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Member ID: SkinnySamurai

Location: Staten Island, NY

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2010 Nissan Altima
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Bought: Jun, 2010


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Updated on May 06, 2012

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SkinnySamurai’s Nissan Altima

    • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
     

My ongoing project at its current state:

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From here, going down the page is my ride from day one to present in the order of things that I modded.  Brought home June 15th, 2010.  Straight from dealer, completely stock.

SkinnySamurais 2010 Nissan Altima

SkinnySamurais 2010 Nissan Altima

SkinnySamurais 2010 Nissan Altima

 

Started with some lighting.  LED swaps for interior and exterior.  Went with the blue and white light theme.  All blue LED interior including dome, map and door lights. Looking to install blue LED strips in all the footwells soon.  White LEDs for the exterior license plate lights, reverse lights, and front turn signals with load resistors installed.  The 4.5 Gen Altima's now come with the clear parking light housing so I threw in some blue LEDs there.  Not sure if I wanna swap an orange LED into that amber side marker or just overlay it with vinyl to black it out and pull the bulb out.  Leaving it alone for now.

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6K HID kit by DDM.  Very white with a slight hint of blue.  Still got that OEM look to it.

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Painted tail lights with reverse lights cut out.  These were custom painted at a body shop I've used a couple times before for a real good price.  3 coats of their house mixed black paint and 2 clearcoats followed by a polish to match the body gloss. 

Picked up the eBay OEM style spoiler which is real high quality for the dollar.  Paint finish and fitment came out surprisingly well.  Trunk debadged but left on the Nissan burger.  30% tint for the windows this time around since I usually go darker.  Got a classy feel to it now.  Plus it's dark enough during the day and I can still see shit at night without having to roll my windows down.

For my wheel setup I went with Enkei EDR9 18's wrapped in 245/45/18 rubbers.  Filled in the hideous wheel gap a little bit...  Little fun fact:  Nissan OEM rims are made by Enkei.  Confirmed on Altima's and Maxima's after removing stock wheels.  This is probably common knowledge already but I thought it was cool to find out when I was swapping my rims out.

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Plastidip from Home Depot.  This stuff is rattle can magic for those with no paint skills. You really can't f*** this up.  Front grille and trunk chrome trim blacked out in a matte black finish.  Tried the plastidip on the chrome window trim but removed right after due to the matte trim just not flowing right with the glossy windows and door pillars.  Going to use a gloss blackout tape instead.  I'm eventually going to order the GTR style headlight vinyl overlays from Bluebatmobile.net which will essentially tint the headlights but with the low and high beams area cut out.

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Decided to take off the Plastidip from both burgers, front and back.  Left the rest of the grille and the trunk trim black, at least until I get the window chrome blacked out.  Also added the super low budget mod that would be known as the Home Depot front lip.  Garage door sealer with 3M mounting tape along the entire front fascia.  I think it came out really good and it's held up to high speeds and bad weather.  Until Stillen makes a front lip for the 4.5 Gen sedan, this will have to do.

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Just installed a F5 Fujita short ram intake under the hood.  The new sound is nice, especially the growl once I hit around 3K RPMs.  I know the engine bay looks grimey...  could use a steam clean or at least a wipe down.  Thinkin of painting the engine cover and fuse box cover myself with a blue spray. Maybe throw in a grounding kit at some point. 

Added a touch of blue to my theme by adding 4 inch vinyl Fujita decals to the small windows in the back, one on each side.

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Finally got around to doing the chrome window trim.  Deleted it with some Trimbrite vinyl blackout tape.  I'm gonna have to touch it up at some point (my first vinyl project), but for now it's done.  Also repainted the Nissan emblems on the grille and trunk again to keep the all-black uniform.

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Experiment time.  Bought a set of 2 blue LED flex strips and installed them on the inside of the grille and bumper.  Wanted to bring out some more blue to the exterior but keep it somewhat low profile.  Hardly visible during the day and subtle at night.  So far I'm feeling it.  Spliced into the parking lights with t-taps so it's a quick disconnect if I decide otherwise.

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Next up will be a drop with a set of Eibach springs and a new exhaust system.  Then throw in the OEM fog light setup, paint brake calipers blue, and LED swap for the brake lights to compensate for the tail light tints.

Thanks for checking out my page.  Please rate and comment any feedback or suggestions.

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stevejack343  

Posted by: stevejack343

Ok thanks I tried plasti-dipping my grill and it came out ok but it's not smooth like yours how did you make it smooth

SkinnySamurai  

Posted by: SkinnySamurai

The difference for me was the temperature outside and how windy it is. I noticed that the plastidip bubbled when it was cold out. It's best to do it in a non-windy, semi-warm area for best results i think

stevejack343  

Posted by: stevejack343

Where did you get the L.E.D turn signals

SkinnySamurai  

Posted by: SkinnySamurai

You can get any 3157 LED bulb from eBay or in most local private auto accessory stores. www.v-leds.com is a good site for all types of LEDs

DOMIQUAN  

Posted by: DOMIQUAN

My fav altima on here! The detailed explanations of your mods REALLY help people like me who have no idea how to create the look I want. 5* for sure!!!!!!!

SkinnySamurai  

Posted by: SkinnySamurai

I appreciate that. Glad to help anyone if and when I can. Your Altima's coming along nice too. Keep it up. 5 stars

Viggadon  

Posted by: Viggadon

Btw way if you're looking for a footwell kit.I have a friend who makes kits specifically for the altima.You get 4 srtips n a switch with it.Comes with installation instructions.And you can tie the LEDs into your dome light so they come on when u open the door,the switch lets u turn them on while youre driving.Let me know if youre interested.The kit is like $60 shipped to your door.

SkinnySamurai  

Posted by: SkinnySamurai

Good looks on the footwell connect suggestion but I'm gonna go the least pricey way possible. Get 4 strips under $40 and call it a day. Gonna tap into a wire that keeps the footwell on while parking lights are on or maybe go with a switch this time around.

Viggadon  

Posted by: Viggadon

Thanks for the comments,if you look back in your older comments you will see I commented n gave u 5*****.Love what you are doing,keep me updated on your ride man!

lyle snowden  

Posted by: lyle snowden

how much did the rims plus the window tint cost you to buy and to install?

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