumper to install these right

 

For the outers to fit you only have to change the tail lights. For the inners to fit you need to change the trunk. And for the bottom of the trunk lid to match the part of the bumper underneath the taillights you'll want to change the bumper.

 

Are you refering to "Nightshade"?

 

I don't know what people used as I haven't done it. Sorry

 

niteshades 3 light coats on the outside

 

If you are to do it and feel comfortable opening up your tails, I'd do it on the inside.

 

yeah it is nightshade. i just bought some from ebay. i plan on doing my 96 tailights. i am going to paint the orange part black just like MaximaSE96.

 

What does the DTM look like?

 

tha'ts not dtm, that's just blacking out/tinting your tails on the outside. dtm is when you paint the housing (the inside behind the lense) black.

 

maximase96, do you have any other pictures?

the guys here on the org. that have 95-96 maximas cannot do the DTM mod so we paint the outside.

 

i will take pics tomorrow when its light out and will try to catch with the hazards on...and 95-96 maximas the amber portion of the lense is molded amber its not a piece of film like 97-99 that can be taken off...so just do the outside

 

DTM can be done to 95/96 but you need the clears to do it.

Heres a great shot of my car

for people who dont know, DTM lights are stock with the inner light defusers removed and the inside housing painted black.

 

yeah thats what i meant but i didnt say it cause that is so rare.

how many coats did you gusy use? i want to do it to my dads i30. his is 9. i know i could do it to the outer lights but does anybody know if the center peice that is in the trunk opens up also?

 

i did 3..light coats

 

my old ride


dont have good pics of new ones yet

 

DTM all the way, I'll be doing mine someday

 

yeah you should do that ant96gle. that looks sick. i wish i could do that. now either i need to convert the trunk or just pray that red/clears will get produced or i find some for cheap.lol

 

One day lol... I'm painting my sawblades this weekend when I get rid of my 17's, they're for sale. and I also have to change my rear valve cover, alternator, motor mounts, knock sensor and change my oil... lets see how much of that I can do this weekend.

For your 96 I'd do exactly what was done above and paint the orange black, that looks awesome.

 

I'm doing the DTM when I go home for break. What kind of paint do I use for it? BTW Thanks for all the responses..

 

what 17 you got? and all the things you mentioned above, you could get them done on a saturday if you really want to.

and i am going to paint the stupid orange black once my nithshade comes in.

 

I did the DTM on my black max looks pretty good imo.
cardomain.com/id/nas98

 

That looks hot.. What kind of paint did you use?

 

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=360892

Those are my 17's for sale...

I'm actually having someone do a project for me with my tail lights.. I'll be having LED's soon

So I might have that person tint them for me.

Only thing is I have to cute a hole in the new lights to put my strobes in again.. Laziness owns me..

 

NAS is my twin....

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me


looks like he used flat black too. I want to redo them with gloss black.

 

I used rustolium? satin looks better than the flat but not what I considder kinda cheap looking like full gloss, gloss would not look bad but satin was my choice

 

Whats the closest thing you could do to the stock 95 tails to make them look like the DTM mod?

 

Because of the amber they'll never look DTM. So really the only thing you can do is lay on a lot of layers or "red-out" the top which also looks pretty good.

 

get some spray tint and shade the top 1/2. Dont go to dark, 2-3 coats is fine. IMO the darker the worse.

 

Thanks for the advice

 

Looks good bro!