De-badged trunk.check.
New paint job.check.
Clear/Red tails.check.
New L.E.D.'s.check.

So, Check it out.

 

Liking the lights, liking the paint job, LEDs undetected... personally I think it needs to be re-badged

 

I'm a fan of leaving Maxima but still,
looks beautifully done. flawless, hope mine turns out 1/2 as good! its my first time.
LED's? In the brake lights?

 

Looks nice, and what LED's are you referring to? Post some pics of output if you have 1157 and 1156 led in the tails...

 

looks good bro nice work

 

Thanks...I was real happy with it as well.
I think I may buy a 99 type MAXIMA emblem and stick it on there.
Def no hamburger though.
Sorry yea the brake and turns are LED.
I'll take a pic tomorrow night.

 

def get the max emblem man i think its the 1 piece needed to complete the trunk

 

Looks great. I plan on leaving just the maxima on mine when I repaint soon. I am in the the middle of a full interior and audio remodel.

 

looks good man! very clean!

 

i have a spare 97 embl. it has some chrome peeling though, would you still want it?

 

Sorry no offense but i spent $120.00 on painting the trunk, $120.00 on the tails, $50.00 on the LEDS.Im going to get my emblem from the dealership..Don't see much of a reason to scrimp on the details.

In any case, Thanks for the compliments. =]
i'll keep this posted with updates.

 

Very nice! Personally I think with our trunks you should either de-badge all of it, or leave it all on.

When I debadged my car, I tried it with just the Nissan emblem and it stuck out and in a bad way, so I removed everything and it looked just right although a little bare.

 

I left my Maxima emblem on and removed the Nissan. Looks great in my opinion.

Debading only looks good if you are lowered, tinted, and have rims. On stock wheels and otherwise stock car, it looks like crap.

 

Wow 120?? I paid 138 at maaco to paint a damn fender! Where'd you get the trunk painted? I might as well try and get a trunk lid from the jy and paint it instead of searching like crazy for a blue (bm1) trunk

 

well, to be specific i was $20.00 for a pint of black, $30.0 for a pint of clear $20.00 for a pint of primer and a friend that paints all of my cars did it for me for $50.00.
He's been painting for 20+ years.
Heres an accord he did for me earlier in the summer.




I paid $300.00 with paint cost

 

no maxy, no care....

 

Just an example of his work, If anyone was serious about getting their car sprayed.

 

hmmm... interesting. dealership paint?

 

No Paint was Nason, Its a generic paint but..It looks decent.
And really............Black is black.
No hints of color to mess with when you're dealing with black.

 

hmm tempted...

 

So not true.
Your trunk deck lid looks to gray. Suprised nobody else see's this.....
Or perhaps the clear is just milky?

 

lol,no...Thats called the sun.
It just looks that way from the glare off the camera lens.
I'll take an axial picture to show the trunk better.

 

I agree 100%.

 

Yea i'm thinking the last step is the MAXIMA badge.

Anyone have a part number ?

 

our popular friends from ebay has them all!

 

no, sorry. black is not black...

 

lol flat black

 

where is the pictures of the LEDs?

 

those LED pics should be pretty sick. dude where they at ?

 

IFTP's

 

Sorry, dont speak typo-nease.

Sorry, I took the pics, But i left my camera at school.
I'll upload them tonight.

and no it has a clear coat.promise. =]

 

IFTP's = In For The Pictures

Looks good. I have a 96 also. I shaved the maxima off and put up a different emblem where the hamburger was. I didn't have red/clears (this was a long time ago when they weren't as readily available). I did have a spoiler/rims/tints ... and I thought it looked good.

It's up to you to determine what looks good and what doesn't on your car.

 

lol, I like the way you think.

heres a shot..Really doesnt do them justice ..They are just too bright.




heres the gauge cluster with the same kind of leds..just in the 194 bulb

 

heres a reverse shot...still.....ehhh....

 

Can't tell anything by those photos

 

It all blurred out whats up with that ?

The gauge cluster loos sick though I have them same kind of setup
but in RED all around.

 

just wondering, where did u purchase these leds? and what brand are they?

 

Yea i dont know why they came out so blurry.
They are from www.vleds.com
whatever the $16.99 a pair was...thats the ones i bought.
They look nice but pictures just cant capture how they really are.

 

Try turning off the flash and setting it on the highest ISO setting possible, that usually does the trick for me since I have a point and shoot Sony cybershot

 

I had the flash off and the night shot was on.
But i'll try that too.