I recently saw a skyline in a magazine with not just the eyelid, but also a strip on the bottom of the light...I thought, "hey, that'd look cool on a max". So I tried it. So far I've just used vinyl to see what it would look like, eventually I'll get a proper painted piece made. I tinted the clearance lights too.

Please give your opinion....and sorry for the nasty quality pic.

 

That looks cool!
At first glance it reminded me of a Rav4 for some reason...

 

I think it looks really good.

Now thge bad part, light output would suffer really bad, correct?

I really like the way it looks, but the lack of light output would concern me

 

Hey, come on, I've lowered my car, its not a 4x4 anymore

Up close it still looks bad since its not a plastic piece.
Btw, there are headlight covers available for 97-99s right?

 

That actually looks very good, but bags is right, i would think that you would have to drive around with your highbeams on to see anything.

DPW

 

Well I drove around that night and it seemed fine..I'll try and find a flat wall to test it on and see how much its affected the output.

 

How big is the top & bottom parts?

Like how much of the light is covered up, top and bottom?

Try doing 1 side and not doing the other side then look at a wall like you suggested.

 

I had a 3" tall piece initially but it was way too big so I cut some off until I thought it looked good. I would say the widest part on the top is no bigger than 2" and the bottom is about 1"-1.5".

I'll try and take a pic of the light output tonight (low beams w/ no fogs) against a wall if someone could also do one with the stock setup.

 

gives it that evil glaring look
i like

 

actually, at first glance, it remined me of a camry! But it looks good. Nice job.

 

It makes the front end look so mean Since a drop in light output may be an issue, maybe if you combine this mod with a Hanabai HID kit, that'll solve that problem, especially since HIDs that run in 9004 specific housings tend to be too bright and full of glare anyway. Match made in heaven

DW

 

I am all over it.. I work at night, but i will take a pic of stock light output.

And post it later on this thread

 

No no no...I wasn't referring to 4x4 height at all.
Ever seen the front of the new Rav4s?
I just hope someone doesn't say that it looks "oriental"

 

heh, I guess it kinda does:

 

I have a left over roll of black vinyl...I'll try that this weekend.

 

One thing to watch out for...shaving off the top nib on the headlight is fine, but the bottom ones look like they have air bubbles in them, so if you shave too much, it might make an opening into the headlight...(so there is a bump in the vinyl since I didnt want to shave too low).

 

get us more pics!

 

Thanks for the tip!
Maybe some clear silicone will help if I encounter one of those air bubbles.

 

i really like how that looks too. if you could get a good pic of one side with it, and one side without it against a wall, that would help a lot of people decide if this is a safe mod. but good job taking a risk....it paid off

 

Where did you get that roll of black vinyl at?

 

ur car looks like knight rider!!!!!!

 

Any decal/sign shop will carry it.

 

Not really, looks more like a Sylvia (sp?) aka 240sx.

 

Unfortunately, I guess thats the look Im going for

Dont I need a talking computer? Or was that a different show?

 

Gosh I had that for a long time...I used to apply custom made body graphics to the rocker panels of my gf(now my wife)'s Pontiac DisAstre back in the early '80s.

 

You got a point, I wonder how what would look w/ my hanabi kit!!!!

 

exactly what i was thinking when i saw it, the 97-98 ones anyway.

 

Its Tight!! Looks like a Silvia S14.5+ Good Job, no rice here.

 

get those black headlight covers and cut them to the shape of those lids.

 

Heres a few more pics of what it looks like:

 

here is where my stock light output is http://photos.yahoo.com/bags533

in the album called lights. hope this helps.. it was not as dark as I wanted , but it's basicly the large center light with some around it.

 

Yea, it does look similar to the Silvias. Did you think it would look bad if you extended the vinyl acroos the corners?

 

I think it looks great!!! Looks just like my ride. I have headlight covers and I just spay painted my bumper lens (compliments of Mad Dhan). I will post a pic soon to see what you guys think of my all black face w/ custom grill. The spray paint over the stock yellow lens comes out perfect. Although, I had to get fog lights to help with my visiability because my night vision suffered a lot. I'll give the forum a holla once I get my pics up.

 

your car now looks phatty btw

 

I think it looks better at night than in the sunlight. Good job though!

 

looks a lot like Grand AM headlights

 

Some stuff came up last night and I didnt get a chance to do it. I'll make sure to get some pics tonight!

 

Sorry for taking so long, havent had the time during the night to get a pic. Heres what it looks like. My camera doesnt take pics very well at night but you get the idea. It seems to be about 75% of the stock output.



Regular lights (no highbeams) with no fogs.

 

haha nice

 

Camery? Rav4? It looks like a silva headlight!