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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 05:39 PM
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back of the car improvements...

Lately i've been thinking the back of my car is ugly looking compared with the front. Anyone know of any improvements to change the look, maybe taillights or something else??
Old Oct 6, 2005 | 05:40 PM
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Rear lip? There are 2 or 3 different bumper options.
Old Oct 6, 2005 | 05:48 PM
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Damn right the back of your car is fuglY!
Old Oct 6, 2005 | 05:52 PM
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Damn right the back of your car is fuglY!
GOD D'AMN YOU ARE SO F'UCKING ANNOYING!!!!

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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 06:01 PM
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GOD D'AMN YOU ARE SO F'UCKING ANNOYING!!!!

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Thanks man! Your not too bad yourself!!!!
Old Oct 6, 2005 | 06:05 PM
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Thanks man! Your not too bad yourself!!!!
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Old Oct 6, 2005 | 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by jay929rr
Lately i've been thinking the back of my car is ugly looking compared with the front. Anyone know of any improvements to change the look, maybe taillights or something else??
a rear lip can definetely add a nice look. the only things i did to make the rear look a little better was replace the turn signal bulbs with silver bulbs so the tail light look cleaner and removed the dealer's decals. i have given thought to removing the badges but i like the dark look of the ae badges. while not on the rear bumper, i painted my clear sidemarker lights to match the the black paint.
Old Oct 6, 2005 | 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by jay929rr
Lately i've been thinking the back of my car is ugly looking compared with the front. Anyone know of any improvements to change the look, maybe taillights or something else??
What year/trim do you have? SE’s rear looks pretty good to me. If yours is not SE get some SE lights and rear spoiler. Adding a rear lip without adding the front one and the side skirts will look odd.
Old Oct 6, 2005 | 06:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Metal Maxima
GOD D'AMN YOU ARE SO F'UCKING ANNOYING!!!!

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Don't worry about it too much... He's the one who has nothing better to do than sign up for different forums and be a big, tough man over the internet

Anyway Jay,

What year/ trim do you have? Any pics?

Wow, now I feel kinda looking at the above post. haha
Old Oct 7, 2005 | 06:51 AM
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i have the se model. i dunno i jus don't like the round tail lights anymore.
Old Oct 7, 2005 | 07:01 AM
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not much you can do about the round tail lights. unless you wanna totally redo the trunk with custom body work, we are stuck with them. the SE tails are by far the best, IMO, but a rear lip and debadging makes it look great. maybe a CF trunk (if i ever GET IT!!! )
Old Oct 7, 2005 | 07:33 AM
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Damn right the back of your car is fuglY!
Take a break.
Old Oct 7, 2005 | 09:06 AM
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Old Oct 7, 2005 | 10:03 AM
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what year is your car? i personally like the older black tails more than the new clear ones. you can look into blacking them out or something....

also look into debadging...it cleans up the look of the rear.
Old Oct 7, 2005 | 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by sublimer
what year is your car? i personally like the older black tails more than the new clear ones. you can look into blacking them out or something....

also look into debadging...it cleans up the look of the rear.
Like this:



Just kidding...



I vote for debadge and dark tails if your car is dark colored. If its light, debadge, get the 02-03 tails and paint the lenses all red like Juice's and UGAd13's:

Juice



UGAd13

Old Oct 7, 2005 | 10:16 AM
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I kinda like Deckdout2's tinted 02-03 tails too:



Old Oct 7, 2005 | 10:22 AM
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yeah my 03 is silver. Hey the all red looks pretty good, you can spray that in from the trunk right?
Old Oct 7, 2005 | 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by jay929rr
yeah my 03 is silver. Hey the all red looks pretty good, you can spray that in from the trunk right?
http://forums.maxima.org/showpost.ph...0&postcount=23
Old Oct 7, 2005 | 10:35 AM
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I think a subtle lip, such as the AE rear lip makes the rear end of Maxima look much better. The debadging usually depends on personal preference. A muffler or exhaust is good, both from a performance and appearance aspect.

Old Oct 7, 2005 | 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by whazzzzuup
I think a subtle lip, such as the AE rear lip makes the rear end of Maxima look much better. The debadging usually depends on personal preference. A muffler or exhaust is good, both from a performance and appearance aspect.

that's what i've been looking for! I kinda wanted to get a stillen classic lip for the front, but didn't like the look of the rear lips available for the max...and w/out a rear lip, the front just looks stupid IMO....thanks, and props on an awesome car!!
Old Oct 7, 2005 | 02:11 PM
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I looking for a pair of 02-03 taillights. How do you tint the taillights?
Old Oct 7, 2005 | 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by Twista69
I looking for a pair of 02-03 taillights. How do you tint the taillights?
Spray tint (Night Shades) on em.

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/213772

Towards the bottom.
Old Oct 7, 2005 | 04:22 PM
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the lip and tips help alot imo.
Old Oct 7, 2005 | 04:50 PM
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the lip and tips help alot imo.
It definitely helps, your car looks awesome, but just imagine how odd it would look without the side skirts… another words, it only makes sense to add it all together.
Old Oct 7, 2005 | 06:00 PM
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hey BP that lip looks sweet, where did u get it? NIce looking car man!
Old Oct 7, 2005 | 06:33 PM
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thanks guys! that is the stillen rear lip (i have the full kit) from southwestautoworks.com.
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