IN my opinion, the sexiest 5.5 gen color...(ok maybe i'm a lil' biased) but iw as wondering..

any 5.5 gen Merlot max's with black painted grill and/or smoked hid's out there?
pics?? i've only seen these mods on black or white cars... But since i just got black wheels, i'm thinking of painting my grill and my hid housing. Want to see if it's as cool in real life as it is in my head. any pics??

 

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ummm... thanks

but i'm looking for a ..
1. 5.5 gen max
2. oem grill painted black
3. smoked oem hid's
4. merlot max

i know there's only a few of us out there... but i just thought i'd ask. maybe i'm not the first one who thought of this. I'll post pics up soon if y'all are interested.

 

Ok, well it may be difficult finding a Maxima with that list of mods done, but here is one Merlot with smoked HID's.

Link

 

The only modded Merlot max I can think of is Redmax2nv.

 

Not that I'm telling you what to do with your car, but...

IMHO, the blacked-out HIDs look very good on darker cars (and on some lighter ones.) They will definitely look great on yours.

As far as the grill, I definitely prefer body-colored to just black. And since you have such a nice color ( ), I would definitely go this route instead of black.

Just my .02.

 

How do you do the smoked on the HID's, I got them and like the way it looks.....

 

thanks guys for all the input i'll go ahead and try it.

and ..

i'm not quite sure what you are saying. i tHINK you MIGHT be saying... "I just received a set of 5.5 gen HID headlamps. How does one smoke them?"

i hope scmaxima doesn't mind but here's a write up i found.

link

it explains how to open up the hid's... and three things you could do to them...
1. clear out the blinker lens
2. paint the housing (smoke them)
3. install umnitza dde's (angel eyes)

have fun

 

And a sweet Max it is....

 

GBAUER has a Merlot 03 with a painted grille and valve cover looks good

 

I have merlot 5.5thgen. I have seen pics of a merlot colored grill and I don't think it could look any more tacky. Just my.02.

 

Definitely look at GBAUER's Maxima. I think he has a pic in his sig. It's a Merlot Maxima with the grille painted Merlot instead of black.

If you're thinking of painting your Merlot Maxima's grille, you should give his a look. I think you'll be pleased.

 

How do they say it...."teh hotness?"

Here is GBAUER's CarDomain: http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/734886

Here is a pic I stole from GBAUER's CarDomain: ( )



Very nice...

 

Body colored grille will look great on all colors except white...

 

- just doesn't look "right" does it?

 

I'm guessing this is true for most of the lighter colors. It wouldn't look great on Sterling Mist either.

 

Yup... I'd agree with that... it'd only look good on the darker colors...

 

Especially Majestic Blue (i.e. When are you going to paint yours?)

 

i ain't really feeling the body colored grill either.

i just painted my grill and smoked my headlights...

love it. i'll post pics as soon as i wash, clay,polish wax this weekend. I think it looks more aggressive, but not a very "noticeable" mod. I want people to say "oOo i'm not quite sure what he did, but i like the way his Maxima looks"

 

So you went with the black grill, huh?

 

yessiree

i WASSS loving it... until i tried to clear coat it today.

i either got some crappy *ss clear coat or i did it wrong, cuz it turned out looking out like an old oxidated paint job. any suggestions on brand of clear coat and tips on how to? anybody?

 

I think it would look sick on the merlot.

I wanna do that so bad this summer. puppet are u going to paint yours?

 

I just came across RedMax2nv's CarDomain and saw some of his pics of the painted Merlot grill.

http://www.cardomain.com/id/xplayboy69x

You guys should really check out some of his pictures; you've gotta be nuts to think that looks "tacky."

 

i think it looks great. i just wanted try something new. Actually my clearcoat came out pretty good... and i'm really diggin' the black grill, blacked hid's, and black rims on my merlot max. as soon as i get a chance to detail my car i'll post pics and see what y'all think.

 

Looks good. Now if there was a write-up, it would be even better.

Pedro

 

If I do anything it'll be in the summer... and I'm actually not planning on painting it blue, but black....

 

NO!!! You have to reconsider! Blue would be so sweet!

 

There is one... search for it next time...

http://users.adelphia.net/~iriol/PaintGrillHowTo.pdf

From the thread:

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....t=paint+grille

 

Alright alright... there are still some months between now and then anyways... we'll see...

 

I disasgree, the sterling mist grille being the stock color is basically the same color as sterling mist, i would love to see a photoshop of my stock grille painted black tho

 

nah man your car is weak :-\

 

Thanks for the props on my grill and engine cover. I have some new pics from last weekend after I cleaned it up. I'll have them posted in a few hours.

Believe me, I've actually been stopped by a cop that pulled me over just to ask what I'd done to my car. His wife has a Merlot and he thought mine looke a little different. He even asked if I could pop the hood while saying that I don't have too if there's something under there that he shouldn't see. Naturally, I popped it and showed him my engine cover, intake and FSTB. You'll see the differnce on the pics I'll post in a few.

In other words: just paint it Merlot. You'll be happy.

EDIT: BTW: I can't seem to post my sig anymore. Don't have the buttons since the org went down.

 

Go to User CP on the upper left side of your screen, scroll down to Miscellaneous Options and under Message Editor Interface change the drop down selection to "Standard Editor - Extra formatting controls"

 

Still not there. I'll PM Gayson or Redmax for help. Thanks though.

EDIT: DOH!! I see what happened. My sig got canned. I'll get it back when I post the new pics!

 

i'm gonna let the bodyshop do mine black when i get the chance to be without my car for a few days.

 

Yeah, I guess you're right, it would be pretty similar to stock. I don't know how you could want to see your grill in black, I think that would look terrible on sterling, IMHO.

 

got them both painted... looong detail job yesterday and pics are now up...

edit: see new thread.

 

wow that looks sick now i wanna see black housings on a sterling mist

 

i have one but i dont know how to put up pics can anyone show me? lol i have a 2003 Maxima SE Merlot 6 speed fully loaded with everything except navigation

 

Don't bother. He probably found a picture already.

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