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01-17-2005, 02:02 PM

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Made Black Fake AE Headlights

Well, day off work and got a little bored. I know a few have done the "fake" AE headlights in a variety of colors (mostly black or bronze) but I hadn't seen a black maxima with the black (fake) AE's....so now I have:
(btw, the car is super-dirty since it's 20 degrees out and not been washed in 2 weeks!)

...and another pic that I took at the Naval Academy yesterday, posted just for the hell of it

01-17-2005, 02:11 PM

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looks nice. I'd do it if my car wasn't broken, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

01-17-2005, 02:19 PM

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The Home Depot Mod King strikes again!! Looks very good. Any more close-up pics? The 2nd pic has a lot of glare.

What type of paint did you use?

01-17-2005, 02:30 PM

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I'll take more pics when it warms up!!
I didn't use paint, I used the "rub-off" method (the chrome paint on them rubs right off with warm water and a rag)...so this mod cost exactly $0.00

01-17-2005, 02:34 PM

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Irish, you have once again outdone yourself. sticky time....

01-17-2005, 02:58 PM

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Has this 'rub off' method been tried on the 5.5. gen HID housings?

01-17-2005, 03:19 PM

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so do you have pics for a write up on how you did this exactly??? not sure on how you took the light housing apart and all the good stuff.
Looks good too by the way!

01-17-2005, 03:21 PM

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nice irish! I did the same on my sterling mist

01-17-2005, 03:34 PM

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Has this 'rub off' method been tried on the 5.5. gen HID housings?

We don't have chrome parts to rub off....

You have to paint it to get this look.

01-17-2005, 03:49 PM

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We don't have chrome parts to rub off....

You have to paint it to get this look.

Darn. Yeah, it's not chrome, but I thought that maybe it would be black under the silver/grey finish around the lights.

01-17-2005, 04:03 PM

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irish how come your fog lights look so dark..is it just dirt or did you do something to them?

01-17-2005, 04:58 PM

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so do you have pics for a write up on how you did this exactly??? not sure on how you took the light housing apart and all the good stuff.
Looks good too by the way!

Unfortunately, I was rushing to get it done so I could drive the car out to dinner tonight! ...so didn't stop to take pics of how-to
BUT....Here is the write-up I used, it's a very good one and I followed it precisely (it's about 8 posts down the thread):
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....adlight+how-to

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irish how come your fog lights look so dark..is it just dirt or did you do something to them?

The lenses are smoked (AND very, very dirty)....I did this because my lenses were so scratched/scuffed up and looked bad. I decided I really don't like the smoked fogs though, and will be changing them out as soon as I can get my hands on one more new lens and replace them....

Also with them smoked, you can't see my sweet Lexus bulb covers

01-17-2005, 05:00 PM

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nice irish! I did the same on my sterling mist

yup, I used your how-to!! (and also icelandmaxima's) - they are almost the same exact write-up....thanks.

01-17-2005, 08:13 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Bluesbrekr

Has this 'rub off' method been tried on the 5.5. gen HID housings?

You cant, cause under some parts of the chrome its clear.

01-18-2005, 03:21 PM

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josh
that looks good on a black car

as true AE's look good on a sterling mist car

01-24-2005, 06:36 PM

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got snowed in this weekend so i had some spare time on my hands...
before on the right/after on the left

took me the better part of the day but im very happy with the results, its almost a perfect match to the paint. thanks to icelandmaxima for the writeup

01-24-2005, 07:09 PM

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JC_2k_SE... nice job on the lights... I like the look ya got there... esp them rims and the grilles... just one suggestion, maybe drop it a little? It'd look much better I think...

01-24-2005, 07:11 PM

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likes good... I like it better than the stock AEs... I bought some but I think I should have made some... the stock AEs look too bronze like.. but helll it still looks good!

modding away right now.. keep to date on my ride... dropping 3.5 k on it as soon as snow is gone :-)

01-24-2005, 10:44 PM

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Those things look HOTT irish. Great Job.

01-24-2005, 10:56 PM

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Great job as always.

But there is one Max here with an absolutely flawless set of custom AEs.

As you can see, the plastic lense itself is painted as well. It looks so damn hot.

01-25-2005, 10:42 AM

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But there is one Max here with an absolutely flawless set of custom AEs.

As you can see, the plastic lense itself is painted as well. It looks so damn hot.

wow those do look good... whose max is that?

01-25-2005, 10:54 AM

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Do I have to take the front bumper off my 2000 to get the headlights off? Also, I don't really understand why you have to heat the headlights to get them to open and close. I want to do this as soon as I understand it.

01-25-2005, 11:01 AM

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no, you do not have to take off the bumper to remove the headlights. all you need to remove are the bulbs themselves, the 2 bolts on top, and give it a decent pull. heating them loosens the sealant that holds the headlight together.

01-25-2005, 11:29 AM

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Heat for 30 minutes at 250 degrees???

01-25-2005, 12:17 PM

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Heat for 30 minutes at 250 degrees???

thats exactly how i did it. you may have to put them back in for longer if it starts to cool before you can get the headlight open... i reccommend using icelandmaxima's writeup for clarification

01-25-2005, 12:57 PM

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What kind of spray paint you guys use? I'd like to do this mod too ,

01-25-2005, 03:14 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by irish44j

I didn't use paint, I used the "rub-off" method (the chrome paint on them rubs right off with warm water and a rag)...so this mod cost exactly $0.00

ditto.... just make sure u dont rub off any of the reflector area

01-25-2005, 04:47 PM

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Oh snaps, sorry I wasn't reading carefully, miss the "rub off" method line.. lol.. okay, this is definetly on my list now....

01-25-2005, 05:13 PM

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I like the rub off method better than the stock AE's... i'm disapointed in the stock AE's I got.. they look bronze like... errr.. the "rub off" method is sooooo much better looking IMO.... I just bought some headlights... but I should have done the rub off method.. oh well.. anyone know if I can rub off AE to be black? :-)

Hahahha