hey guys guess what i had the pleasure to add to my car........ the best mod anyone will ever do to any car!!!!
BEST MOD

 

what's up with the foglight.....is that what the housing looks like behind the lens?

 

That kinda looks like part of a Q45 headlight....what happened anyway?

 

that's what i was thinking....either that or some james bond thing going on.....

 

AIIIIIEEEE!!!

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that really sucks dude, what happend exactly?

 

Drunk driver ran a red light and whacked him.

 

the fogs bubble out...its not under the lens at all its just like the infiniti headlight......well it was about 10:30pm and i was at a red light when the light turned green i started going then out of no where some drunk *** lady took a red turn light and i smacked right into her passenger side....a kinda perfect t-bone accident. luckily some hot chick saw everything and wrote a statement for the cops as well so everything is going to work out hopefully....basically her whole passenger side is fawked up and all i got is that...... gotta love nissan huh

 

No picture of the "hot" chick???

 

nop but i got the digits and a date this weekend

heres a better shot of my fogs

 

I wish I had one of those on my car....

 

No pics no care....

 

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HAHAHAHA now thats some funny ish, i never really looked at it like that, great now you just ruined my whole fog light experience.......

 

Were u find those lens and how much??

 

i got em a while back and i think they were about $50 at a local discount auto parts store, i got em as a gift from a female friend of mine

 

sorry to hear about what happened. Atleast you have a witness and all should work out.

those fogs look sick.

 

hell yua i grabbed the girl and i was like you staying right here with me until the cops come to explain everything, because she said that the same thing happened to her but she had no witness and got the blame put on her because she was a young driver and the other person who hit her ended up sueing her and all this other ish

 

good luck with that girl, hope you'll get something "on top" of her being a witness on your side

 

True. Hope everything works out well for your car.

 

i hope so too

 

oh man i just got an official estimate on repair costs $2854.00
just added a pic of my ac condensor which is bent also...the repair guy noticed it..........

 

Take the bish that hit you for EVERY CENT of it.

 

Sucks for the chick that hit ya!

 

shes in jail as we speak, and the repair guy does awesome work and he said he'll go ahead and fix any other dings i have on my car since its a pretty big job so im gonna have a new hood, fender, front bumper and new headlight........man that headlight is $724 each........ im thinkin of goin ahead an gettin a lip kit an have him paint and install while im at it

 

Hey bro, do you remember what size light you put in that fitted in the maxima fender fog light well/spot (for those of us who didn't get them new with the car and have the ugly plastic stopper/insert in there)? Are you going to have to replace your lights as well with that damage (looks like the light may still work)?

There are a lot of sizes that look close, but since they come in .25" increments I'm curious as to what the fit was for you guys who bought after market to put into the fender. It seems 2.75" and 3" inchers fit in there (anyone put a 3.5"-4" light?) Thanks.

 

the ones i got in em now are 4 inchers

 

If I was you, I'd get the bodyshop to order me two new headlights. Than have them remove the hid system from your damaged ones, and put that into your fogs, you won't be disappointed.

 

holy **** that is an awesome idea....... wow ima gonna call the body shop guy tomorrow and have that done...............hes a pretty good friend of mine so he'll be able to do it, i was just gonna keep the old headlight then when i get my bike put the hid bulb in there but i like the fog idea much better

 

hmmmmm idea just came to mine im gonna have the body shop order me the 2k2-2k3 front bumper instead of my 00 bumper........then ill be able to get the maxis lip......oh yes......(assuming they still make it and i can still get it)

 

You mean MaxxTuning Lip, otherwise known as MT Lip? That would be a good upgrade. Hell while you're at it, why don't you spring for a carbon fiber hood? I'd definately upgrade and parts that are damaged. Specially damage from a DRUNK DRIVER. GL with it. Post pics when it's done.

 

damn that sucks but on the bright side ur forced to upgrade

 

Agreed

 

Thanks bro, good to know. Now I know what size to shop for...

 

I got the same Fog lights in my Maxima..

Discount auto ..APC makes them its has Sentra Spec V on the pic..

I brought these hoping they dont fit in the Maxima.. The dude said I could take one out and compare the size. and what do you know? they fit..Plus there resemble the Q45 headlights..

I brought mines for $50 and some change..

im havent gotten around to figure how to open them up, I either want to add HIDs or Yellow bulbs in them.

 

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yep there they are..apc style q45 (4 inches though) so i think these are the ones for the 5th gens...gl with all the repairs xTeCaOx

 

The shop will probably have to replace the entire front bumper by the looks of it. You have a couple of options there (all about the same $ as OEM). Don't let them throw on anything but a Nissan OEM bumper if you're going back to stock. If you're going for a kit, check out Redline's bumper (http://www.forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=430922) or any of the few others out there (I'm sure other people will chime in here). I can personally attest to the quality of Redline's bumper since my car is the test fitter. I know Corey's got a bunch in stock right now and can ship one out Monday to your shop if you get things rolling by then.

 

*****UPDATE******
its been a friggin week now and i still havent heard anything....what the hell......... an adjuster hasnt even come out to give me an estimate...... should i be worried?? im going to yell and cause alot of hassle for them............

 

if all goes well im going to try and claim the other headlight then take out the bulbs and retrofit them into the fogs.......... and try and open them to paint it a diff color because i kinda dont like the dark contrast with the front bumper ya know

 

excellent! a busted up maxima.

 

Whats going to happen is that if you only get one new hid headlight, there will be a slight color difference between the two. My passenger side headlight was stolen back in june and there was a clear difference between the two when I first got my car back and put the lights on at night. The newer one was more yellow because the bulb hadn't "shifted" yet and I was told by everyone on here that it would take something like 100 hours or so before it would shift and to keep the lights on all the time so it would shift quicker. Since then, (not keeping the lights on all the time) the difference isn't as great, but still noticible. The only positive thing from the experience, well, two positive things, were that I got my front bumber repainted which needed to be done and I upgraded to piaa leds in the clearence lights and they look awesome.