Hey guys - I'm relatively new here, and have to thank maxima.org for inspiring me to pay more attention to my car. I had originally decided to keep it stock, but have since been convinced otherwise.

My first mod was slotted/dimpled rotors. They were the same size as stock (which is way too small, but it takes $$$ to go bigger)

The next two mods are shown below. 30% tint (3M film) and smoked side markers. Sorry about the bad lighting.. it's pretty bright outside.




The side markers were incredibly easy, and I owe Irish for his help. They look totally black with the lights off, but still look yellow/red with the lights on at night. In case anyone is searching, here are his instructions:

"pop the sidemarkers out
get some gloss black spraypaint (dupli-color in the small cans)
spray a couple light coats...just enough to cover, youdon't want it too thick
coat with a couple coats of gloss clear coat
done."

Stillen intake and FSTB are on the way!

 

get new headlights thats my 2 cents

 

your car looks nice but i just hate thoes rims

 

those are stock rims. your car looks nice. keep the headlights and paint them black. dont ever get those ebay projectors.

 

Your car is looking Good !!! Do the fog light rewiring ..

Question for ya .. I just did my sidemarkers as well.. but my light shines out of the top of my sidemarker does yours do that too ...

 

Thanks for compliments. It's amazing what a few simple mods will do! And yes, the stock rims are on the way out in the next few months.

Not a whole lot, but I intentionally sprayed around the edges like to that. I actually went a little overboard on one and now the light doesn't shine through the front as much as I had hoped. If I were you I would cover the front of the sidemarkers and spray them from the side - should take care of that.


This is actually the first time I've heard about the fog light mod. I'd do a search, but post a how-to if you have one!


Are you referring to the "AE" style headlights, like these? Looks pretty slick...
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=218472

It would also be nice to get a set of 02-03 HIDs, but it seems like this AE mod would be a whole lot cheaper. I wonder how they would look with that little eyebrow looking strip across the top

 

This is the link i used and it helped very well ... Hope it helps..

http://www.vqpower.com/v2/readarticle.php?article_id=24

 

yea the AE mod. i think they look good. no eye brows though.

 

I Have AE headlights and i love them .. but you cant do angel eyes and HIDs on them like you can on the 02-03 Headlights.. I can be wrong but i think you get a really bad glare when you try to put HID Bulbs on the AE headlights (correct me if im wrong cause i would love to put some 6k on my headlights) ..

 

Thanks for the link - bookmarked it.

I think I'm missing the purpose of the fog light rewire. I don't really have any desire to have the fogs on without the headlights. What am I missing here?

AE headlight mod sounds doable and looks great. I'm trying to find a nice how-to but maybe its too simple to warrant one?

 

The fog light rewire i think its more for show.. but its basically a easy and free mod...

The AEs i believe if you have a 00-01 max, they would be plug and play (correct me if im wrong guys) If you get the 5.5 headlights you have to get a wireharness to have them work correctly

 

digging the car but please get some new rims

 

highly disagree....nice wheels and clean car welcome to the org, im new here as well, goodluck with the mods

 

looking good.

 

well either way, the rims are getting replaced with these suckers around christmas time.

 

on AE'ing the headlights.

 

those rims hate you