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TSoprano May 31, 2009 01:45 PM

LED Gen 2 Altezza's Skylined!
 
Just finished these up the other day and thought I'd post pics for another led tail light alternative..

Quick how to:
Bake open @200 for about 10 mins.
Place Ice tea lid inside the lens
Paint with krylon Fusion or whatever
Bake back together
Wipe off any excess adhesive with WD40 on a microfiber

http://forums.maxima.org/picture.php...pictureid=7402

http://forums.maxima.org/members/tso...s-skylined.jpghttp://forums.maxima.org/picture.php...pictureid=4703


http://forums.maxima.org/members/tso...s-skylined.jpg

VANGtastic97 May 31, 2009 01:52 PM

I always wanted to do that when I had them haha...Nice work though!

ChrisMan287 May 31, 2009 01:58 PM

They look extremely nice. Good job.

bigpopaj369 May 31, 2009 02:12 PM

those look real sick! nice work

NYC A32 May 31, 2009 02:22 PM

i would of put the clear / backup lights black to then bought some bright leds for the reverse light. still looks good tho. good job

JNCoRacer May 31, 2009 02:54 PM


Originally Posted by NYC A32 (Post 7056108)
i would of put the clear / backup lights black to then bought some bright leds for the reverse light. still looks good tho. good job

My thoughts exactly.

JAMAICANLOVRBOY May 31, 2009 03:00 PM

those look tight, i did sorta the same thing. I have the same taillights, but i made the mistake and painted the whole light, i got some of the paint off though so you can see the red reflectors since i kept gettin harrassed by the cops

FallenOne May 31, 2009 03:16 PM

looks alot better than any other stock replacement IMOP

TSoprano May 31, 2009 03:23 PM


Originally Posted by NYC A32 (Post 7056108)
i would of put the clear / backup lights black to then bought some bright leds for the reverse light. still looks good tho. good job

You mean paint the centers black so all you can see is the red ring?

ChrisMan287 May 31, 2009 03:35 PM


Originally Posted by TSoprano (Post 7056157)
You mean paint the centers black so all you can see is the red ring?

Exactly. It would look pretty sexy.

djipka May 31, 2009 04:05 PM

IMO some type of tint will help out as well.

tosheto May 31, 2009 04:51 PM

I like it too. Those are nice. I wonder what they would look like if the center things were black as well :scratch:

JAMAICANLOVRBOY May 31, 2009 05:23 PM


Originally Posted by tosheto (Post 7056247)
I like it too. Those are nice. I wonder what they would look like if the center things were black as well :scratch:


thats how mines were, but cops will harrass you since the red reflectors has to visible, but the LEDS wil shine thru if you use transparent paint

JNCoRacer May 31, 2009 05:30 PM


Originally Posted by JAMAICANLOVRBOY (Post 7056279)
thats how mines were, but cops will harrass you since the red reflectors has to visible, but the LEDS wil shine thru if you use transparent paint

There's no red reflectors in the centers. We're talking about painting the chrome reflector black. The red reflector wil still show since it'll be untouched.

allensteiner21 May 31, 2009 05:39 PM

nice job, wish they made them for 95/6 too.

Redline Maxima May 31, 2009 05:45 PM

good job

TSoprano May 31, 2009 06:21 PM


Originally Posted by ChrisMan287 (Post 7056169)
Exactly. It would look pretty sexy.

Your right! It would look sweet..

Actually, I was planning to retro a set of these into the outside centers and something similar on the insides for backup lights but I just got lazy and wanted to get them done. These are a bish to open up without cracking the cheap plastic..

Thanks for the compliments. :)

NYC A32 May 31, 2009 06:36 PM

yea the centers. rebake it and do it. im tellin u it would look even hotter if u did all the clear parts i.e the backup and signal lens and leave the red rings showing

99BlackMaxMS Jun 1, 2009 03:01 PM

Nice job, I wanted to do this a long time ago, before I got the red/clears and liked that look better. Looks good though!

Mistertones Jun 1, 2009 09:48 PM

Those look awesome!! I wanna do something like that to my Max sometime soon!

mightyMax95 Jun 1, 2009 11:51 PM

i actually like these, can't stand the other altezza tails though. good job with the paint.

i would second allensteiner but... everyday i look at my '95, it grows on me more and more. :)

toyick Jun 2, 2009 12:03 AM

it would look somthing like this..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...1243800708.jpg

Gman8990 Jun 2, 2009 07:10 AM

not the best of photoshop-esque jobs but it does kinda capture the effect... looks nice

toyick Jun 2, 2009 09:51 AM


Originally Posted by Gman8990 (Post 7058724)
not the best of photoshop-esque jobs but it does kinda capture the effect... looks nice

ms paint...FMFL

anomaly117 Jun 2, 2009 12:25 PM

great idea man, looks great :sprint:

G4nismo Jun 2, 2009 01:50 PM


Originally Posted by toyick (Post 7058920)
ms paint...FMFL

+1, that just ruined the whole idea.

someone needs to chop it correctly

Maximum I Jun 2, 2009 02:01 PM

yeah i got the same thing done to mine...nice work though it reminds me of mine exactly..lol

TSoprano Jun 2, 2009 06:48 PM


Originally Posted by Maximum I (Post 7059251)
yeah i got the same thing done to mine...nice work though it reminds me of mine exactly..lol

That because I got the idea from your sig.. :o
I saved that pic awhile ago for "future projects". :D

NYC A32 Jun 2, 2009 07:38 PM

not the best myself but we get the point.
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j4...800708copy.jpg
http://i77.photobucket.com/albums/j4...800708copy.jpg

maxprivate Jun 2, 2009 07:54 PM

personally I like the white center better , came out real nice though. I have also liked the Gen 2 Altezzas.. especially modded like you have them. just never got a set.

fugiwara Jun 2, 2009 08:36 PM

it does look like skyline especially in the dark, very mean looks

Maximum I Jun 2, 2009 08:40 PM


Originally Posted by TSoprano (Post 7059639)
That because I got the idea from your sig.. :o
I saved that pic awhile ago for "future projects". :D

lol..its cool...have anymore future projects?

MakMax Nov 14, 2010 11:30 PM

When you opened them, which part did you paint? The transparent plastic cover or the chrome/CF part around the circles.
Tnx

TSoprano Nov 15, 2010 02:11 AM

I painted the inside of the clear plastic cover..

user1211 Nov 15, 2010 02:18 PM

Clean job on paint work especially with black... I have same LED tails but i did mine full red out with a Candy though.

nismomaxgtr18 Nov 15, 2010 04:22 PM

Looks great man. I've always wanted to paint mine body color but now, they are just sitting in the garage. Just might take up the project.


Originally Posted by user1211 (Post 7813848)
Clean job on paint work especially with black... I have same LED tails but i did mine full red out with a Candy though.

Post pics. Interested in seeing them.

user1211 Nov 17, 2010 09:12 AM


Originally Posted by nismomaxgtr18 (Post 7814101)
Looks great man. I've always wanted to paint mine body color but now, they are just sitting in the garage. Just might take up the project.


Post pics. Interested in seeing them.


Will snap a pic when going out on lunch.. I got a new spray gun and plan on re-shooting them for Deeper Candy look when i get my lip kit put on...

dj tes Nov 17, 2010 10:25 AM

nice work


Originally Posted by nismomaxgtr18 (Post 7814101)
Looks great man. I've always wanted to paint mine body color but now, they are just sitting in the garage. Just might take up the project.



Post pics. Interested in seeing them.

:sprint:

user1211 Nov 17, 2010 11:54 AM

Here some quick cell phone pics while headin to lunch... Prob a love/hate for most. But i like the different look, especially sense im goin for non traditional look to include my IonicDynamics Classic style kit thats waiting for paint and large style wheels to follow..

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...o/tails1-1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...o/tails2-1.jpg


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