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Old May 16, 2011 | 01:47 PM
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Thats F****** beautiful!! I love it! Nice work!!
Im loving all this love towards the lights lol.
Old May 16, 2011 | 03:14 PM
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Ya! Real nice job mang! Now I gotta figure out what to do with my front end, its not matching. What did you do with the corner lights next to the main ones? blacked them out somhow?
Old May 16, 2011 | 03:37 PM
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Can you post pics of the top of the light so I can see how you got that lens to fit on? That was quite a feat.
Old May 16, 2011 | 04:19 PM
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Ya! Real nice job mang! Now I gotta figure out what to do with my front end, its not matching. What did you do with the corner lights next to the main ones? blacked them out somhow?
I need to re tint the corners, didnt come out how I wanted. I used VHT NightShade. Its a spray tint. After 24 hours of spraying you sand it and go over with polishing compound to make it seem glossy and nice. I screwed it up a little lol. I did the same with my turn signals, those came out great.

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Can you post pics of the top of the light so I can see how you got that lens to fit on? That was quite a feat.
Yessir! Let me grab a camera and Ill post them in a bit.
Old May 16, 2011 | 05:29 PM
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im tellin you yo. redo your bumper and corner lights but get them tinted forreal. theyll look like glass dude itll be clean as ****.
Old May 16, 2011 | 06:30 PM
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im tellin you yo. redo your bumper and corner lights but get them tinted forreal. theyll look like glass dude itll be clean as ****.
What do you mean, tinted for "real" The bumper lights are fine, i want them to match the body... The corners I need to respray and polish... Sometimes I wonder about you....
Old May 16, 2011 | 07:33 PM
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Old May 16, 2011 | 08:15 PM
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New sig is fire bro-die
Thanks bro, I need to hook up with my buddy whose got a tuned bug eyed WRX and have a photoshoot. Hes a pro photographer, heres one of his pics i touched up.

Old May 17, 2011 | 03:34 AM
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why would you wonder about me? im not even talking **** to you right now... when i say forreal i mean sprayed with a gun. with tinted clearcoat. thats whatll match your car nicely. youll see night and day difference dude.
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you can still have it as dark as you want to "match."
Old May 17, 2011 | 04:12 AM
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Originally Posted by GGENIUS
why would you wonder about me? im not even talking **** to you right now... when i say forreal i mean sprayed with a gun. with tinted clearcoat. thats whatll match your car nicely. youll see night and day difference dude.
I still think its not much of a difference as long as you buff the nightshade nice and polish it after you sand it. But to each their own.
Old May 20, 2011 | 10:18 PM
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Nice. Well done, I am planning on doing FX projector on mine...
Old May 20, 2011 | 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by The6spdMax
Nice. Well done, I am planning on doing FX projector on mine...
The replica Fx projectors? Ive heard so many good things about those. Planning on doing anything else? Or just the projectors?
Old May 21, 2011 | 06:55 AM
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nice job bro looks hella sexy clean
Old May 21, 2011 | 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by luke95gxe
nice job bro looks hella sexy clean
Thanks man
Old May 23, 2011 | 08:56 PM
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Hey guys, do the J30 projectors fit in a 97-99 Maxima?
And sorry if this was asked already but how did you get the angel eyes to rest against the edge of the J30 PJs? Once I get a Max I'll be trying out a quad-projector/angel eye retro-fit. So far the J30 PJs look like the best choice, instead of buying 4 new projectors. After seeing how awesome painting the projector housing can be, I would paint mine blue or purple.
Old May 23, 2011 | 09:05 PM
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Hey guys, do the J30 projectors fit in a 97-99 Maxima?
And sorry if this was asked already but how did you get the angel eyes to rest against the edge of the J30 PJs? Once I get a Max I'll be trying out a quad-projector/angel eye retro-fit. So far the J30 PJs look like the best choice, instead of buying 4 new projectors. After seeing how awesome painting the projector housing can be, I would paint mine blue or purple.
Yes, the projectors will fit in a 97-99 max.

I have a projector shroud mounted over the projectors to hide them, that is what i mounted the angel eyes onto.

I would advise against running the J30 Quad setup, the j30 high beam projectors are crazy big, I think the only person to do this succesfully in stock housings was ChrisMan. He's a god when it comes to retrofits.

If you want todo a quad setup I'd look into getting HID projectors off of theretrofitsource.com, or if you wanted to go the J30 route, buy some r34 headlights and retrofit into those.

If you need any help let me know.
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wondering what yellow/gold demon eyes would look like with my setup (yellow/gold fogs, gold rims etc)....
Old May 26, 2011 | 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by MaximaSpd85
wondering what yellow/gold demon eyes would look like with my setup (yellow/gold fogs, gold rims etc)....
Are those the g35 coupe rims? Ive got the sedan rims, sorta want to paint them gold. I painted my calipers yellow, and I think the yellow demon eyes match the calipers perfect. Gives just enough color to contrast the black car.
Old Sep 2, 2011 | 08:00 AM
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Hey 95Maxed,
I love your 95! Totally awesome!
I looking to do similar projects to my 95 GLE in the near future.
Old Sep 17, 2011 | 07:38 PM
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that looks soo nice i wish i knew wiring or i would so do that
Old Sep 17, 2011 | 08:15 PM
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niceee
Old Sep 18, 2011 | 12:50 AM
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Originally Posted by pwmaxgle
Hey 95Maxed,
I love your 95! Totally awesome!
I looking to do similar projects to my 95 GLE in the near future.
thanks, i love em.

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that looks soo nice i wish i knew wiring or i would so do that
Wiring wasnt hard, i literally just split an existing harness I knew would work and added the bulbs to it

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niceee
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Old Sep 18, 2011 | 12:50 AM
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Originally Posted by pwmaxgle
Hey 95Maxed,
I love your 95! Totally awesome!
I looking to do similar projects to my 95 GLE in the near future.
thanks, i love em.

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that looks soo nice i wish i knew wiring or i would so do that
Wiring wasnt hard, i literally just split an existing harness I knew would work and added the bulbs to it

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niceee
thanks
Old Sep 22, 2011 | 04:23 PM
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This is good stuff. I have the same lights from the same car at my house. Only paid 30 dollars for both heads from junk yard. Just need some good clean headlights cause mine are trashed
Old Sep 22, 2011 | 04:26 PM
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This is good stuff. I have the same lights from the same car at my house. Only paid 30 dollars for both heads from junk yard. Just need some good clean headlights cause mine are trashed
Just google OEM replacement headlights and you can find a set of 97+ lights for like 80 bucks. Tear those apart and get retrofitting
Old Sep 22, 2011 | 04:28 PM
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And heres a current picture of how the lights have held up. This was taken a month ago.

Old Oct 2, 2011 | 11:25 PM
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Hey bro still diggin your lights!! Was wondering if you could take a pic from behind the wheel in a dark parking lot or something, I wanna see how wide an far the lights project light. Just got me some ae'd 97-99 clear lens lights an gonna start piecing together my j30 retro.
Old Oct 8, 2011 | 01:13 AM
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This is the only output photo I have.

Old Oct 8, 2011 | 02:29 AM
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95maxed,
amazing looking car and really like the headlight mod. Thanks for sharing and giing me some inspiration formy 98. Cheers.
Old Oct 8, 2011 | 10:27 AM
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amazing looking car and really like the headlight mod. Thanks for sharing and giing me some inspiration formy 98. Cheers.

No Problem, thanks for the compliments. If you ever need help with stuff just shoot me a PM
Old Nov 11, 2011 | 12:53 AM
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Drooling with love of your headlights hahah. I can't wait to get my cefiro's from chrisman. Ahh
Old Feb 29, 2012 | 03:25 PM
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They turned out very nice. How much would you charge to do this again and sell them to me? Also, how do you aim your headlights? My drivers one is slightly higher then my passenger one (When aimed at a wall, you can see the difference)
Old Feb 29, 2012 | 05:34 PM
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They turned out very nice. How much would you charge to do this again and sell them to me? Also, how do you aim your headlights? My drivers one is slightly higher then my passenger one (When aimed at a wall, you can see the difference)
Hey thanks!

So, unfortunately... I'm not in the buisness to do custom builds. I'm currently in college and have nowhere to work/no extra time.

You can do it yourself pretty easily, it takes time but myself and ChrisMan would be here to help with anything.

That being said, ChrisMan does build custom lights for people and charges a reasonable price.

Aiming the headlights requires I think an 11mm socket wrench... Cant remember the size. BUT, notice the two prongs sticking out of the back of the light into the engine bay? One of them when turned by a socket adjusts left/right and the other up/down. Trial and error and youll figure out which is which.
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Hey thanks!

So, unfortunately... I'm not in the buisness to do custom builds. I'm currently in college and have nowhere to work/no extra time.

You can do it yourself pretty easily, it takes time but myself and ChrisMan would be here to help with anything.

That being said, ChrisMan does build custom lights for people and charges a reasonable price.

Aiming the headlights requires I think an 11mm socket wrench... Cant remember the size. BUT, notice the two prongs sticking out of the back of the light into the engine bay? One of them when turned by a socket adjusts left/right and the other up/down. Trial and error and youll figure out which is which.
Everything you said was correct except for the aiming thing lol They're 8mm not 11mm.
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Everything you said was correct except for the aiming thing lol They're 8mm not 11mm.
Boom right there, see anything I dont know he knows hah
Old Feb 29, 2012 | 08:41 PM
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Boom right there, see anything I dont know he knows hah
We all have our moments lol
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hey man what is the name of the shroud you used and where'd you get it? i've been sleepin on this retro for so damn long i need to get it together
Old Mar 1, 2012 | 10:42 AM
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hey man what is the name of the shroud you used and where'd you get it? i've been sleepin on this retro for so damn long i need to get it together
http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...products_id=66

Theyre the Oculars. Buy the "value" shrouds no matter which you get b/c it saves you money and the imperfections on them arent visible to the eye unless you look for them.

Also, I did custom cut my shrouds with a dremel, thats why they may look different.
Old Oct 16, 2012 | 05:43 AM
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Im bumpin this. Especially since i noticed we shot the breeze in this thread healthily. Anyways, op, can i bug you for a night pic with just halos on only? Wanna see how mucb of the yellow tint is visible to the eye. Thanks in advance



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