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Differece betwee 96 ad 97 tail lights on the Maxima

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Old 10-23-2012, 09:58 AM
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Differece betwee 96 ad 97 tail lights on the Maxima

I am looking at buying new tail lights to make my 96 Maxima sexy *** look better from behind, but I have been running across tail light that are labeled 95-96 and 97-99... Did they change up the tail light assembly so you can't interchange 96 with 97??? Thanks guys for all you help on the matter, I'm a noob when it comes to cars, have been a sport bike guy for a long time...
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Old 10-23-2012, 10:15 AM
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The outer tail lights are the same shaped but flipped ('95-'96 has signal up top and brake on bottom, '97-'99 has brake up top and signal on bottom) and the inners are shaped differently (you'll need a '97-'99 trunk) and they're flipped as well ('95-'96 has reverse up top and brake on bottom, '97-'99 has brake up top and reverse on bottom). They also use different bulb connectors.
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Old 10-23-2012, 10:16 AM
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95-96 have the reverse light and turn signals light on the upper half of the light, and break light on the lower half.
97-99 has them reversed

EDIT: Got beat to it
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Old 10-23-2012, 11:14 AM
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Okay to use the 97-99 Tail Lights I will need to replace the trunk hood... Well that sucks, I like the 97-99 Tail lights better oh well, Thanks for the info guys.
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and you might as well get the 97-99 rear bumper while youre at it. (95-96 is about an inch shorter and not as good looking imo)
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