make an offer.

 

The Leather in the I30 is superior to the cheap Maxima leather we have...

 

How much you paid for that thing? I think 5 ppl have asked that already with no response

 

thanks to everyone who showed interest. its going to be snowy and cold the next couple of days so i wouldn't be able to clean it and wash it as much as i would love to. i am heavily debating what to do. I would love to install a nice used engine and drive the car but not sure if it is a sound investment to do so. based on quotes i have recieved i should run about $1200. Then i think about parting it out and the idea saddens me because it seems to be such a rare car and so many wonderful options....Auto dimming rear view mirror, dual power front heated seats, adjustable headrest, power gas door release, ABS, and pretty cool tranny.
Another deterant against fixing the I30 is even though the car is a 3 years older than my maxima and has 20k miles more. the car insurance is still more expensive. i am making a list of everyone who has PMed me and posted in the for sale forum. depending on how i feel after i clean the car that will decide weather i keep it or not. my only hope is i can recover how much i paid for the car parting it out.

 

$1200, he wanted $1500. i told him i can do $1200 and pick it up the next morning and he was like ok.

 

In just the transmission you can recover a good 3/4 of what you spent on the car. This would make an EXCELLENT car to purchase and use as a 5 speed conversion then part it out.

 

i am not banking on it... alot of cheap skates on the org... i kinda just wanna keep the tranny incase mine ever goes bad. it was rebuilt less than 20k ago and was the main reason i bought the car. if that thing was an auto i would not have gave it a second look.
Me and 1992maxman were looking at it yesterday and we think it may just need a new starter and that it has a really bad oil leak. when i jump it and try to turn it over it sounds like it wants to but just don't have the juice because the battery is so dead.

 

Well let me tell you, first forget the org... ebay is the place to sell. Everyone here seems to be a broke college student.

Second... If I had the money, time and intuition to do a 5 speed swap.. this is exactly the car I'd pick!

 

i wish i had the money cuz i would buy the entire car off you swap the tranny and part it out no question


what do you guys think an auto tranny with 130k miles is worth

 

I think i am going to start parting it out in spring.

 

I hope I can blow out my auto transmission by then.......

 

Nice, its pretty clean. There is the same one at my work (yes i work at a dealership) they have a 98 for $10,000. Same color leather inside automatic. Nice find.

 

heres what i would like

the climeate control unit with the wood surrounding it

the third brake light cover on the rear interirio decklid

right side door pannel

rear seat back with head rests

right side heated mirrior

dust caps for the rear hub

Pm me prices on these parts.

rAlso the rear ABS sensors
Thanks

 

if your interested in parts post in this thread.
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=382806

 

decided to part it, huh?

 

Yeah the killer was the insurance. My policy on my 1999 Maxima is $2600 a year. the same policy on the 1996 I30T would be $2800. I would love to fix it and clean it up but then what would i do with it? I am going to keep the wheels and everything else is going to be sold over the next couple of months.

 

Ashame you cant keep it as a project car. . . is that $2800/yr full coverage? If so, you dont need anything more than liability for the I30, its an older car with 140,000 miles.

 

hmmmm.............

 

yeah its full coverage. my dad is on Vacation. there is the odd chance i can talk him into registering it who knows.
But then lets say i do have a motor installed. that is roughly $1200. I would have to maintain and service the car to.
KS,plugs,02 sensors, not sure about the coil packs. if any of theses things were to go bad.
The most responsible thing to do is part it out. Kinda feels like a shame to do it. since there were so very few of these cars made and even fewer left but i don't wanna get sucked into a money pit.

 

that'd be $2800 if you kept it. The idea is to get it running and turn it around for a profit. Eh...either way, you should make out on the deal. I wish I could afford the tranny swap. I'd love to have a LSD 5sp. Question #2, you going to the CT meet?

 

Not really make a profit.when it comes to cars like these any money you spend will never result in profit. Breaking even is great for example my 99 has been so reliable i can't complain. (knock on wood). i don't wanna make this thing into a hopless cursade.The most painful part to me is getting rid of the tranny its practically brand new. he had it rebuilt only a year and a half ago

when is it? I have differential equations class on saturdays? 1-5pm

 

I believe that is the G35 in the driveway...I'll take one of those

 

you could always throw a new engine in there and get it running. after a little while you could decide you don't want it and then sell a working car and probably sell it for atleast $3500 so you'd be making a profit.

zack, unless you guys got tons of snow and you're busy, think you wou'd be able to meet up sometime later this weekend for the egr stuff? call me or im me...goodluck with the decision in the meantime. maybe even write out a list of pros and cons to see which route would be best for you to do with the car?

 

the CT meet? saturday, 3-12-05

 

yeah def can't make that. too bad its not sunday

 

About time you confided in us you really want a 5 speed!

 

Yum.. I wanna LSD.

 

that's never been a secret I just don't mind the auto

 

I30ds said you can get a VLSD tranny for like $1700 brand new..... I am not selling my VLSD tranny. i will install it when i install a new clutch. I found out it is a brand new tranny and it wasn't rebuilt. So i have a spare VLSD tranny with 30k for me

 

Haha.. spares are always good ;-)

 

Especially with the maxima trannys

 

Not if its an AE.

 

good luck... should be fun though.

 

Did you strip it down yet? I'll buy the whole thing complete as it sits right now.

 

no its not stripped yet but i am not going to sell it... most of the parts are alreay promised to people and somethings i plan on keeping.(tranny, wheels,engine coils)

 

oh boy oh boy, i gots me an I30T too, short shifter, spec stage 3 clutch, and cai with kn filter. IT's nice, hope i see u around in some meets down in jersey, ct, or new york.

 

This car was parted and towed away to be crushed into a cube several months ago.

 

sweet man, looks sick to do up. Gotta love project cars like that. Good luck!

walshy

 

Nice buy man, it just needs some makeup and it'll be another sexy I30.

 

i30ds is right, car is long gone...was nice to get some parts from it and put them in my max though. thanks again zack