Thanks, Matt. Yes, it was a good deal of work. Like anything, it gets easier with experience. However, the driver's side is really tough, because the washer fluid reservoir is totally in the way. Ditto for the horn. Kind of frustrating.

Here's the same pic, lights off.

Next visual mod: Midnight Grille, where the center of the grille is painted gloss black, leaving the perimeter and Mt. Fuji in chrome.

 

Finally you finished what you started a long time ago

I still need to finish my idea of having LED DRLED for the fogs.

Only 103???

Soooo what did you do? Tint?

I like it, but did it affect the output though?

I wouldn't tint mine just because I dont want a constant amber on a red car, but yours is white you can get away w/ it...... Oh wait a minute........

 

Yeah man... 3 years ago? LOL

Yes. Oracle Tint, in Amber (Orange). I bought it years ago for the Max, but it never worked out. Found it the other day and thought... hmm, I've got a white car now.

Being an overlay, a tint, the light output will have to suffer I'm sure. But I don't use the fogs. Even on the Maxima, the fogs were always on for decoration, not for illumination.

You know, I have zero idea how well this will last, if at all. Or if I'm going to be still liking it in a few months. But today, I'm grinning.

 

BTW I forgot I modded my car too, not all of u guys are on FB so here

 

You know the drl/fog led on the 350 benz fit in the 4th gen fog space

 

Atleast it will help protect the lens

 

Lights n trunk lid? i would say find a set of the gtr led fogs theres actually 8 mini projector lens in there

 

Nice, can't wait for the Gloss black grill that is going to look soooo nice. Put like 1 billion coats of clear on that

I absolutely love the lights off picture. Love. ( Still ignoring the plate though, because it's clashing hard )

The lights on picture, nope, dont like it. BUT it looks like in the picture, that the marker lights in your headlights aren't an orange/amber lens, but rather just a tinted bulb?

If so, that means you can replace those with a non-tinted bulb and fix the visual mal-appeal with the lights on. Becuase 4 round amber lights in the front looks silly.

But 2, in the fog location, looks great.

 

weight reduction?

 

Clean job! I've been trying to form an opinion on it, but just couldn't. Based on your first photo, I couldn't tell if I liked it or not. It definitely looks novel. I think this photo with the 'before' sig pic helped me to determine that I don't care for it so much. When the lights are off, the amber doesn't fade away like the parking lights. It's as if the light is still assaulting your eyes with amber rays when it should be sleeping quietly in its corner until called for duty.

I do realize everyone has their own style, though. Keep rocking it if you really like it. It doesn't detract from the car enough to do otherwise.

 

I still think Rochester should het the motorized plate for the front that way the plate goes away when the car is off

 

Good comments, Cowboy. Dissenting opinions mean the most when they can be properly articulated, so good job there. Yes, the amber is clearly discernible as an amber lens with the lights off. That's actually my favorite aspect of the tint. With the fogs on, there's quite a bit of amber going on. But when off, there's a splash of color against the white, ringed in chrome. It's rather appealing to me.

For now, it's a keeper. Down the road, I might remove the tint and go with a whiter light bulb. Or who knows what?

 

 

Nope No FB....

 

A couple 4th gens are major into the weight reduction out in Cali....

 

random question... i kinda noticed after every posts you add "" lol... whats up with that... you always cheesing???

 

that look good bro

 

he has a motorized front license plate bracket????.... +1

 

This.



Hey, CJ. You have that web crawler up and running? "hangboard"

 

I dont know why, I just always put it, like I got to add a smiley or something so I always go with that one...

Yesterday it was......Cops pulled me over for Tint in the front and No license Plate in the front....and my license expired....****.....

 

That fine must have added up... Tint, no front plate, expired license...

 

Well Im going to slap on the license plate with zip ties, get it signed off by a officer and take it back off, tint take it off and get that signed off also...Fix a Tickets should be 50-60 tops and the DL should get that dropped by the Judge, they are pretty Nice on the No License type thing out here, as long as you have one before your court date, they will usually drop all those.

 

Not bad. What are the tint limits where you are?

 

couldve gotten towed and impounded lol
... still a smiley at the end lol... im glad MD isnt the only state that you had to have a front plate on... i was starting to get pissed how its so O.k in every other state lol

 

What's a good place to get a good pressure washer at a fair price

 

Walmart.

 

this song is so old and isnt even an example of what "rapping" should be but i jam to it every time once a month like its a new hit.... my personal fav hype song lol

 

Traptivity!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Forever behind on this thread.

 

It will take you days to catch up.

 

Hey N8. Remember me?

 

Lowered black 4th gen with aftermarket wheels? Sure.

 

noob question..... where is the wiring diagram for a SAFCII for the 00-01??? or do i have to resort to the Apexi website???

 

Just picked up a FOUR THOUSAND PSI pressure washer, Any idea how powerful this sucker is going to be? I'd rather not destroy things.... The goal is to clean them rapidly.

 

whew, busy busy today.

Ended up not finishing today on the max the Outback was worse than I thought, so I was good husband and finished her car first.

Wash
Dry
Ultimate Compound
Scratch-X
Polish
Wax

DONE

That Scratch-X stuff is pretty sweet...
Before:


After:

Scratches are very deep, and still there, but not nearly as visible.


Finished product:








The only things I have to do to the max are polish and wax...going to do those tomorrow. I managed to wash/dry/claybar entire car. Also removed my splash guards and spray-painted them BT4 body color.

 

^^^ Good job. When scratches go past the clearcoat into the paint they can be tough to buff out. Depending on how deep they are, they might not come out, but as what you did, you can minimize it.

 

thanks.

Just remembered, the outback needs a new battery too...when it starts up it bogs down immensely, twice as long between start attempts...Sara keeping the damned headlights on all the time doesn't help anyhow, but she ain't changing. Good thing these things kill the lights when the ignition is off, no matter what setting the lights are set to.

 

It used to be 15% in fronts, I had 20%, but I guess they switched it to nothing in the fronts, Gay a$$ ****.....

 

Yeah he said he could impound the car but he wasn't, but my pops had to come and drive my car to my house, since my girl was out if town at the moment...the Max looks so much better without the license plate....Cop was just profiling on the way the ride looks......

 

I said DAMN.... usually people get 1700-1800.