i finally painted my tailights

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coderedk
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First i was gonna go with vinyl so i bought LBC's overlays which were awesome but i messed it up because i had to do it by myself lol and i just dont have those skills so i ended up painting them

btw i know these are all **** quality from my phone but ill put better pics and vids up tomorow with my camera





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zm6UaRR8j-A

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSfn7G2Uh0Y


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Infantry1327
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yea those are definetly **** quality pictures but the lights look good.

coderedk
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here are some better pics

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alphapig
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Make sure to post (better quality) night pics!

08altima35
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your coupe is a train crash bro. the s badging (low grade altima) is over the top lame and those wheels would look good on silver or white, but not code red. just my 2 cents, but that car is far from clean.

coderedk
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really? your the first person to tell me they feel this way, i mostly get compliments for my car and my rims. i dont really have too many mods besides the rims and the front lip spoiler and the smoked tailights. i dont see how its a train crash but thats your opinion, i personally love my car

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i think it was on its way to lookin good, i don't like the way u had the lights smoked BUT i likethe smoked look, i'm doing mine soon too. the lip is nice!

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Not feeling the tail lights. I like the solid look, not that GTR thing you got going. Unless the entire tail like is 100% blacked out with the GTR lines. Plus you can easily see how your tape off of the circle and lines are way crooked and. distorted.

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LinkNuc
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Meh, the smoke doesn't look good. and I would either Debadge or fix the "train wreck" you did with the logo. The wheels are not right for red as well. As far as "clean", honestly looks too busy for me. Good ideas, but bad results. Just giving to ya straight

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Sith LL_Coupe
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Not trying to add to the negative comments on your car, just stating an observation....

Your Stillen Front Lip color match looks way off....


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Da*n you dudes are harsh... to the OP... the only thing I agree with is the debadging.. the S just looks out of place... but if you wanted that way, do you...

for the rest of the car, it is a contrasting celebration of black and red... if that's what you were going for, you succeeded... however, my only suggestion would be to black out your headlisghts with overlays!

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Rmuth25
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Well, this thread is starting to mirror a type of discussion chicks would have with all of this color coordination stuff lol.

But seriously though, I don't have as much harsh thoughts as others. Besides, its what YOU think/like that matters anyway.

Ill put in my .02 though. I am not too much a fan of the rims, just because the fact I do not really like huge wheels. I think they look tacky on just about any vehicle. However the design of the wheels is alright.

Just for your sake though I hope that difference in color between the lip and the rest of the car was just because of the camera. Because if it wassnt, you need to get your car into the paint booth that did that stat.

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Rmuth25
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Putting in the altima badge backwards or however you did that was pretty cool, but take off that S or Z thing, just looks stupid

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+1Damn you guys... Constructive criticism is what works/helps!

The reverse cutout is slightly off, but it can be fixed...

I personally dont dig any of the lettering on the back, but to each his own...

I think the OP has the red inserts for the wheels which i think would look great (black works nicely too) and I really like the hotswaps as a whole concept.

I also really dig the whole red/black scheme, im working on the black/red scheme and i think it really works well!

Rene, next time i see you, ill bring some black vinyl, i think the stache and the section above the license plate would look pretty good black!

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The spray on the tail lights is a bit of a pain since the big light is not really a true circle, its more of an oval. My left light is a TINY bit off but the right is perfect. But yet i used the same exact traceout for both go figure.

I have to agree and say pull all the badges off that thing! The black and red theme is a good way to go though.

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rjdmmfl1
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Rmuth25 wrote:Putting in the altima badge backwards or however you did that was pretty cool, but take off that S or Z thing, just looks stupid
the altima is not on backwards, the picture is ust reversed... look at the license plate

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^ agreed, I was just getting ready to point out the same thing

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rjdmmfl1 wrote:
the altima is not on backwards, the picture is ust reversed... look at the license plate
wow I am an idiot. . .

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in spring we need to definitely have a meet.. i would like to see all the coupes up close

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HELLOOO mikey... why wait till spring.. wait till sat!http://forums.altimas.org/zero...-meet

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I'll be in NYC this Saturday but it won't be with the coupe. There's a NYC Bus trip that my company is hosting and my wife and I are taking our boys to the Intrepid. Sure wished I could meet up with you guys though...

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Rob.Vegan
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I love the theme

only comments are:

fix the paint on the lipmake the tails darkerdebadge

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rennisouth
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Dude your coupe looks good! I like the color scheme, but I do have to say, you need to debadge it. The S really looks lame. But I like the wheels man. Keep it up!

saywat
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look decent..wats the Z emblem for? might lead to alot of negative misconception from the z owners...lol

coderedk
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saywat wrote:look decent..wats the Z emblem for? might lead to alot of negative misconception from the z owners...lol
pic is reversed...i wouldnt put a z on my car

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I think the red/black combo looks bad @$$. I've always liked that look. Dangeris' coupe is one of my favorites. I've seen a few people say that the red/black theme makes their eyes hurt and all that...I personally like it.

With that being said, my Titan was dark charcoal and so is my Tundra. I like the darker colors but I can also appreciate variety.

I think your cars lookin' good man! The only thing I'd say is that whoever painted your front lip should probably re-do it. The color match is definitely off and the repaint should be covered by the shop that painted it originally.


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Also, I don't know how this would look...Maybe Mechaddi can PS it for me but what about one of batmobile's roof overlays in black and something to go over the trunk (only on the raised center section wrapping around the top) all that in black as well. Then of course with the stillen rockers with the vents painted black? Just my thoughts...

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alphapig
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kyle@stillen wrote:Also, I don't know how this would look...Maybe Mechaddi can PS it for me but what about one of batmobile's roof overlays in black and something to go over the trunk (only on the raised center section wrapping around the top) all that in black as well. Then of course with the stillen rockers with the vents painted black? Just my thoughts...
I see what you mean, it would almost be a black stripe starting at the roof line and going back to the spoiler. Sounds awesome actually.


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Rmuth25 wrote:Putting in the altima badge backwards or however you did that was pretty cool
the picture is mirrored, that's it

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looks good


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