nice painting Michael. Great color

 

hey do you still have any of your old maxima write ups saved. i would like to do the HUD and digital climate control. if so could you email them to me. i would GREATLY appreciate it. i'll PM you my email

 

don't know about the wheels andride height butthe color and minor mods just

 

Thanks, I was worried because people said that silver was hard to paint because of the metalic content. I just knew I would have streaks in it (I have seen several silver jobs that had tiger stripes in it). I was pleased with how the paint laid out for me though. I am pretty sure it was my best paint job to date. I do think its a bit different painting this color over a pure silver though.

 

Beautiful! I've never seen those pics!

 

I posted pics last summer of the paint job after I finished it. He didn't have the wheels on it then though.

 

Im glad to see your back awsm66 I hope the whole classic 3rd gen community comes back and brings this place back to life. How much miles is that puppy at now? If these cars are properly takin care of, they will exist for almost a lifetime.

 

that would be nice! i pray that happens someday!

 

 

Damm the amount of clean 3rd gens I have seen in this post whether it's been sigs or pictures posted make me angry. Where I live(CT) your lucky to see one clean one. Jeesh I'm willing to buy someone's in six months.Well then again everyone lives miles away. SMH

 

Now that's a beautiful color for a J30. How would you compare this to the original charcoal grey(Think it's KH2)? The Silverstone paint does not contain any special stuff, is easy to get a hold of and at a reasonable price?..

If I ever need a respray of my charcoal J30 and Stillen kit, I'd be tempted to do this color..

 

I think they started moving on around 3 years ago gradually. One by one they fell. lol I also could have still stayed but made a big mistake by buying another car, and having no choice but to sell the VE since I had no place or time for it. Compared to the new car, it would not be a wise choice to keep the VE.

What happened to 4dsc? I use to go there back in my VG days. Even the new forum Matt setup looks like a ghost town.

Yeah, I see alot of people throwin in VQ35's nowadays, even though other then Aaron92se, all I see is shadyness involved with all their posts.

 

One question still hasn't been answered, how many miles are on that VE these days?

 

I think 4dsc.com kept getting hacked or over taken by spam.

There are two other VQ35 3rd gens that are in the NY area that are confirmed. They don't post here much, so it may seem shady, but they are good guys. I met them at MAXUS 09. Since they had some 4th gen parts cars at their disposal, they did the hybrid swap with a 4th gen ECU instead of using an 02+ Maxima ECU.

 

PM sent

 

This thread makes me want another VE

 

Agreed

 

it has some pearls in it (cant remember how many...3 I think) but its not hard to get. I used the lower end PPG on that paint job (omni) and it was about the same as any other color (~$30 a quart for color only but you have to buy reducer as well and obviously clear and its materials). I think I used 5 quarts of color since it was a color change plus kit. I used every last drop of it.

 

Greetings to all, glad to see everyone is doing well. For the past several years I’ve done more lurking instead of posting. I had to show my face on this thread.

Dave –How’s the family, how many kids do you and your wife have now. I remember you had a nice basketball team going on. Yes I remember the day you sold me the splash guards. I also remember how you came onto the forum. Wasn’t it an accident in the parking lot (a lady sideswipe you) so you joined the forum in search of a replacement. Are you still playing the guitar and singing?

Craig – Go, go, pinstripe LOL. All the scenic pics you took while in ATL were memorable. I know many have done the snow pic in the south, but I remember your black 3rd gen with the tire tracks in the snow. How’s DC treating you and which city has worst traffic, DC or ATL?

Aaron – As Dave mentioned, kudos on all the mods you have done. Anytime you have a NWP meet or event in the DC or Eastern NC area, I always try to attend, but stuff happens which prevents me from attending.

James – What’s up bro, how are you and your brother doing? First thing that comes to mind when I think of you is how people in your neighborhood always wanted to test you and your brother and you guys had to stand up and represent yourselves.

Lordrandall – How are things on the West coast? Have your wife learned how to drive a 5spd? Whenever I talk to people about the different city/state I’ve lived in, I always say if I had to do it all over again, I wouldn’t have left CA.

Matt – 3 homes in 5 years, excellent. I remember when you left your rental home and purchase a house with either a long driveway or big front yard. I was waiting for the 1st Annual Meet at Matt’s House party. In regards to the PM I sent you a couple weeks ago, if you can still provide me pics of the camber plate that would be great.

Michael – Yes I got the car back together, at least the major body panels. All the exterior lights, grill and minor trim pieces still need to be installed. I have not driven or started my 3rd gen in 4 yrs, and that was only to drive it to the body shop. Prior to that, I really can’t remember how long it has been since I drove it regularly. I do remember a pic of your oldest first day of K. Wasn’t she wearing a backpack with some cartoon character, was it Kim Possible? And who can forget her Roll Tide video.

To all the others new and old (Chris, PA, DanNY, shavedmax, internetautomar, Kaleb, Cliff Clavin, Jeff, MrGone, Nubian, Sarah, Andrew91SE, Uncle Pete) a big hello.

As for me, life is good and I’m still driving my low rider S-10 pickup in Charlotte. Wife and kids are doing well. I’ve had a couple other project vehicles that have come and gone, but this time I said no more project vehicles until I have the Max back on the road. So I recently pulled the Max from the backyard shed and put it into the house garage. So do expect some newbie type questions from me until I familiarize myself it the 3rd gen again. My intent is to re-do the interior. You guys remember the white embroidered door panels I have? I’ve had those panels for as long as I’ve had the Max, which has been 14yrs.

See you all around, and peace out.

 

A legend returns..I just cut a 1/4 panel off my parts car to put on my DD that was backed into a while back...welcome back michael!

 

Good to hear from you. I don't have any NWP meets planned right now, but it's possible we'll do another Raleigh/Durham Meet this summer. I'll be sure to let you know.

I definitely remember the door panel inserts.

I finally got rid of my old 90 Stanza. It was a good beater. But I desperately needed a pickup truck. So I got an 05 Frontier CC VQ40 4wd Nismo.

 

nice s-10. i started building a crewcab hardbody to keep it all nissan. hope to see some updates on the max soon

 

hello I just brought a red se with 79,000 orig miles on it!!!!!!!!!!! is itpossible to changeto a smoother clutch/

 

Hey I recently purchased a 92 se 5speed with 79,000 original miles what is a good price for such a vehicle?

 

That depends on your driving style. You could either go stock replacement or upgrade to a sport clutch. Its preference. Cost? That depends on what condition its in or what you have to do to it to make it a reliable mode of transportation.


Oh and instead of making to post you could've just edited your first one.

 

What up mike!...yeah I remember how clean the max was..alot of cats should thank "OG's" like us...good to have you back brah!