Well PhxBlue beat me to the punch with his 5th gen tails, but if I'm not mistaken this is the 1st 5.5 gen.

Been wanting to do this for a while, just put an end to my laziness and bought the VHT Niteshades off ebay. Came in this past weekend and modded tonight (as you can tell by the nite pics). I'll get day ones tomorrow, but just figured I'd post here now.

Took about 3 hours w/30mins dry time between each coat. The longest part aside from that was prepping. Got ghetto with it, and took Lowe's sheets of free plastic covers and my trusty Credit Card and went to work. I couldn't have asked for a better prep job. Spray evenly and motion on the plastic first. After I got the preferred coats, I let it dry for about 45mins before pulling the plastic off. Tonight, I won't be driving anywhere, so tomorrow morning it'll be good to go.

More Pics on Cardomain.

 

Wow... I like em... great job... worksmanship looks good from what I can tell from the pics....

 

Looks good, cant wait to see them in daytime

 

Here's my Extra Stuff.

Optima Yellow Top D75/25



CustomEnterprise Smoked Front Side Markers





Polarg M4's

 

so much better than stock

 

You guys work way too fast.

 

Looks awesome... Can't wait to see some daytime pics.

 

Seriously... its bad for my health... I need to get out more... or at least away from the .Org...

 

Looks damn good. Anxious to see some day-time pics. Nice work

 

i love the look of the smoked side markers, but they still dont make rear ones!! it looks hot tho, i love the dark look of your car, makes me think of mine

 

looks hot...

great job

need daytimne pics!

 

looks great man..im going for the all black look as well..but id tint the sidemarkers with niteshades as well

 

looks really good
nice custom mod

 

I think it will look good but I want to see some daytime pics from farther away.

 

the smoked sides look real nice.

 

I have to give you props. That looks really good on a black max. If I had a black max, I would do that aswell.

Very nice

 

Here's the daytime pics that I took this morning. Looks like I'm going to have to add a little clear coat for that shine. Do you guys think that would help? I'm a virgin to spray tint, and not sure what would give me the best results.

I'll try to get more shots later on in the day from far away, so you can see how it blends in.







And my Favorite angle.....

 

that looks sweet. i really like the way it looks on a black max.

are you going to be selling the clears by any chance?

 

nice! ahhh xgaspacho you beat me too it!!!!!

 

haha sorry dude.

 

My first max was a Black one, and it will always be my favorite. I loved the black tails on the 2000 black Max, and Im tallin ya, I really love what youre doing with your car!

 

damnit, i wanted those clears! haha.... looks really good on the black max

 

you outta look into the smokes for yours. they look nice on the darker colors.

 

Thanks, and here you go!

http://norcal.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=392226

 

Looks great in the day too.... nice work...

 

Thanks mang. Still gotta get more gloss out of it. Any ideas?

 

Looks good P. Clear coat will probably give you the shine you want. I don't have a lot of experience w/ this but I definitely wouldn't skimp on the quality of the Clearcoat. I think I saw some on paradox. Just my .02

 

Lookin' good... I'm plannin' to do something like that with my 2k tails...

NICE!

 

Thanks man. Yeah, I've gotta find a good clear, and you're right, I don't want to skimp on the quality.

BTW, Dinner again soon.

 

PhxBlue had it on his 2k tails. Looked amazing!

 

that looks sick i gotta do that on mine

 

i want to know exactly what modification you did to the + wires to make the yellow top fit...

 

i know this is off topic but i really like your wheels what kind and size are they?

 

dang! that max is sweet! love the smoked lens. Keep up the good work

 

Like the smoked look...been trying to decide what to do with mine. Gone so far as buying another taillight and cut it apart...not too crazy bout the results, but I like what you've done...some good clearcoat will finish it up. Car is lookin good, keep us updated to your other mods.

 

Check out his cardomain:
"19 x 8.5 Privat Profil - 245/35/19 Toyo Proxes 4s"

 

That looks sick a couple of questions
1. How many coats of nite shades did you use?
2. How do you think that would look on my gray lustre??

 

looks good. I used bunch of coats of clear coat on top of nite shade.

 

No mods, as you can tell by the picture. Just remember to use the Yellow Cover that comes on the battery, and place it under the battery to act as a tray and give it a little height for the terminal post to fit. You might have to unclip the + Terminal wires so they will stretch a little, and then clip them back. Hope that helps

 

This would be correct