If anyone cares... I swapped my 2002 chrome tails out today for some 2001 SE tails... I love the way it looks now...

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After



Thanks to AE_SEoulchild for the swap and Gooey for just hangin out with us while we were working.....

 

Good stuff!

 

Thanks J, very kind of ya... see ya around....

 

Lookin good! I'm still kinda looking for a set of '02-'03's for my '00 Icelandic pearl SE. Too bad Nissan didn't have the capability of putting the chrome one's on the light colored cars, and the dark tails on the dark colored cars!

 

Looks good. Dark tails always look better on dark cars imo.

 

Well since we're posting pics. Here's mine...

Before



After

 

I like the chromes on Sterling Mist

The darker colored cars look good with the dark lights.

 

Darks the only way to go

 

nice..............................

 

Good job guys! Welcome to the swap club.

 

I like it, R.... enjoy em chromeys!

Thanks to everyone for the compliments...

 

Looks good. i need to do that on my car. i'm sick of the bright red taillights.

 

Either that or you could do this...

http://www.kevinfisher.net/web_serve...light-mod.html

See if ya like it...

 

Looks great....Welcome to the club! Now paint that keyhole.....

 

Hmmm.... maybe... a majestic blue keyhole might not look too bad.... a blue emblem might look weird though... although your black scheme looks awesome...

 

i thought about dark tails on the sheer silver max, but the chrome just looks a bit better.

 

I was trying for a black chrome look, but it's a bit darker than that. I used Testor's Boyd Pearl Grey for the emblem.

Blue key hole would be the way to go.

 

Thanks for the compliments from earlier and the tip... I might invest in some Nissan touch up paint for the keyhole and for various other parts of my car, sadly.

I might look into darkening the HID housing too....

 

Dark tails or no dark tails....? That is the question. I've been thinking about them for a while ( I have a Merlot SE) but when I walk around the car I like the contrast of the clear headlights in conjunction with the clear rears. Anyone have any good pics of the merlot with dark tails??? Thanks.

 

That's kinda tough since the Merlot is kinda in between... its dark but not that dark... anyways... I found a pic for ya...



Max belongs to redmax2nv... one of the sweetest Max's on here in my opinion....

 

I care because I was thinking of doing the same thing on my 2003 SE. I bought the lights but have not installed them yet because I'm not sure if I want to. I think the black ones give it a more sporty look. Are you satisfied with the way it looks?

 

More than satisfied... I frickin love em... I wish I had better pics than the one posted above (mainly cuz my car is filthy, as always) but it looks soooo much better now.... my long term goal is to get tints, gun-metal rims, and also black-out the HID housing around the bulbs... just so you can see where this is going....

Btw, install is a breeze... it'll take ya less than 30 mins if ya know what you're doing...

 

I Had The Smoked Tails On My 00' Se I Loved Em Now I Have A 03' Se With The Chromes Which I Just Swapped To The Cleared Out Tails From Custommaxima With The Black Housing I Just Wish I Could Have These Tails With The Smoked Housing.. That Would Look Hot Imo Puppetmaster Is Right The Install Is Easy As Hell

 

Smoke em then... http://www.kevinfisher.net/web_serve...light-mod.html

And use a little punctuation here and there... your posts are kinda hard to read....

 

Looks nice, BUT, if i'm not mistaking... aren't those lights illegal ? Since it doesn't have a reflector.

 

Thanks for the pic. That is a sweet looking car.

 

I guess you're referring to these... yes, they are illegal (but so are most other mods for that matter)... I think there was someone somewhere who said that "they're only illegal if you get caught.... "



IMO, they don't like nice... more rice than nice... but hey, whatever right? Its your car and ya do what ya think is cool to be different....

 

Here's a website for anyone looking to buy new tails. The chrome ones are the least expensive and the all red ones are the most expensive...go figure.



Maxima Tail lights

 

looks nice ....
dont think it would as good on my color thou ..hehe

 

Yeah you're correct. But which ones did you get? The SE taillights? or all clear one? Your pic looks like the all clear one. By the way, nice color max.

 

The dark ones rock!!!

 

How much time and effort was it to paint the headlights like you did? I wanna do the same thing in the near future....

 

Thanks... it is a nice color...

Like I said in the very first post "I swapped my 2002 chrome tails out today for some 2001 SE tails... I love the way it looks now..."

Besides, I said that the clear ones were and implied that I'd never get em...

 

That is interesting...

Alternatively you can get em off eBay for between 50-60 plus shipping... all 3 kinds; chrome, red, dark....

 

How Are They Illegal? As Long As U Have A Red Brake Bulb And A Amber Turning Bulb Whats The Difference Between Those And Stock?

 

The SE tails are legal... but the clear tails are not... I believe the tails have to reflect red and/or amber even in the day.

I don't believe amber turning bulbs are required because I think there are other cars that come stock with red turning signals... they have to be red or amber, but someone please correct me if I'm wrong....

 

Difference is that stock ones have reflectors and the all clear ones doesn't. And please don't get into the arguement of how lexus RX have the all clear ones because there has been a zillion threads about that discussion.

PS- puppet beat me to the reply.. LOL.. yeah amber or red turn signal is fine, both legal.

 

Dude, isn't it annoying to Type Like This? lol..

 

I think that takes talent and patience... I'm so serious... I'm not bustin on anyone... but Its So Hard Hitting Shift Before Every Word And Still Be Able To Type Fast.... anyways.... OT...

 

That is one sweet Maxima. Those Evos look so nice on it. I knew someone who had em on a gs400. Great wheels, look nice on everything. Id like to see some more pics of that car...what other mods does redmax2nv have?