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2. Remove the cornering lamps. There is a Phillips head screw that holds the lamp to the headlight. Once you removed the screw, just pull the corner lamp out in the direction the car is facing. Note that the cornering lamp may be tough to remove. Note, keep all your existing bolts and screws as you will need to reuse most of them.
3. Remove the bulb from the cornering lamp as well as unhook the harness. Set aside.
4. Remove the grill. There should be clips near the top corners of the grill. Pop these clips and then lift the grill up and out. Set aside.
5. Unplug the headlight harness and remove the headlight bulb.
6. Now it’s time to remove the headlights. First, remove the 10mm bolts that hold the headlight to the bracket on the fender. Next, there are 2 10mm nuts holding the inside of the headlights to the car on each side of the radiator. You’ll probably need a deep well 10mm socket, or if you have a set of gear wrenches, this will help out a lot. Once that is removed, pull the headlight in the direction the car is facing. Watch for the adjustment bolts, as they like to snag on things when pulling out. Your car should look like below when you’re finished.
7. Next you will need to remove the little black trim piece that sits under the original headlight. There should be about 3 10mm bolts that hold them in place. Remove them from both sides.
8. Next comes the fun part, time to hack your car up! There are 4 places you want to mark with a sharpie. The main headlight support bracket, the 2 tabs for the corning lamp, and a portion of the frame which you need to make a cut out to allow the lamps to fit. See the following pics:
The upper portion of the support bracket with cut marked.
Cornering Light Tab and Frame with cut marked.
Upper Cornering Tab with cut marked.
Bottom of the headlight support bracket
You have 2 options with this. To help give the ability to revert to stock you can do one of 2 things. You can use panel poppers, or some kind of screwdriver to pop the spot welds at the bottom, or you can bend the bracket down.
9. After you made your marks, go ahead and make the necessary cuts. There are few different tools you could use (i.e. grinder, Dremel, etc). The Dremel might provide the best results. You will need to use the heavy-duty cutting discs, and be ready to use 10-15 discs.
10. Once your finish cutting, and you got the bracket out of the way, it’s time to do a test fitting. Put the Cefiro headlight in place. Make note of any places that might be in the way. Take out the headlight and make cuts as necessary.
11. You may need to make the holes there in the headlight bolts near the radiator larger in order to reduce the gap between the headlight and the fender. It is impossible to get it perfect, but it does help a little.. If this is the case, you can use a Dremel with a grinding bit to enlarge the holes as necessary.
12. Once you have your headlight set the way you want it, you will now need to fill in the gap. (And since you have these instructions because you have a 4th gen, there WILL be gaps).
13. To fill in the gap, you’ll need to get some black weather-stripping. You can usually find a bulk back at your local parts store. What you want to do is with the headlight in place; measure out a piece that will fit the gap best. You may need to do some trimming to get everything to look good. Once you have the piece you need, remove the adhesive backing and attach the weather-stripping to the headlight. Keep in mind; this is sort of a trial and error thing, so you will have to work with it a little before you get everything to work.
14. Next you want to splice the H4 harness into your existing harness. To do this, it’s easiest to reconnect the ground, and while using a voltmeter, test which wires run which with the lights on. (Black will be ground).
15. Next splice the city lights into the side markers. You may need some extra wire handy to do this
16. Next you will need to convert the parking lamp socket to work on the 1157 Harness. Line up the large tab on the harness with the large notch on the corner housing on the Cefiro. Make note of which notches need to be enlarged to fit the socket in. Take a Dremel with a grinding bit (or Exacto knife) and grind out the notch(s) until you can fit the socket in place. Once this is done, you can install the bulb and socket.
17. Install your H4 bulbs and plug the harnesses in. Then fit the headlight to the car. Bolt down the inner nuts.
18. Next, removed the forward most bolt on the fender nearest to the headlight. Cut a piece of galvanized plumber’s tape that is long enough to reach from the tab on the Cefiro’s to the hole where the bolt for the fender goes. Be sure to align the holes. You will need to find a bolt and nut that will go through the hole on the tab of the Cefiro lamps to secure the plumbers tape. Once you finish that, bolt the plumbers tape into the fender. You may need to push the headlight inwards for the bolt to go in.
19. Once both headlights are secure, take your grill and clean off the bottom section. Affix some heavy duty double sided tap to the bottom section. Set the grill in place and push down to set the tape. You might need to play with the alignment to get it right. Next you can either use plumber’s tape or zip ties to secure the grill to the radiator support frame.
20. Once everything is back on, close the hood and check fitment. Make adjustments as necessary. Also check to make sure all your lights are working properly.
21. You’ve just finished the Cefiro install. Now that wasn’t so bad was it?
Basing our review on a 1995 Nissan Maxima, this application for years has been in great need of a taillight upgrade that did not take away from the car but gave it a very classy and sensual look. Despite the “demand” for the atrocious looking Altezza taillights on the market, Custommaxima has conjured up a way of bringing back the o-so-wonderful Clear/Red Taillights which until now have been sported by only a select few who could get their hands on them. Being that we were one of the lucky ones to have a set on hand we will be testing these new CE Taillights up against an old and sought-after rival “David L Clear/Reds”.
Here is what CustomMaxima (a CustomEnterprise group) had to say about this product, Our customers have been asking for red and clear taillights for their 1995-1996 Maximas and we answered. Now you can eliminate the orange turn signal found on stock taillights and replace it with our new red and crystal clear tails. Sold as a 4 piece set replacing your trunk lights also. The trunk lights need to be replaced as our new lights have a crystal look to them on the clear lens and not the “cloudy white” clear lens found on the factory backup lens. We are sure you will be pleased with the excellent fitment and superb quality of this product. Installation is easy as we include all necessary bulbs and wiring harnesses”. We shall see about that.. read on
Our Take:
With an almost 11yr old car, lighting equipment is certainly looking dated and not appealing to the more modern style lighting equipment. There is noticeable differences with this new system in that there is a reflective diamond-like backing to better illuminate the housing and also provide a better light output when reversing. Not only is the reflective backing more esthetically pleasing to look at but they also provide the brake light area with a much darker and pronounced red glow when the brakes are applied and when the parking lights are illuminated. These new light assemblies are also prepared with a nice but could be better-applied weather-stripping around the outer edge for those times when you do not need water entering your trunk compartment. Most aftermarket taillight assemblies are lacking very important details such as reflective material which is used to draw passing motorists away from the vehicle if you happen to park on the side of the road. This is a safety requirement, and we give a thumbs-up to CE for adding these to their product. Lastly, a key difference between the CE Taillight and the Factory (David L) is that the rear backing is completely redesigned, which may not be for the better.
Pros:
Crystal clean look
Crisp Red color for brake lights
Smooth Installation
Chrome bulb standard for turning signal (lights amber)
Cons:
Possible seal problem
Requires purchasing new bulb for side reflectors
Fragile plastic posts may break while securing to car
Possible wiring issue, check for breakage in ground before installing.
Factory bolts not exactly made to fit these
Application:
95-96 Nissan Maxima’s
Additional Note:
2825 (W5W Bulbs) for side reflectors
Part Number Information:*
95-96 Maxima Red/Clear Taillights
9596RCT
$199
Tools Required for Installation:
Sockets and Wrenches
Short and Long Extensions
Flat-head screwdriver
Patience
Materials Provided for Installation:
2 Outer Taillights
2 Inner Taillights
2 Mirror Chrome Turn Signal Bulbs
4 Wiring Harnesses
Removal/Installation Process: Outer Taillights
Removal is quite easy with basic tools. Before you begin, we would like to emphasize that the key should be out of the ignition before removal/installation with the parking/driving lights in the off position. Going against this advisor could lead to electrical short, or much worse. ALWAYS CHECK ALL POWER IS OFF BEFORE WORKING!
To begin locate the tabs which hold in the trunk lining to the body of the car, remove these with a flathead screw driver, they should come out fairly easily. Remove both side linings to give you space to work on the taillights. When removed they should expose to you the rear end of the taillight housing, locate the four(4) bolts on each end. Two of the 4bolts are hidden underneath the hanger holding the wiring harness after removing the yellow wire hangers from the inner two(2) bolts. Disconnect all wiring from the back of the housing and proceed to remove. Removing the taillight itself is quite the task, so my suggestion to you is to work each corner one at a time pushing as hard as you can from the inside out without damaging anything.
Installation is the reverse of installation, but we will not be using the backing plate of the OEM taillights, we are given a new harness which for some very strange reason has a different sized side marker bulb then what the factory comes with, which we aren’t supplied. When mounting the new CE assembly make sure to keep watch of surrounding seal so that it seals tightly into place for water not to reach inside your trunk compartment. Although possible it is very hard to maneuver the very loosely applied weather-strip to seal properly, I would recommend laying the light in place, and then pushing in the strip while someone secures the screws (factory screws are not exactly made to fit on these) so we would recommend CE supplying new bolts/washers to fit these. Make sure not to over tighten these bolts to the assembly as they are very weak and can easily break if too much pressure is applied *hint*strengthen posts*hint*.
Removal/Installation Process:
To begin locate the four(4) bolts on each end of the tail light, unbolt all and disconnect all wiring from the back of the housing and proceed to remove. These lights are very tight and uneasy to manage, so if you can try and wedge a wrapped flat head screwdriver between the trunk and the tail light and slowly pry the two apart. Sure enough, the light will slowly come apart from the trunk and you are on your way to replacing the new CE light in its place. Installation is the reverse of the removal, but as with the outer lights we will not be using the factory backing plate, but the supplied CE plate.Final Product: Make sure all mounting points are secured properly, all harnesses connected fully, turn the lights on and enjoy.
Final Product: Make sure all mounting points are secured properly, all harnesses connected fully, turn the lights on and enjoy.
