JSutter

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Look at what I did


Yuck! Black 3rd gen GXE wheels.....what was I thinking? Well I'm goin to the track soon and for once, I'm racing out of street trim. These rims are 16 lbs....nothing to brag about, but lighter than the stockers. My wheel and tire combo is 33 lbs in the front and a bit more in the rear. Anywho I'm shooting for the 14's in the 1/4 mile. For added help I also did this:

Now my Eibachs look stock from all the weight reduction. Took the stock spoiler off too....that was a bloody mess. Nissan engineers were on meth when they thought of putting that thing on. Broke 3 of the 4 bolts and all the clips were broken already. Now I get more looks from other ricers... I mean drivers and well to be honest I hate it b/c my car looks like shizzo. Cant wait for the track tho!

1FSTMAX

iTrader: (29)

Ummm definately rice.. When i race at the track I only take out the spare..

Maxima99SE

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you should put it back the way it was ASAP after you get back from the track..heh

Kashoggio

iTrader: (11)

lol why the hell did you take off your spoiler, that thing is only like10 lbs, that is rice, should of taken out the seat instead

ScarfaceTHX

wtf, the spoiler too?

The wheels might take off a 1/10 if you like more wheelspin.

Have fun putting it back together!

DAVE Sz

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Any maxima without a stock spoiler looks pretty awful. Whenever I see one I get shooting pains inside my head.

Zack342

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Hey let me know when your heading up to new england dragway. i am down for next friday.... pm me and let me know. car looks good i don't know about taking off the spoiler though that was a ***** much.

bruteMax

c'mon, you luv my trunk lip, dont'cha?

Dont' know what the term "rice" has to do with what you've done to your car. I always thought "rice" was associated with mods that make the car look faster/better but were so obvious for the lack of taste/ignorance on the part of the car owner.

bfox55

your car looks like a cop now.

Ceasars Chariot

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LOL, man i like it ! but if you took all that stuff out, go ahead and take out that 45 lbs passenger seat ! hey you have two setups cant beat that ! looks good !

im going to race mine like that at the track once to have some fun, then new interior i got last week goes in ! good luck !

Ceasars Chariot

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almost forgot and the 8-9 lbs center console, and hey did you know the carpet weighs 17 lbs ?

JSutter

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yeah i havent gotten that far yet Ceaser....its all comming out its just a matter of time. Just depends if I have to take a passenger to the track. Oh and that I have seat air bags!!! Wonder if ill get the light to come on?

I am no noob to interior swaps.....yea it sucks. I swapped over 2 3rd gens for a fellow orger and 1 week later he crashed the car. I have some plans for the interior. Black........dum dum duuumm.

Oh and for the spoiler I should have mentioned I have a new one. Its been in the garage for years, I need to use it sometime. The OEM ones have plastic clips for the outside supports, all mine were broken. No biggie. The new one has 8 bolts!

zack342 im most likely going down this friday 7/30. hope to see you there.

This weekend at the local car meet is going to be fun...all the kids there love rice.

MadChef

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Why are you trying to figure out how fast 1/2 of your car can go?

Ant96GLE

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You shouldve gotten sawblades

Jason R

iTrader: (39)

sawblades are awesome.


unless you compare them to my SSRs.

Brudaddy

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I couldn't agree more.
I race like I drive the car, everyday.
I got 15.1 on street tires with the spare in and everything.
I am shooting for the 14's the next run because I have great tires now, instead of that crap I had on there before.

And to how your car looks now..........."Noooooooooooooooooo!"
It is not that bad. I don't really like the black wheels with no machined lip because they look at a glance like you are riding on steelies(like the ricers do to make it look like black wheels). I do like gunmetal wheels, but not black. I think it would not be that bad if you had just left your spoiler on there. I know that you will get it back classy looking soon...I trust in that.

"Stay classy, San Diego"

JSutter

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sawblades heh.....I got them too. I was going to put them on too. If I put on the sawblades, chrome grill and keep the spoiler off I'll have a GLE 5 speed!

Ant96GLE

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Whats wrong with a GLE?

You'd be one of the VERY VERY few GLE 5 Speeds out there

JSutter

iTrader: (46)

nothing at all....well minus the exterior chrome and wood grain. I just ment that b/c my car is a loaded SE it would look very close to a GLE.

Ant96GLE

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I'm only kidding

JSutter

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shuks!1234

ptatohed

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Why is taking off a non-functioning spoiler and putting on lighter wheels RICE? In fact it is the exact opposite of rice. Why are you guys calling it rice????

VIP Maxima

save that one for dinner when i come back. make sure its cooked nicely

liqidvenom

iTrader: (6)

yea y is it rice? people add cf lips n its hot... he takes of extra useless weight and its rice? y is it rice to be faster? u people r morons if u think thats rice.

JSutter

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umm well b/c I have 9 holes in my trunk covered in electrical tape, I drive around with no interior, and finally I hate black wheels so they are ugly.....ricey IMO. But if its not rice then fine with me. I still cant wait to finsh my lil projects.

Ludacris

iTrader: (11)

I think the car looks better with the black 3rd gen wheels

Tyrexx

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idk about those ones but black rims could look sweet on your car, try some aftermarket ones

nostrixoxide

Well since you decided to go with the stealth black look, you may as well AE the corner lamp's & headlights. Then all you have to do is pick up some JDM black chrome turn signal lenses from "Custom Enterprize.com". I can't tell from the picture but if you have the stock tail lights, now would be a good time to install some carbon fiber gen2 altezza's.

P.S.
I'm assuming since you removed the spoiler for your trip to the track, then you are trying to reduce wind drag. Why don't you remove the deflectors from the sunroof & the window's too to help achieve that goal. Otherwise, please put the spoiler back on. It will significantly increase the beauty of your vehicle.

JSutter

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I have DTM tails, thought about the AE stuff too but I did it b4 and i dont like it much. I aint keeping this stealth look for too long. I just put the ventshades back on so I'll keep them on. Tho with a wing, tint, and some other little tricks I could roll like this in the winter no problem. I do however kinda like this pic:

skiboarder72

it looks interesting... idk if i like it

Iilac

iTrader: (65)

I like the black wheels, I think it looks good in the last picture. Good job on the ricing...ha