So I finally got this mod done, and it is really easy (as long the re-seal works out OK) I almost ran into disaster when my neighbor decided to sand the entire front off his house off while I had the lenses open! Dust everywhere, but I got it all cleaned up (thanks air compressor)I debated on how/what I wanted to do when I had them open, halos yes or no, LED's yes or no, what to paint what to not paint etc..etc...
Also I wanted to do something a bit different than what everyone else had done. So I kept it pretty basic, I left the DRL section cleared and added 9 LED into therm and then wired them to the parking lights (decided I didn't want all time DRL's at leas for now) I also wanted to keep the chrome strip in front of the headlight chrome so as to keep the reflection from the headlights in tact. The sidemarker was the next deal, I wanted to do the clear but I got put on the spot and didn't have a good enough blade to cut the clear "kitchen light" lens to make it work. So I got the magic marker out and started to mess around. I ended up painted the backside blk and left the section where the light shines through with just a bit of black, pics will tell the story. I also blacked my lower grills.
Ok blah blah blah onto the pics!!!
Blk textured paint came out great, looks nice and matted down (and goes with the theme of my car)
9 LED added to DRL area:
Also I wanted to do something a bit different than what everyone else had done. So I kept it pretty basic, I left the DRL section cleared and added 9 LED into therm and then wired them to the parking lights (decided I didn't want all time DRL's at leas for now) I also wanted to keep the chrome strip in front of the headlight chrome so as to keep the reflection from the headlights in tact. The sidemarker was the next deal, I wanted to do the clear but I got put on the spot and didn't have a good enough blade to cut the clear "kitchen light" lens to make it work. So I got the magic marker out and started to mess around. I ended up painted the backside blk and left the section where the light shines through with just a bit of black, pics will tell the story. I also blacked my lower grills.
Ok blah blah blah onto the pics!!!
Blk textured paint came out great, looks nice and matted down (and goes with the theme of my car)
9 LED added to DRL area:
Not sure why photo bucket pulls the small pics from my iphoto, anyways here a nice big one with just the parking lights on....enjoy.
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I guess black is the new silver ehh?? lol nice work Jay.. came out great. couldn't have done it better myself. and maybe i'll follow you guys in this route .. got any pics of the side marker?? and where did you get the DRL led's thanks bro +1 ...
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Looking that way yes, as for the LED's I got them from ME, click here for more infoOriginally Posted by MaxJ04
I guess black is the new silver ehh?? lol nice work Jay.. came out great. couldn't have done it better myself. and maybe i'll follow you guys in this route .. got any pics of the side marker?? and where did you get the DRL led's thanks bro +1 ...
http://www.6thgenmaxima.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=5913
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Nah, I ran out of time and ended up just hooking them into the parking lights. I may switch it up later we'll see...Originally Posted by MAX2DAMAX
looks great J!, can you take a picture with just the DRLs on?
Looks really good J. Was it easy to hook up the DRLs? Im gonna break mine open to clean the front lense and to paint red rings around my lights. Im considering hooking up the drls.
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Yeah just drill a hole for the wire (2 holes, one for the chrome light housing and one for the outer shell) and ran the wire through. I just tapped into the parking lights though fr now...Originally Posted by DeusExMaxima
Looks really good J. Was it easy to hook up the DRLs? Im gonna break mine open to clean the front lense and to paint red rings around my lights. Im considering hooking up the drls.
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I'll work on it...Originally Posted by Fastmax05
can we get some dAY TIMe pics w/ no lights on so we can see that black housing
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hey did you leave the ridged area right in front of the projectors crome and paint the rest black??
looks real good by the way bro...... lets get some daytime pics up
looks real good by the way bro...... lets get some daytime pics up
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looks real good by the way bro...... lets get some daytime pics up
Yes I did, I didn't want to completely compromise the reflection of the headlights. Turned out sweet, and kind of breaks up the all blk a bit...Originally Posted by xTeCaOx
hey did you leave the ridged area right in front of the projectors crome and paint the rest black?? looks real good by the way bro...... lets get some daytime pics up
I know, I know daytime pics. Vacation is now over and back to work no time!!!
Right now my car is in the shop for CV boot repair, hopefully the axle survived as I let it go a bit too long...
Right now my car is in the shop for CV boot repair, hopefully the axle survived as I let it go a bit too long...
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for the drls, i believe we have to add the additional relays in the fusebox under the hood. i had to replace my heated steering fuse and noticed spots for the drl relay.
i wonder are we prewired for it as well? if so, we could buy the connnectors from nissan
i wonder are we prewired for it as well? if so, we could buy the connnectors from nissan
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thats a good idea cant wait to see it looks real goodOriginally Posted by jsmithsole
Yes I did, I didn't want to completely compromise the reflection of the headlights. Turned out sweet, and kind of breaks up the all blk a bit...
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I really like the black texture paint! Great idea! I also didn't know that the blank area above the fogs were DRL's...another good idea with the LEDs...
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i wonder are we prewired for it as well? if so, we could buy the connnectors from nissan
Yeah I tested the DRL spot and there's 3 live connections (even with the key off) 3 without power. Wasn't sure so I just hooked to the parking lights for now. But I would like to check into this later...Originally Posted by eK9aT10pSi
for the drls, i believe we have to add the additional relays in the fusebox under the hood. i had to replace my heated steering fuse and noticed spots for the drl relay.i wonder are we prewired for it as well? if so, we could buy the connnectors from nissan
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Yeah got it yesterday, need to have someone put it on...Originally Posted by Fastmax05
So u ever get the overlay for the roof... it will look so hot w/ those lights
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Originally Posted by !PrjctMax!
Looks good, but it looks like a huge bazooka now! Arnold Schwarzenegger style
Huh?
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you going to get it on today? i cant wait to see it !Originally Posted by jsmithsole
Yeah got it yesterday, need to have someone put it on...
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i tihnk he's referring to the amount of lights in the headlight thats lighting up .. including the DRL's is a total of 4Originally Posted by jsmithsole
Huh?
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Originally Posted by MaxJ04
i tihnk he's referring to the amount of lights in the headlight thats lighting up .. including the DRL's is a total of 4
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Nah his guys is in SD or Temecula and I want to get it done right. So we'll have to wait for now....Originally Posted by Fastmax05
you going to get it on today? i cant wait to see it !
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OK got it...now I can take some M F'ers when they cut me off!!!!!Originally Posted by !PrjctMax!
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That looks nice at night. Hopefully just as good during the day and not like a ricer! Looking good though!