thanks for the pic. imma go hunt those babys down at the junk now haha

 

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I'm hear reppin Grass Valley; a small town on the outskirts of Nor~Cal, where the grass is green...and sometimes purple...If you know GV, you know what I'm sayin!

 

San diego CALII 1994 maximaa gun metal greyy. where all my so cal 3rd gens at?

 

i think 3rd gens are the most attractive maxi's, i have a 94 gxe, haha work in progress

 

I have a 1990 Maxima in Apple Valley, CA. and a '89 parts donor (motor). If anyone needs any parts off the '89 cheap let me know.

 

Running a 1990 GXE in Belleville, IL (10 min. outside of St.Louis) ..

 

My max is still a project in progress, and I LOVE this car!
Before: 1992 Maxima GXE Automatic. Car was amazing, put 247000 miles on all original parts, tranmission started slipping, fixing that would cost $3000, I didn't have the money, and I love the car and don't want to give up on it, so I decided to make it a project car. $1250 for junkyard engine and tranny and new clutch, and 7 months of work later:

Now: 1992 Maxima GXE, 1993 SE (VE) Engine, 1996 LSD 5 Speed Transmission, 1993 White speedometer cluster (145mpg vs 125, that's the main reason other than the beauty of the white :]), and other little differences.
Still working out the kinks, but it drives and sounds amazing

 

You sure on that info there bud? The 95+ maximas have the VQ30DE engine, the VQ series engines have a different engine/to/transmission bolt patterns vs. the VE30DE engine. Just wondering how you got it to mount up..

 

Hmmm... I was told it was pulled from a 96 by the junkyard
but I guess it's probably a 94 maximum, since the VE is only 3rd gen right?

btw, the axels were a complete mess to get right, the driver side had to be made from two different year models to get the lengths right, I had it custom fabricated by advance auto.

I didn't put the engine in, I had a local mechanic pull out the old one, replace the wiring harness/computer and put the new engine/tranny in, I installed the clutch pedal and the shifter and the axels, and everything else..
it was a real mess to be honest, it took me 7 months to finish and have it drivable again, but I love it and want to finish it completely

 

it's not uncommon for cars to be labelled wrong at the JY. there's a 89-91 max that i got a spoiler from at my JY that's labelled as a 96 Maxima, and a Q45 labelled as an "altima". so you have to trust your knowledge of the car, not the JY employees' "knowledge".

 

well I do know the engine is a 93, I went to the junkyard and looked at it before buying it, it came from a 93, with the transmission, but the transmission was bad, so I had them send over another one, and the second one was making a noise, so I sent it to a machine shop, and the worker put the gears in backwards and destroyed the teeth, so I got a third one and that was a charm, but they told me it was from a 96 (and was labeled 96 with the jy marker). It looks just like the first one, I guess it could be any 3rd gen year...

 

if it really is LSD (you can tell by looking into the axle holes.. if there is a big shaft, it's non LSD, if it's nothing but air, it's a LSD) then it is 92-94

 

I addeded my self to the map. No one else in Raleigh?

 

Done and jepee, i´m the first from Austria!

 

What's up everyone. My name is Mike, from Chi-town and am currently waiting for my White 1992 SE Maxima 5 speed to arrive from NC. Purchased from autotrader.com. Excited, can't wait and will post pics soon after I receive my baby. This is the car that got me hooked into Nissan cars when I was growing up.

I currently own a 2003 fully loaded Altima SE 3.5 V6 automatic, sheer silver ext black leather int. My previous car was my 99 Altima GXE which I gave to my mother. Still going strong.

 

why did you go to NC for a VE5? there have been a few for sale around here that looked good. I didn't buy em because I don't play with sticks

 

mike I am in chicago too, I have a whole maxima 1994 to part out, most parts are going to be off call me at 708-296- if interested8655

 

Hello my name is Amy from Thibodaux,La Please added me. I have a 92 maxima gxe. I love it. I wouldnt trade it for NOTHING. I want to improve it. So any suggestion would help.

 

Hey whats up! repin the "919" got a 1990 3rd gen maxima. just started to fix it up. Put in a WAI the other day replaced the struts and bout to paint it that Chrysler 300 white.

 

Dang this thread is old. I can't believe I turned out to be the only one in Dallas. Depressing to see all the guys that are no longer around

 

Well your not that far James. When I come to Dallas to visit family I'll look you up. I am also looking to get a set of new coil packs.

 

Need help, I bought my wife's 3rd generation Maxima. Lets just say lady driven, she hardly did any work on this beaut, I have rust on the passenger side plus the touch pads for entry do not work. The Maxima has 270k the way she runs I think I should get another 50k before any real problems.
Should i sell or should I fix. My first thought is to fix and do it up right.
Any suggestions?
cellflare

 

christchurch, new zealand here have a 1989 JDM Maxima

 

ill 2nd that detriot michigan signing in ....3rd gen

 

Gainesville, Fla here! Thanks for having me. I bought my Max this summer, it's a 1989 and has a very low 127,000 miles. It has the Star Trek looking dashboard as well as the HUD and I love it! I've been lurking around this board for a while, but this is my first post. Thank you all for your well written responses to everyone's questions ... they help out everyone else too. So far I've changed my drum brakes on my Maxima and I am going to do the driver's cv axle, ball joint, and axle seals either tomorrow or Monday ... wish me luck!

Thanks again for having me!

Chris (Go Gators!)

 

Me lives in The Netherlands, bit north of Amsterdam.

 

I live in Tucker Ga. Just got my 89. 250k on the speedo, looks like the speedos been changed out so not sure on the mileage. She sits a little high cause i have the tranny out and im freshining her up so the wife can use her.

 

My name is Milan and I just picked up a 93 Maxima SE 5 speed. 195K. Needs TLC and already did the rear brakes, replaced one injector and ready to replace both cv shafts. So far I have around $950 in her. Drives great, interior is ok while the exterior has rust in the common max spots. Fun to drive! I'm not gonna post any pics soon since it is an eye sore from the outside. This thing is fast!!

 

In in West Valley, UT (suburb of Salt Lake) 92 Max SE.

 

Oh yeah, and I just put myself on the map... out there in the middle of all by myself here in utah...

 

My turn...I own three Maximas. An 89se 5spd, 92se 5spd, and an 02se 6spd. Sold a 97se 5pd and all my max's are white except the 89 which I'm letting my kid brother have. Been a Nissan fanatic for 25 years and it don't stop.

 

Mike Faga 1994 maxima GLE Pic Soon!!

 

Richmond Ca,
Bay Area

 

i have the same steering wheel cover

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Representing
The Eastern Shore of MARYLAND! I drive a 1991 maxima se 5-speed and i Love it. I also use to own a 87 maxima automatic that came with a 87 5-speed for parts. That car had sooo many electrical gremlins it was terrible so i gave them both away and found my 91, needless to say ive been hooked on maxima ever since!

 

DW48 from Compton, CA.

 

'93 SE VE. I've got some tranny slipping with only 117K, so if anyone has any ideas please send them my way.

 

Hey all I have a 93 gxe auto and am having some shifting issues. If the overdrive was turned on it will not shift just rev but i turn off the overdrive and it will shift. It still has some issues shifting though you have to let off the gas a little bit around 2 or 3 grand and it will shift, you really have to baby it. Wnated to know if the whole tranny might be bad or if it might be the tcu that is bad. I have read a lot of posts about transmissions on here and the talk about getting codes from it but dont know how to retrive them and no check engine light on. Just got done putting the motor and tranny back in had to replace all the freeze plugs on the block, one was leaking between the block and tranny.
Any info will help, thank you in advance.

 

You'll have a better chance of getting a response in this thread

http://forums.maxima.org/3rd-generat...ions-here.html

From what I heard, the auto trans on the VG engine are weak. Might be a bad tranny, don't take my word for it tho.