ok has it been done before..i know all about putting your headlights in the oven to seperate the lens from the housing but does it apply to the taillights to..what im tryin to do is tint out just the interior red/orange lens inside the light ..i have a 2k2 and has the se chrome factory tails on it..any ideas

 

Search.

http://forums.maxima.org/5th-generat...tra-stuff.html

 

no see that has the outter clear lens tinted i want to remove that and get to the led/orange lens it slf so basically only the red and orange have the tint and the chrome and reverse lights are still untouched

 

cannot bake the tails... only way would be to dremel them open.. do what you want and then epoxy them together.. they run like a 75% risk of cracking them when opening them,..unless you have done it b4,.. i have always wanted to open mine and paint the chrome somewhat of a gunmetal color.. like what you would see on an altima se-r but.. no ***** lol ..g/l post pics if u rip them open

 

lol damn well im gunna get the *****..someday soon ..i need the money first to buy new tails just in case i break them lol..but i will be attempting it..i was gunna dremel them but wanted to check if i could bake them first

 

so what your trying to do is kinda like what my tails look like but you want the out side to be clear and the circle part to be fully tinted?

 

The only way is the dremel. I've just done it. But not to tint them. Playing with a crazy IDEA. Check out you tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWWR4FS4UNw

 

just get the 00 01 se's

 

yes!..i want the inner red/orange circle to be tinted black but have the chrome trim around them with the clear lens covering them..so like the pic about just the red would have tint on it..the 00 01 se taillights have the red circle and a black surrounding i want chrome housing and black circle anyone following me...and hey phatmax2002..how'd they cut 4 u..where did you cut..and when you put them back together r u going to beable to see where u cut if you looked into the lights

 

I see what you saying that probably would look tight. I think you should get a extra light and test it out they usually less than 30bucks on ebay. But you will have to find the best method in opening them like they said above cutting is prob the only way than glue them back. Good luck if it workouts post some pics

 

You cant bake them open. The clear plastic is fused to the rear plastic. It makes it very difficult to open up, and will require dremeling the rear housing. I've never done it before, but my friend who does LEDs pointed that out. There have been people who have made LED taillights here, so they have had to open up the housing.

 

thats kinda freaking cool

 

you shoulda made a way to light up from right to left and stay on like a blinker.. like something you would see on a mercury on the 60's LOL

 

ya make the,m go from the inside out..ive seen newer mustangs with that..but ya im goin to attemt the light cutting if thats the only way to do it cause since i bought the car that was my idea for the tails ill post pics if/and when i do

 

is this kind of what your thinking?


I'm sick of my chrome stock tail lights (i think they look really cheap and cheesy myself) and thought about trying to paint them when i saw these. if u could paint the big clear circle red i think they would look pretty good.


OK just reread your post and that's not what your looking for but theres another idea for ya.

 

This is cool. But will get you pulled over quick...

Might be able to get away with it if it wasn't so fast.

 

Uhhh...no. Unless your dremel lines are supremely sloppy and you have to bend the lens cover to pull the components out, it will not crack.

Don't throw out BS numbers unless, of course, you have already done 4 tails and had 3 crack.

 

just did them no cracking what so eva..very easy to do..ill post pics soon

 

that would look sick as hell but all i have is the stock black 00 tails blacked out

 

 

 

cars at the body shop now and im getting the dremel tool markings covered up with paint so you wont even see them

 

 

what do ya guys think..i love them!!!! i think they look sick

 

im gunna say i have braggin rights i dont think anyone has done this

 

not my style, don't like how they look but props for trying something,man.

 

Deckdout2's > 5th Gen > Yours > 5.5 Gen.

 

not a fan at all. but congrats on the work,.. looks like you did a good job.. what product did you use to get them back together...

 

Nah, he'd be alright some cars come with all red tails like 03-04 altimas, or whatever the years were for the update in the newer body style. Ive had redouts for months now without a problem.

bs02maxima tails on the other hand, your going to jail.

 

Are you joking?

 

As far as design you are not the first... However, separating the lights and tinting them... mey...

Good job. I want to see the close up pics after the body shop repairs them.


04 - current.

 

kinda cool, definitely different, any thoughts of doing the brake light and license plate holder?

 

yes, it woulda been funnier with a Peter Griffin voice.

 

ya im gunna do the 3rd brake light def. idk about the licence plate holder ..id have to see it first..paint shop it or something lol..LMAO! i wont go to jail lol ive pass a few cops up hear in nh and no problem..i even have tint all the way around my car and thats 100% illegal..still to this day neva been stopped well not for them at least.. and oh o well thought i had bragin rights on them but whateva..orgulla how the hell did you do yours it has no dremel marks or anything looks clean..idk i love them somthing diffremt im sure ill change them up some way diffrent..

 

Deckdout2's > 5th Gen SE > Yours > 5.5 Gen > 5 Gen > IPCW/Stillen

Props to the OP for trying it out, it differentiates your whip from most 5.5 gens

 

Thanks for the clarification between the 5th Gen SE and GLE/GXE.

 

lol...ya i didnt think anyone had it done..

 

pulsarGTS u jinkst me man..got stopped by a staty this morning..he originally stop me for my illegal tint on my windows then came back tothe car with illegal window tint,license plate tint and yup illegal taillight tint/smoke..no ticket let off with a warning to remove everything our next time he sees me im getting written up for everything..welp ill say it now ..WRITE ME UP IM NOT TAKING ANYTHING OFF!!!!

 

Lol.....you guys are crazy. Thanks for the props fellas, they're just spray tinted and I still like that look more than anything else I've seen so far.

 

well i think it looks good, glad to see some posts from some ppl up here in NH!!! I got stopped prob a week after i got my maxima last summer and the statey made me peal my front tint on the spot. He was a wicked *****.