UPDATE: Got some new wheels! the tires in the back rub way too much. I'm looking for some shocks and might as well get coils too.Pretty sure i will have to roll my fenders too.

 

Lookin good!!!

 

Thanks! i might have to put the stock ones back on until i can roll the fenders

 

Got a couple of things done this week. Got part of my roof rack done and had my fenders rolled. Next is coilovers, hopefully!

 

I like it. It gives me ideas for my daily driver, as I'm still kicking around wheel possibilities for it. What offset, rim width and tire size are you using? What type and brand are those wheels? I'm curious to see how the fender rolling will work out.

 

Thanks! They are 15x7 0 offset rota shakotans. Tires are 195/55s, I wanted 175/55 but supposably they weren't available, which i call b.s.. I am hoping that there will be camber on the car when i lower it because the tires do rub sometimes even though the fenders are rolled, due to tire specs.

 

0 offset is too extreme for me since I'm using 205s. I believe the stock wheels are +35, and I'm running +30 with my current 84 300ZX wheels to minimize rubbing on the front (it doesn't rub on the rear).

I don't think that lowering will help you with the rubbing, as the rear suspension moves the same way when you reduce the spring height or hit a bump. If you want to dial in more camber at a given suspension position (like just before the tire hits the fenders) you need to use camber bushings or slot the semitrailing arm pivot mounts (I've been told the last one isn't easily reversible). Best bet I think would be to use 175s. I saw two different 175/55-15 tires listed on TireRack.

 

I was hoping that lowering it would give it a slight camber angle. I have a good card space between the fender and tires since they are rolled. I tried getting 175s but the shop i was at said they weren't available to them.

 

I am trying to figure out how to get a 215 to fit, not sure if possible or not, but I need at least that or a 225 to get decent traction with the turbo setup.

 

I like those wheels, looks like a premium version of the stockers.

 

Nice Faternal twins!

 

If it's rubbing.....install some spring helpers and roll the fenders!

 

does anyone know where i can find the 1st gen. maxima mud flaps?? i've been on a mission trying to find some. LMK thanks

 

thanks!

 

my fenders are rolled, i just rotated my wheels and they haven't rubbed so far. hopefully i don't jinx myself lol

 

Mud flaps! MUD FLAPS!!

First thing I did when I bought my FIRST '87 SE new was to get rid of those damn things (car was a demo, they were already on)! I don't live in Kansas!!

 

Captain,

I recently installed 17x7" ET 38 wheels on my '84 Maxima, using 205/50-17 Yokohama AD08Rs, and I have 3mm of space between the sidewall and strut. I can get away with this without rubbing on the strut (I get some rubbing on the fender liners with maximum effort cornering) because this arrangement yields an absolutely flat sidewall, and the AD08Rs have steel sidewall stiffeners.

I imagine if you use 17x7" or 17x7.5 ET30 wheels with 215/45 tires, things should fit if you roll the fenders. Of course, to my knowledge there are no off-the-shelf wheels with 30mm offset available, so unless you get lucky on some used wheels or use spacers, you will have to pay $1300-2000 or more for custom drilled and machined offset wheels. Spacers are a problem, because the stock wheel studs are only 32mm long on the front and 40mm on the rear.

See photo for results. That photo was taken before I replaced the tired rear springs with Moog CC233's, which popped the rear end up a couple of inches.

 

^^ I like Your 84 Maxima (810) that looks nice^^

 

Yea, me too. It's clean.

 

Looks good, If I honestly think I can get a 215 in the back, and then just do 205 in front. Largest wheel I am gonna do is "15 maybe 16.

How bout ET25?

 

Thanks.

Captain,

I replied to your message on the Maxima forum. I think 205s will work with ET25 if you roll the fenders. They don't hit the fender lip with ET30, but then I shaved off the protrusion around the mounting hole for the fender trim. Go for 205 55/16s. Lots of good rubber available in that size. Staggered works well on properly-tuned RWD Maximas. I wear the tires pretty evenly front to rear on my '83, and don't bother to rotate them.

 

Engine Photos please.......

 

heres my render on some kmc 78 i wanted to buy but too pricey


and heres my hydrodipped valve cover. its starting to peel now. i regret rushing the drying process.

 

also found a center console. COMPLETE

 

coilover swap getting closer and closer!

 

Looking good! Please be on the look out for another center console. I am in bad need of one in good shape, mine is pretty much shattered into 20 pieces. Thanks.

 

i was thinking of trying to make one out of wood, if i do an rb25 swap i can't use this one anymore.

 

major updates. i finally installed coilovers. still needs some work and have a lot more to do.

 

very nice!! What are the specs on the new wheels?

 

on which wheels?

 

both sets...the ones with tires then the one that you have up there with no tire

 

enkei apaches are 14x7 unknown offset

others are sir formula mesh 15x11 -27

 

damn that looks good

 

no updates, car is for sale but no takers. looking for wheels atm

 

Nice car. Are they all tan? Geez. Mine, yours and caradana all have tan cars. The market is not there for these cars yet. Once someone makes a killer one with a turbo on it or does something really wild then people will jump on them.

 

Do you still have 5 speed swap parts

 

Daft innovations has an sr20det one that he drifts. Guy I sold mine do is going to vg30 swap it supposably

 

Ready to sell it already? You just got it!!!!

 

miss this car! if anyone has any leads to the new owner email me @ a_mig94@yahoo.com
i sold it to a younger guy in the northern part of the Bay Area, in California. Thanks in advance!

 

I never saw this thread originally but looking at the old pictures now it's kind of funny, because my brother has a '79 CVCC in that exact same bronze color too. And his also came from California and has that exact old style blue California license plate. Pretty funny for a split second I thought it was his car.