Well I finally had the time and B(a)lls to get these suckers open. At first I was scared that I might break something or mess up the lights. I took the time to read and plan. The process was quite simple It took me 6 hours to do both headlights. Its been almost a month already and so far everything is good. I decided to wait on posting this because I wanted to see the end results after a month. Many of you talked about your lens fogging up and I wanted to make sure this didn't happen. So I wanted to share with you a simple and inexpensive way of doing it. All you need is:

• Krylon Fushion paint
• Hair drier
• tools
• patience

So I removed the headlights, baked them, and followed the steps in the stickies. I wet sanded the chrome with 1000 grit and let them air dry. I applide three coats of black fushion paint and dried it with the hair drier for 10 minutes each. Placed the headlights back on and baked them again. Its been over three weeks already and no signs of lens fogging up.

Here are the before and after pics.


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hey dude, uh use the picture icon to attach images...

and only 5 images per post so...







nevermind i'm in a good mood tonight

 

its looking real good btw

 

Thanks, but were is the picture icon. I couldn't find it.

 

nice

 

its this little icon:

 

Thanks bro.

 

one of the nicer mods. I've got a silver max so OEM works fine but these black headlghts look better and better.

 

Beautiful. One of my favorite mods.

 

Damn good work man. Thanks for sharing. I love the clean look you're sporting.

 

Man that does look good. I wonder how that would look on a white Max.

 

That looks really good, Nice job!

 

I like it! Probably not so good for silver or white but on the darker colors looks real good.

 

Looks great. Nice job. Who says 6th Gen's are afraid to Mod?

 

I was afraid at first, but it was easy. My biggest fear was melting the headlights in the oven. Lol

 

There is a white Max in here with black headlights. Check the stickies on the how to section of painting headlights. I believe the guy who posted the second write up has the white Max. IMO it looks good.

 

Looks great, I also did a similar mod...

 

With all honesty after seeing yours I regret painting the whole thing black. I would of like it more if I kept the rings that house the bulbs chrome like yours, but its too late.

 

I hear ya Bro. When I had a Dodge Ram Hemi I did the same thing to the headlights and also cleared out the amber lens as well. I stuck it in the oven at 125 degress for 25 minutes which is kinda scary. It came out great!
I'll post a picture of it when I get home.

Ya got me thinking about losing the amber lens on my Maxima.

 

coolmax... lets both do this mod... come help me w/ mine LOL

 

Ill help you guys with both of yours if you want. I need to redo mine since the inside fogged up.

 

Great! It will be a meeting of the heads, errr minds.

Speaking of fog & lights, what do you all think of a BMW looking mesh to cover the lower black rubber piece on the lower bumper?

If you can make it professional looking I think it would look cool.

 

pic?

 

Oh and just a piece of advise. You don't have to worry about removing the white pouch inside the lens housing. I tried to remove one and the thing ripped. That stuff can be messy. I had to re-tape mine. I baked the second light with the pouch in there with no problems.

 

Dues .... when man when?? hahah im VERy excited if u cant already tell to do this... ive wanted to do it for a while.. just would rather do it the first time w/ someone who has already done the mod... anyway... lets shoot for a sunday if possible.. its the only day i have off.. if not... i can request a day off... but ya...

CANT WAIT!!! will go great w/ my other black out mods...

 

Still looks great, next time...

 

Very nice job. No drips, no runs, no errors.

What's next on your to-do list?

 

Well I just received my front and back rotors, pads, and brake lines. I will start the install this Thursday. I will post pics tomorrow of the package.

 

I also painted my headlights and they fogged up how do you fix that. And i painted the amber side piece is that against the law?

 

U have to re open them and clean off the material left by the paint fumes. It is illegal to paint the amber only if the amber cannot be seen. My amber is tinted but it still looks amber, so thats legal.

 

wow my hero. i think i should do it on my max as well? anyone oppose?

 

those lights look good, im liking that grill. Where did u get it from and whats the name of it?

 

well done, well done.

 

Thanks. Grill came with the car when I bought it from the stealer. I'm sure they sell them because they tried to convince me to get the bottom piece, but I didn't like the way it looked.

 

I like them.

 

Hello, I just bought hid xenons for my 07 maxima, but the maximas are weird you need to take off the bumper to install them, can you please help me with that. How can I remove the bumper. Thank you

 

USE THE STCKIES AND LOOK AROUND!!!!!!!!!!!!

google? shop guide... ??? pay to use the site, 20 bux, and use the search button..

thread jumping is a no no

 

Beautiful! Very well executed! I'm Jealous lol!