Hi guys,

Well I just bought a 99 Maxima SE on Saturday. Let the modding begin!!!

My first free mod will be to remove the Eibach stickers and the mudflaps. LOL

My first pay mod will be red/clear tailights.

Money aside, who has the best matching red/clears? After searching this forum, reading various threads, and surfing the internet, no tailights are perfect. Ange claims hers are near identical. Is she the best to go with? Or?

So, I would like to know, who makes the best and are the closest?

Thanks in advance for your input.

James

 

Are the mudflaps OE from Nissan?

I wouldn't mind taking them if you don't want them.

thanks.

 

Mine are

 

any aftermarket made is a perfect match. ange buys it from the same company as custommaxima. try ebay and ull get a good deal on them. like i said, if its not home made, it will match perfectly. i have them...

 

I have seen some ones that are close but not quite perfect. Home made ones normally aren't perfect either but you can get it close.

 

Don't buy from "symmic" on ebay....product looked good and it was shipped quickly, but one of the tail lights came in broken and he never responded to my emails until i filed a complaint with paypal.....

 

Custommaxima.com's match. My friend just got them on his Maxima. I have the older ones that don't match as well, but they changed them now and the clear piece is almost identical to the amber piece. You may be able to buy them cheaper on eBay or something though.

Good Luck!

-Nick

 

Same thing happened with me when buying from symmic, It's actually a shop, not just some guy. I called them 3 times and they sent me new ones in a much bigger box with more padding and they arrived mint. Still have the broken ones too

 

Custommaxima's match. i have them on mine.

 

Ange at Redlinemax is running a sale on her's right now. They are posted in the 4th gen F/S section.

 

the homemade one match to me

 

I think symmic must have gotten better since your incident. Last month I got mine from symmic off of ebay for $44US. I had minor cracks on the bottom edge from shipping. They offered to replace them as long as I returned them but my cracks were so minor that I just glue-gunned the pieces.

 

symmic must have some horrible shipping then, friend of mine ordered the ones from there, his came cracked too... wtf...

 

DIY

Those were 100% perfect.

 

ebay ones match perfect to me ..

 

nothing is better than OEM with the clear part from the aftermarket ones inserted. But like anyone will go that far.

 

Here what mine looks like...

 

i got some from symmic and they arrived in good shape, well padded and all. no chips. i just got them like a week ago

 

Thanks for the reply guys!!

Ant96GLE, are you implying you did yours yourself? They look nice. Any daytime closeup pics?

To those of you you have commented about "Symmic" on ebay, I've seen those and was skeptical about them. Thanks for your advice/comments.

Soulfly, lookin' good! Any daytime closeup pics?

98MikeXimaSE, how do you know Ange and Custommaxima buy from the same company? Word of mouth? or?

Thanks.

James

 

Yes mine were home made by Uncle Sprinty... now that I think of it its been 2 years. I do have more pics but you'll have to wait till later tonight when I can post them...

 

I did because the outer trim of the aftermarket ones was a bit darker than the OEM trunk one. It might not be as bad if you have a dark car but since mine isn't dark you could tell right away that the outer lamp was a very dark color on the trim.

OEM with the clear part from the aftermarket ones inserted =

 

I agree with Soul Fly


DIY matched perfectly

 

did you maybe want to part with the broken ones?
How bad is the damage?

 

paint em

 

EXACTLY! the aftermarket ones have a different boarder. Its cool that you acctually did this, I know I would have if I wanted red clears. And OEM Nissan Koito is still on the lense!