Well...i recently bought my car auto...figured alright, maxima is fast but i really dont wanna hook it up as racer or anything, although i do wanan combine style and performance and all in all decided after realizing im tired of having to hold my girlfriends hand while driving that i want a stick ( that and other reasons too ...lmao .. ) ...i know they're probably a billion threads about this..sue me...i cant search...and im curious to know as to the cost and anyone who has done this what were some problems faced...where would i go to do such a thing and do you feel that having a auto vs manual makes it that much more fun to drive your car?

 

Holy this thread is Tuesday ..

It will cost 4,000$ done right, it's not that much better because the gear ratios of the auto are sooooo much more comfortable.

You can go to the dealership, they will do it right.

I've done it, and I have extra misc parts f/s in the 4th gen f/s are.

Oh yeah, BTW, Maximas aren't fast.

 

hahahahaha....
I swear, every one of your replies is a trip, man....
NmexMax- I dub thee the official put downer of all stupid-nearly stupid posts/comments on all of maxima.org..............ok that makes no sense... oh welll
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Hey, you gotta make 'em fun before ...



for 4k you can buy a 5MT 4th gen

 

My girlfriend still gets my hand once I have it in 5th.

 

this is the GAYEST thread...lol....

do you feel that having an auto vs manual makes it that much more fun to drive your car? ... isnt that a matter of opinion !.. HELLO MCFLY, THINK!

you DONT NEED A SEARCH FUNCTION...its called!!!:take a look at the last 6 or 7 pages to see if there is anything about 5speed swaps which there is !!

 

what the **** do you think?

 

He's not, but he was only asking .... the ethug.

 

lol....heres the best part about this guys thread....he has 32 posts and hes allready to do a maual swap .... ...

 

I always let my girlfriend shift for me, she's gotta do something while she's down there.

You're in south plainfield, thats about 15 mins from me, if you're really serious and get the parts, i'll definitely help you out. I've done my own swap, and i'm sure i can get another one done, if not twice as fast.

-Freddy

 

Advance warning: Don't listen to the nay-sayers. A 5-speed swap is probably the best damn thing that'll ever happen to your car.

I got mine for $2500, parts and labor. Of course, that was with a really cheap junkyard tranny with 107k miles on it, and it had some pretty unhappy bearings in it after another 15k or so. That's a fairly common problem on these gearboxes.

When (not if... WHEN) you do your swap, do yourself a favor and grab the transmission and axles from an Infiniti I30 or Canadian Maxima with under 100k miles on it (both models use the same damn transmission). It will have a limited-slip differential, so you'll get better traction, and they won't have the bearing problems.

With that kinda gearbox, plan on $3k-$4k. Make DAMN SURE you're getting it done at a good shop, and whatever you do, DO NOT TAKE IT TO A BIG CHAIN SHOP (like AAMCO).

When you're done, you're welcome to come right back and tell us all about how much your girlfriend hates you because of how much more you're driving your car instead of paying attention to her.

 

are the gear ratio a lot closer on the 5 speeds comparing to autos?

 

Yup. The very top gears are fairly similar, but the lower gears on a 5-speed are definitely closer (and therefore more awesome, in case you were wondering ).

 

yeh, because if someone has 32 posts that means that the guy just turned 16 last week and this is his first car and by law u cant work on ur car until u turn 25 and have atleast 700 posts on the biggest forum on ur car!

 

Number of posts don't got much to do with anything.....

 

I noticed that my 4th gear on my auto (o/d) was a bit taller than my 5th gear in my manual. Maybe because of the TC lockup, but I know that my auto was better for highway crusing.

 

my posts dont mean much...done alot of work in ym car..just means that im acutally 18 and got my max a couple months ago and was referred to this forum from a fellow member would said it's a good community....but after reading the cost of actually doing it...vs tha cost i paid for my 98 max ( 1300 at a dealer auction, 120k miles, no dents, dings, clean ... GLE ) ...i would rather sell my car for the 6g's that i bluebooked the price at, and buy a stick...

 

I'm a flikcing idiot but I have 7000+ posts, does that make me knowledgable, .. they don't mean ish ..

 

Mine uses both hands, so even it I had a manual she couldn't shift

 

that was

 

Do us all a favor, before you go spend money on something like this donate the $20 so you can use the search function and see the 50000000 other threads about this subject. Best damn investment towards mod research you can make!

 

Woooooooow

 

You are in every other thread in the forums dude.

 

i try to donate, but everytime im about to click the "send money now button" the weeedman comes knocking on my door

 

Odd or even numbered ...

 

lol.... his posts have more meaning to orgers than moderators do

 

me too . . . sometimes she puts her hand on mine while I shift

 

lol......

 

Well isn't that special ... Hope she doesn't 'slip' and put it into 2nd when in 5th @ 80.

 

Britney Spears did that to a rented Ferrari 360 Spyder in Cali once a few years back. Careened across the highway and ground to a halt. Too bad she didn't hit anything.

MDeezy kinda comes off as someone who's at least smart enough not to date someone THAT dim-witted, though. So I'd say he's probably aight.

 

You never know, I agree with you about MDeezy though.

But all or most women have been known to snap. She might do it because he spends more time on here than he does with her, and grow jealous of the A32 and decide it's demise. At that point, MDeezy will just toss a 3.5 in thre ..

 

Here's something I always come back to. You know what the only thing is that's better than driving stick?

A girl who drives stick.

And you know, her putting her hand on yours while you drive is the next best thing.



MORAL OF THE STORY: 5-speed is awesome. If she don't dig it...

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Too bad. Get it anyway.

 

yea shes a bright gyal.She just rests her hand on mine, she doesnt shift for me. I'd blow the enginge if I shifted from 5th to 2nd. ( vq35 time )

 

Make it seem like she did, and have her fund a VQ35 swap for the blown 3.0

 

I wish.

the vq35 will come one day, I just hope its sooner rather than later.

 

don't think it's worth the headache, just buy a 5spd one