white09maxima

Finally got my lip, handles & chrome piece on trunk painted. Installed them on Friday, Se7enth_Gen came down yesterday & we installed his lip then we shot a few pics.

white09maxima

Few more pics:

Ghozt

Door handles and trunk lookin nice man! I like how you each painted your lip different too so people can see the difference between painting that center piece black or not. Great job guys!

Rking21

Whips r looking sick fam...make me regret not gettin the white one!

PrISM

I'm digging the painted door handles...

Kev7Gen

How did u get the door handles done? Took the car to the auto body as is or took the handles off?

essential1

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I'm loving the stance on the one thats dropped. It gives the car that long look to it.

zmos

tight. Do you remove the handles or have them painted on the car?

sg1214

Looks insane man. I never thought I would be saying this but, the stock 19's dont do justice to that drop and the lip kit. I would get wheels with better offsets, fill everything out. Car looks sick though, Im diggin the color match instead of chrome.

white09maxima

thanks for the comments guys. I took the handles off the car for paint.


sg1214 - tbh I like it with the 19s but I agree a wheel upgrade would set it off. trying to decide which wheels/offset I want to go with. Thinking a 20" with a +40 offset...debating to go staggered or not

sg1214

I would do 20's 40 offset sounds good. Stagger setup is cool, but in a FWD car I wouldnt do it just because its not right just IMO. You wont have problems with it, but in the end it will be all for looks.

gtmassive75

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Cars look awesome...I like how u match the chrome with the paint on the back..sweet.

MiDiablo

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Your car looks effing DOPE, man. Love the look you've achieved with tasteful, subtle mods.

Now sell me your headlights haha

MiDiablo

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I hate to state the obvious here, but... Aren't almost 99.9% of the things we do to our cars cosmetically (paint, rims, debadge, etc) "just for looks"?!

I just picked up a set of 20"s, staggered, with 40 offset. Hafta see what it looks like all mounted up, and you can see if it'll be something you wanna run man!

STARR

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I like the 19's car looks really good, but that glass roof on the premium is making me wish I had a premium over my sport

ChrisMan287

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Looks ****ing great. These cars should've came like that from the factory. I think you should paint the lower rear bumper section black.

sg1214

You are completley rite, but for some reason Im not a fan of the stag setup on fwd cars, even though it still looks amazing. Im not sayin theres anything wrong with it, just not my taste.

6.5affiliate

Those are some really tasteful mods that you just got done. All I can say about your ride at this point is it's a.......BEAST!!

Makc1kNYC

Car looks bananas! All I'm missing is the Stillen Lip.

Dubl-A

Great work, I would vinyl the chrome around the windows black

Rking21

Damn I kinda want to paint my headlight housing no but I dont trust myself to take the lights off or apart! Car looks super sick tho, just need some new wheels!

BlackMax11

paint the roof black and how do u go about removing ur door handles i got a black car i was gonna do them white the chrome white and the emblems white everything els black out havnt seen that yet

white09maxima

thanks again for your comments guys! I'm happy with it now I just have to wait for the shop to clear out to paint the roof, roof wing and chrome window trim black...should be about 2 weeks, but I'll do the prep work so might get it in sooner.

BlackMax11 - removing the handles is VERY easy! Open the door and there is a black plastic plug in the door jams (looks like a button almost) it is at the same height at the handles. Pull that plug and inside is a torque bolt, loosen the bolt and the smaller piece of the handle will come off. The bolt stays in place as it is designed not to come all the way out. Once that small piece is off just slide the larger piece (the piece you actually grab) forward and pull outward slightly. The back ones take about 1 - 2 mins cuz there's no wires. The front handles have a "cap" handle that just snaps on/off. You will leave the actual metal manual key lock on the driver door. Hope that helps but like I said its very easy/straight forward

321VQ35MAX

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Looks great

shadowx3081

looking good i got my lip painted the same also my rear bumper

sg1214

Lookin real good Shadow.

Se7enth_Gen

My Turn to add...

Ceelos86

Looks sick bro.. very nice

white09maxima

Nice pics! man i wish we didnt have a front license plate law up here the front end would look so much cleaner

maxxxxspeed

Nice! How is the paint holding up? What was the prep they did to paint?

How do you remove the trunk chrome piece?

Thanks!

tAdAaA

im loving every inch of this car it is perfect there is not one flaw, the drop is perfect the paint is perfect i love the grill and headlights great job this should of be MOTM

white09maxima

the paint is holding up great. I dont expect any issues as we prepped it properly. first thing I did was wash and scuff the lip with Comet and a grey scoth brite pad (as it says to do in the instructions). then shot a base/primer on it, sanded it down with 800 then paint.

the trunk piece is very easy to remove. all you have to do is remove the carpet cover inside the trunk lid by popping the push plugs then there are a few 10mm bolts...it pops right off

white09maxima

thank you. I appreciate your comments. for the record there is a stone chip on the hood LOL. I'm not on here to be MOTM & I would never nominate myself but if I'm ever nominated & win I would accept the recognition humbly.

rtitan

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your car looks sick!

djtonyg

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Shift_Max

iTrader: (18)

Finally a proper dropped 7th gen

06surftitan

That is a great looking ride and you've done every mod I want. Looks like it came off the showroom floor looking like that, Perfect!

white09maxima

thanks for your comments guys. I'm finally prepping the roof & roof wing for paint on Monday

sg1214

Have you decided what your gonna do for rims? Throw some spacers on the stock 19s or go for some 20's with more offset?

maxxxxspeed

Did ya do the window moldings yet?