I am working on a photoshop version of this... i would love a CF hood.. I will be painting my top of the car black in the next 1-2 years...(school comes first, ARG!!)

 

Looks real good especially on white

 

Great job, I may go dark on red. I have decided that with my new RedLineMax bumper, I am going with the powder coated black bumper for a more agressive look. Again, looks great dude...

 

chris if you want we can pain the inside of your headlights body color

 

Talk about creativity..would like to see thme on the car next..

 

I'm thinking gunmetal or black to go with that look we talked about, that oven thing just freaks me out...

 

Man those headlights look great! Im pretty close to you too. I might have to meet up with you and get mine done sometime.

 

Yeah baby!!! Looks hot. One of my fave mods!!!!

 

I agree Deus, the new Vett's lights are body colored and they look hot.

 

Very nice!! Came together better than I first thought! Nice work!!

 

Dang, I'd be too nervous to throw these in the oven

 

LOL.. i swear you and chern are funny.. REALLY guys, the OVEN is the LEAST of your worries trust me.. You can ask Deus the same, and i bet he would agree.. Its when you take it out you have to be careful.. Just use towels or non abrasive gloves (non-nylon DUH!!).. Really, really easy.

Guys i really have to tell you, that i have never done something like this. First time, for ANY BIG PROJECT. And all i did was follow DeusExMaxima's original instructions.. It needs to be tweaked a bit, but i am sure it was his first time doing it himself, and left out domething, and left in the important points. My next write up will included things that might seem OVER Extreme, but this is to encourage those of you that are thinking about doing this themselves.

I tell you one thing, i am glad i did this. It was an exciting project, and i feel good that i did it myself (all but the Painting, that i left to the pro's).. I recomend using a pro to do the painting. Again you can do this ALL BY yourself, but i found it less stressful if i let a TRUSTED PRO, do the painting for me.. Plus they can use the better paints, High Temp. The 'can' stuff can be tricky, and will take multiple coats, and alot of patients. For myself, i just dropped it off and waited till they worked out the kinks. One of my headlight's interior part was giving them a serious prob. Keep getting "fish eyes". This is a process where the paint does not want to adhere to the material. You have to sand it out all over again, and re-apply it. They had to do it a couple of times. Again i have stated this earlier, and applogize for the repeat, but i wanted to make sure to explain WHY, i encourage those of you to atleast get someone you trust to paint them instead.

Just TAKE YOUR TIME, your REALLY, REALLY need to have time to do this, as in a very patient mind, and steady hand. It took me about 2-3 weeks to do mine, and most of that time it was sitting around. took about 1 - 2 1/2 hours to take them apart, including getting it ready for the oven. 250 degrees is not that high, but it will burn you if you are not careful. Have some knee pads ready, lol.... If i had to do this again i might use a small pillow for the hot headlight to help stabilize it, but you have to becareful of the tabs, but i think it would be a better choise than the hard floor.... I broke one, but it dod not hurt the headlight, nor when they installed it in my car.. they (Dealership) were sure to Mention that on the paperwork... man i need a lift...ARG!!

More Later...

Oh yeah Deus, that pic is one of my fav... looks like a black panther waiting for its prey. GrOWL!!!!

 

Blacking out the headlights always looks good, congrats.
My projector retros will have all black housing as well.

 

Post some more pics... Both pages of your cardomain are the exact same. Id like to see a few more side and frontal angles.

 

Very nice mod....Looks hawt on black cars

 

Sorry bro skipped your post.. I should have more pics soon. I have taken them, just havent loaded them.. I am at work and i tried loading them on the computer here, but its Windows2000, and doesnt have the driver it needs. ARG.. Cant download it here. Oh, well, ill have to wait till i have the time.. LAter..

 

One thing it's not clear to me and sorry for bumping this. But Im in the middle of doing this and Im stuck. Do you remove the entire fog light assembly?? or just the bulb and spring and leave the rest in there??

 

I took everything out because I didnt want to risk melting anything.

 

what brand paint did you go with... looks real glossy, looks good!

 

I ended up leaving the fog light assembly in, just removed the bulb and wiring and worked fine. Thanks for the How To. They look much better now.

 

This thread was from January 2006.

I doubt you'll get the answer you're after...

 

I happened to use Duplicolor gloss black for my lights plus clear coat over the top.

 

I used all these for mine. I will post pictures later but it came out really glossy.

Scuffed up the headlight, whipped it with thinner then applied 2 coats of Self-Etching Primer. Then two coats of filler primer and last 3 cots of VHT high temperature engine enamel.




With Filler Primer


With Self Etching Primer








With Engine Eamel

 

Looks good Raz, can't wait to see the final outcome.

 

I finished them last night and they look a lot better. Now I need some black tails. Thanks to the guys that took the time to make the how to for this. Helped a lot.

I also painted the grill black and removed the bottom billet grill.

Before:



After:

 

Your headlights looks good, i wish I can do my headlights like that, but i'm too chicken **** to do it, LOL. Are you going to black out your corner lights next? And the grille looks good too.

 

looks good

 

You talking about the bumper ones?? Not sure yet. Would like to switch to the 07 front but doing more research on that. Next Im doing lowering springs and then I want to tackle the Intake and full exhaust. I have a 6speed, Im in desperate need of good sound coming from it. I just did the heads because it was easy and had the materials to do it.

 

hey you wanna sell them to me, that ish is sick! hahaha To bad you anit near by. GREAT job tho..much props!

 

If your heads are in good shape like mine. I will sell mine to you for $50 plus your heads.

 

Yea, thats what I meant (the ones on the bumper), but if you do the 07 front conversion, you gotta change the hood, headlights, it seems like a lot of work and money. Good luck with your mods bro!


Wow thats a good deal!

 

damn i want to do this mod to my max but im scared i might mess something up, but i love how it looks.

 

OK. All the "How To's" I've seen for dissambly of the 6th gen headlight are for factory HID housings. I have halogen housings and although most of the procedure will still be the same, I can tell you thst the removal of the headlight reflector housing is enough to make God curse! I have a moistere problem so I decided to dry them out and paint them at the same time. I have both left and right side removed, all the bulbs and wireing harness removed from the first assembly. I removed the 4 screws that hold in the headlight reflector, but there is no way that thing will fit through the hole in the back of the hoising. What am I doing wrong? Can anyone steer me in the right direction? any help is appreciated.

 

well done

 

So I sloved the problem in #73. My fault. Every thing is dissambeled and painted. Looks great. I'd post pictures if I knew how...one learning experience at a time. My question now is do I have to remove any of that sticky black crap that holds the cover over the housing and install new, or do I keep what's there, heat it up and press it back together. Don't forget, I'm not a real idiot but I have played one on TV.

 

WOW, that's awesome!

 

I have an 05 maxima white, And i was wondering if anyone could , painthousing black/install halos and clear side marker for me, ready to pay and i ben wanted to getem done! thanks

 

Send them by mail to Maxxpower. www.maxpowercustoms.com

 

He doesn't do it anymore. Punjabikid, where you located?

 

i am in new jersey, any help?