Sup everyone i have a 96 se 5speed bone stock. Ive had it for a little while and now that i have ran into a little cash i think its time for me to start modding...please give me some feedback on your first mod ever done to the max either power or cosmetic and your reasons why...thanks everyone

peace
jon

 

clear corners are a must and also a Front strut tower brace did wonders to a stock suspension.

 

CAI, FSTB, RSB, Springs/Shocks, UDP, Clear Corners & Y-Pipe. In that order.

I felt it important to get handling first then the power mods. With the CAI being the exception.

Next will be tires/Wheels, B-pipe and prob. No2 (with all the goodies).

 

enigma i was leaning towards the cai first but i have a bad habit of being pulled over constantly..=X....is place racings cai carb legal..im willing to sarcrafice a little bit of performance to be on the safe side.

jon

 

what part of cali you from oddjob?

 

go with the PR CAI!!!

 

get a y pipe before you get a CAI.. you will thank me later

 

Clear bumper lenses.

 

same here. clear bumber lenses

 

clear bumper lenses and a front strut tower bar at the same time... after that you get hooked and then this place starts to get expensive

 

a cheap cosmetic mod you can do is rewire your blinkers to alternate... all the other parts previous members have mentioned are good suggestions. i say go for it!

 

I went with the clear corners first, got them off ebay for $35

 

First should be clear corners. If I see the car has clear bumper lights I assume that the car is being hooked up.

 

First mod was rims.

 

clear bumper lights and tint

 

headunit

 

first real mod put on: FSTB
although the clear corners were supposed to be on long before that...

before that i just covered up my chrome door handles with carbon fiber vinyl, added splash guards and put on burlwood dash trim.

next mods: 2001 5 spoke 16" rims, 20% window tint, Eclipse headunit + 5 channel amp, diamond audio 12" sub, new speakers all around...

 

buy a set of clear or diamond cut bumper lights:

try www.custommaxima.com

hes got the best deals in town for litterally anything Maxima related

Anthony

 

my first mod was chrome hubcaps i had the stock gxe plastics and they were awful, fortunately that was just a temporary setup, the next real mod was foglights, clears, and a wood dash kit

 

Clear bumper lights, Front strut bar, and an intake. they all came at the same time.

Clear bumpers make the car look so much better. i would reccomend them first.

 

I cleared my tails first
Got the clear bumper lights
Rewired my corners
Changed interior bulbs to blue and installed a white gauge face overlay
Installed a FSTB
Installed a PRCAI
Have a y pipe waiting to install

Next cosmetic will be painting my calipers
Coloring all the LED's behind stereo and in door locks

Good luck and have fun!

Big Dave

 

Clear Bumper lights...its a must

Erik

 

clear corners!!!!!

 

what you've got to do is the cheapest mod out there...as soon as i got my maxi i rewired the foglights to go on without the headlights on...then i replaced all the front bulbs...the car looks literally stunning if you cruise around dusk with just the foglights on with bluish polargs in the clearance and markers...when i first did it i followed my friend from a party and when we got back he told me my car looks ****ed off in his rearview

later
adrian

 

tints, kinda because its too hot in the summer.

 

Diamond cut clear corners is a must!! no doubt about it!! get rid of those ugly orange!

 

If tints count as a mod then...

Tints, FSTB, front clears, wheels/tires, rear clears, RSB... next will be either springs/shocks or stereo, then subframe connectors.

I can't decide!

 

i had intake...

 

My order was

Front Strut Bar , Cone Intake ,Redline Tranny Fluid, Y Pipe.

Waiting on Clear Corners and want to do Tails too. Oh yeah Plus aI rewired my Blinkers.

SuDZ

 

started out with the clear corners here...

 

clear corners...

 

get all the performance mods first before any cosmetics. keep the car a sleeper. if the car looks good but has nothing to back it up, its kind of embarassing.

 

well i got my intake today and my bumper lenses are on order and should be in on m onday...keep them them coming they are helping me alot im from so cal los angeles area..thanks everyone

jon

 

this is wut i did.....(some of the stuff is gone )

1. light bulbs all around(inside and outside)
2. clear bumper lenses
3. tint
4. some stickers(some of are gone now...)
5. wide view mirror
6. automatic shift ****
7. razo pedals
8. shave maxima from trunk and place it between airbag and glove box
9. vw antenna
10.stillen body kit
11.altezza tail(if your gonna say somethin about it... don't even start PLEASE.....)
12.wingswest touring spoiler
13.replace bose headunit wit sony xplode m610
14.get ma door fixed(some ****head hit it)
15.side marker lights
16.stillen intake
17.stillen fstb(gone now)
18.custom leather kit(on the way..)
19.custom painted dash
20.get fstb from greg(custommaxima.com) for $50(shippin included)
21.install leather shiftboot(even though mines auto... )
22.install 6 color indiglo gauge

future....
just muffler or whole exhaust set up...???(so help me out)
planning on dropin it (also need help on it)

so please post up some ideas at other thread @ APEXi or GREDDY....

thanks,
Tae

 

oh forgot to mention some fatass sat on ma hood and had to replace a hood also.....
and i got ma python alarm and remote starter installed(but it didn't work when some ****head bricked ma car couple days ago so my car is going back to the shop for dents on the side doors and to get the front and rear windshield replaced soon....)
and ppl suggest me wut i should get next....

(and im gettin set of rims and tires in spring...i was thinkin about 18 konig tantrum..)

 

I started out with a 2G stereo system
then came... ummm the 19"s i dont remember...

go with a Y-pipe if you have the $$$ Sprint is right it makes the biggest difference... much much more than a CAI... and only a hundred bucks or so more expensive
clear corners yes... go for em and for ~30 bucks... just skip out on a lunch or something and go order them

 

Tints are my first and only mod so far. Make the car look so much better and even the dumbest of people don't mistake it for a family sedan.

 

How much were your wheels out the door w\ tires?

 

clear corners and SB.

 

got a pic of your shifter?