Well after the initial shock of the chariot arriving all beat up, I decided to start cleaning up the max. In all the time I have owned this maxima (since: 1997) the car has never been this dirty.

I washed layers of dirt and grit off the car and under the engine bay. I must say I felt better after doing some cleaning on the max. The photos are nothing flash or special. If your maxima is stock (under tha hood) they may be worth a look. You can see the headers peeking out. Allow some time for them to appear if you are using a 56k dial up connection.

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Photo Backup: If the photos should turn up as x's just ease over to this link and check them out: http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/341792/5

For more information regarding the chariot getting trashed in shipping check out this post. There is a complete engine bay photo of all the stuff that was stolen: http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=376104

 

looking nice there ! now it needs an intake and a battery

 

Its always a good feeling when you know it's clean. Looks great - I hope the troubles end so you can start modding.....again

 

well the odyessy battery just couldnt cut it, after all the months she was drained and out of juice. so i pulled the battery out and found a place to charge it back up.

 

Looks really good even in its state.. is that a real nismo oil cap or ebay?

edit: its real

 

yes gtr rider its the real thing, im very excited about the aftermarket support maxima owners are getting from nismo ! rofl

 

at least when it's all finally back together, it will be spotless and you'll have more pics :d maybe you should surprise us all and go FI while you're over there

 

After what happened on the way over there, if he comes back and has a turbp that might be gone.

 

good point, im still in awe at that

 

I know, they have to slow down with the support they are giving us

 

Ceasar,

Have you checked out emission laws in NZ yet...do they even have one?

 

they have no emissions laws at the moment but down the road they will have those laws here.

 

Lucky you. I figured they don't because of population. Take advantage of that while it lasts. Do a straight pipe from the headers all the way back. Rip out the EGR system. You have endless posibilities now.

 

look good ceasar. what did you use to clean up all that dirt off of it. and get everything all nice and shiny

 

well back in the states castrol super clean mixed with water 50/50 is what i prefer. but this time i just took some tin foil and wrapped it around anything that didnt like water, and took a water hose and sprayed down the engine lightly. then i sprayed the engine over with Simple Green and took some towels and brushes and started scrubbing things down. after much of the dirt had been scrubbed off i took a bottle of amor all and sprayed a big mist of the stuff all over the hoses and engine and started wiping it down again. after this point of clean everything becomes very detailed, so i havent went there yet. but the results are nice by doing just this.

 

Looks good bro. IVe been gone for a bit from the org? What happened to your max? Did u move somewhere else ?

 

Nice work.. I gotta clean under the hood so bad... im dreading it.


btw... if you need a stock air system gimme a pm