Hi, I was wondering if anyone has a max with blacked out emblems, and how they got them/ if you can DIY? I think it would look pretty cool, but don't know where to find them. PLZ POST PICS IF YOU DO!

 

uh just take off your current emblems, clean it, paint it black. voila: blacked out emblems. to take off the emblems, use a hair dryer or heat gun to melt the glue holding the emblems onto the car.

 

Mine are blacked out.... I used flat black paint. I couldn't take the gold emblems anymore. click under the sig for pictures.

 

They look good blacked out. I think I might do this in the Spring.

 

The stock AE emblems are blacked out. Someone might be selling some in the 5th gen FS forum.

 

i have it blacked out using night shade spray + home depot racing grill + smoked clear corners... front-end looks a lot cleaner

 

cool, thanks for the pics guys! *im a newb* what's AE? also, how do you put the emblems back on? loctite/superglue? and how do you 'smoke' lenses and stuff? thanks again guys, I LOVE THIS SITE!

 

Blacked out rear emblem (Testors Boyds Smoke Gray Pearl paint) and painted keyhole



Smoked corners (Night Shades paint) and blacked out window trim (Trim Bright Blackout Tape)



More pics on my homepage:

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AE refers to the Anniversary Edition Maxima which was sold in 2001.

If you want to smoke your lenses, buy some nightshades paint. You just spray it on and it will come off with nailpolish remover, or you can paint a clear coat overtop to make it permanent. When I did my taillights, I actually opened up the lense and spray painted the inner housing black which is an alternative way.

 

i painted pretty much everything on the outside of my car. key holes, antenna, emblems, etc.

 

What do you use to put the emblems back on? oh and i like the look of the blacked turn signals!

 

3m exterior mounting tape. comes in a roll, you just have to cut it into pieces or around the letters.

And I finally took some pix.

 

Looks good Sutter, got the same thing on mine:
my max
BTW what did u use to paint them? I used a few coats of spray touch up paint and a few of clear coat. It seems to chip after a while, which I expected. How do yours hold up?

 

BTW really like those amber corners JSutter

see sig...(used Toyota/Lexus metallic black)

 

don't mind my loaner sawblades . . .

 

Sorry, guy, just my 2cents, check out the custom emblem. I had it casted out of aluminum, polished, plated, and the the center painted black. Sorry its not a close up

 

i used the crappy 98 cent stuff from walmart i belive, or maybe rustolem, not sure. i did my dads last year and only now is it starting to pit from rocks. no worse than the chrome with rock chips, at least you can repaint them quick.

yea about the ambers, they are cool. im going to do clear bumper ligts painted the same way, theyre in the mail and i will have them on the car soon.

 

I used the same stuff Bluesbrekr did...Testors's Boyds....

too lazy to post pics, and mine look just like his....

 

Hey guys, how long did this process take you? and did you use clear coat? if you did, do you wait until after the paint dries to spray? i'm gonna post pics when im done in the 4th gen forum. i hope this was an original idea/variation that i had.