Hey guy Im about to get me a 4th gen and was wanting to see what some of your after market tail lights look like. Post a pic of your tails.
And what does it take to get the 97 tail light to work on the 95-96?

 

to get 97-99 tails u need trunk lid.....rear bumper if u want correct lines.....obviosly the tails....prolly something i am forgetting IMO.....95-96 tails>97-99

 

I did the DTM mod to my tails...all it required was opening the lenses, removing the lower reflectors, and painting the bottom portion of the housing black. Results:




You can also get a similar effect by using Niteshades paint to tint the lenses. Both good options that are cheaper than buying aftermarket lights.

 

Heres my 97-99 tails on my 96 maxima with a 96 bumper.

 

i hate my 1996 rear end. I wish there was more options out there.

 

 

sorry for being so big

 

hey steppin up to the 4th gen too ? good choice im lovin my 4th gen so far....more performance options too. ive got a 99 myself and i agree the 97-99 styling is way better than the 95-96 thats why i got the 99se. personally im just going with red/clears its a great clean look...

 

I have some pics of my old tinted tails on my cardomain.

 

I also did the DTM mod.

 

Here's mine. Plain and simple.

 

As you can see most of us are going to advise you to in someway modd you stock taillights to avoid rice.

 

JeEvE,
You really have a sweet looking car. Are those pix taken near Immaculata?

 

man i was going to pst pics of my car but then decided not too. i have pics of my max in the same location as yours. i was driving by in phily in my max and saw that locatio nand stopped by and took some pics. ncie car by the way.

 

 

Red/Clear Tails, ONLY Way to go man





And the Motor shot

 

Thanks for the compliments. I dont think the area is called Immaculata, not really sure.

I live a few min. away from where I took those pics. vsamoylov, do you live right around that area also?

 

During the day they are normal red/clears

 

 

 

 

There you go.

 

i like them orange

 

Is the dtm mod inspection passable? and how hard is it to do?

 

Hella Taillights

 

i used to live around that area.

 

 

My Old Tails:

My New Tails and Lid (thanks ManualMaxima & Max4Speed)

AMD @ KSU:

 

I would think it should be okay...as long as you have some decent amber bulbs in the turn signals. My car doesn't have to go through any type of inspections where I live so I don't know for sure. If it doesn't pass you could always just open the lights back up and stick the old orange/white reflectors back in.

When I did this mod, it was the first time I had ever attempted using tools and changing anything at all on a car and it wasn't very hard. The trickiest part was prying the lenses from the housing, you just have to be patient and careful.

Here's a great DIY writeup with pics: http://www.vqpower.com/v2/modules.ph...howpage&pid=66

 

 

Mike...........you got any bigger pic?

 

My 96 max, with the tails in the trunk shaved. What do you think?
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2075565

 

im not sure why it took 30 people to post the same exact tails in just different shades.....

 

Not feeling the Honda rear end look. But if you love it, then that is what counts.

liqidvenom,

The thread topic says: lets see your tails.

 

But doesnt the orange reflector not come out for the 95-96's. How do so many have it done on those years without doing a rear end conversion.

 

a new one...

 

What would be cool is if some people explained their 95-96 tail light mods and how they did them. Us less fortunate people that dont have the easy red clear installation =)

 

 

these are mine. i just tinted the bottom half. i was gonna do the dtm mod, but then i was worried about the seal and water getting into the light. but anyways, here they are, pretty easy to do. 3 coats currently, but 2 coats as shown.

 

another lakeshore blue max..nice

dtm