I'm new to the Org but I've been learning a ton since I registered. I've had a 96' Infiniti I30 for about 3 years now and just added a 97' Nissan Maxima SE 5speed to the family.

Bought it with 2" drop on matrix springs, Xenon headlights, new clutch, new flywheel, new ignition coils, Short Ram Intake, 7" double din touch screen DVD player.

There is some minor damage to the hood so I'll be replacing it with a carbon fiber hood as it's first upgrade. Huge list of upgrades to be added in the future as well.

 

Nice addition, cars pretty clean, nice interior. Missing the fogs, brackets and stalks there.
+1 on the 5 spd, not with the weird shifter boot tho. What wheels are those?

 

sweet ride enjoy it and be safe

 

Looks good, congrats

 

Very nice, I gotsme one too, except with the beige leather interior. Jealous of your steering wheel lol. THe FLorida sun wreaks havoc on steering wheel leather here

 

nice but what happened to the fogs. i see you have the switch on the stalk.
keep us updated, and be safe.

 

Looks like a good buy man...How many miles?

Theres a couple guys selling black armrests in the 4th gen classifieds. One in NJ selling random parts and one in CA selling an armrest cover. Check it out...

Wus up Treize. Your sleeping man. Lol. I got the guy for you. He'll fix you mint for bout $150. It'll look like the day it left the showroom...

 

Nice Max, welcome to the org

 

300ZX wheels.



Nice car OP!! great buy, I love the drop, wheels, and exhaust!

 

those are 240 wheels...

 

Nice car, like the black leather interior. btw you may want to get a black purse to blend in with the interior...lol just foolin

 

those are definitely S14 240 wheels

 

thats a clean car especially for the age and color. i useto have my SE with removed fogs and brackets looking like your front bumper, then i bought a gxe front bumper cause the fog slot has a nice grille like how the grille is between the headlights,

 

Def looking like it's starting off good. Keep an eye out for ya, very rare to see nice 4th gens here.
Fwiw, might get a little better service from that detector mounted up high.

 

Lol yeah the women left her purse on the passenger side. I didn't realize it until after the pictures were taken.

I'm not sure what happened to the fogs. The previous owner bought it with them missing as well. I plan to buy some replacements in the future.

This is the only bad thing I can think of about this car. It's pushing 250k miles But I get the feeling 90% of them are highway miles. Honestly it runs better then my I30 with 70k more miles on it. No engine knocks, No misfires or anything.

Thanks for the comments everyone. I've already done a few things to it that I"ll be posting later.

 

Debadged, buffed and waxed the Max yesterday. Detailed Engine bay (it needed it badly)



Then took it for a canyon cruse.



sorry for the low quality. They were taken from my phone.

 

no pics of the bay?!? i am disappoint lol

 

very clean max and welcome to the org.

 

Very nice! Congrats!
Love 4th gen SE and 5 speeds!
Is that a pearl white 97 SE?
I have a 95 pearl white gle and always wanted to get a pearl white 4th gen SE to add to my collection.
Hopefully in the near future.
Enjoy!

 

Nice dude hope you do big things

 

Here is a few pics of the engine bay





Also I was going to ask what this thing was. I noticed my 96 I30 doesn't have it.


This is a 1997 Pearl White Nissan Maxima SE 5 Speed From what I understand they are kinda rare to find as good as condition as mine.

Mine also has all the extra options: Black Leather, duel heated and power front seats, Bose Stereo, Sunroof, Spoiler, foglamps (wired but lamps are missing) 5 Speed Manual transmission. All the other SE's I've found normally don't come with all the above options.

 

thats the EVAP canister purge volume control valve.

The max I just bought over the weekend has all those options except heated seats...I like heated seats

 

that bay looks phenominal

 

I'll have to do some reading on the EVAP purge valve as I'm not familiar with it.

Heated seats are a must have in Salt Lake City, UT.

Thank you. It wasn't the dirtiest engine bay I've cleaned but it was still pretty dirty. I use to detail cars professionally. I learned a lot of "tricks of the trade" that have become quite useful to my personal vehicles.

 

Great Buy....wish i had one like it...........................................lol

 

I recently found out what that part is called cause my car threw a code.

P0443 - EVAP Canister Purge Volume Control Solenoid Valve Circuit



Credit goes to another org member for posting this:

http://forums.maxima.org/album.php?a...ictureid=27981

 

nice and clean 4th gen if you dont mind me asking what did you pay for it?

 

I paid $2300 for it.

 

What is the mileage?

 

Congratz on the purchase! Looks very clean inside and out. The previous owner probably modded the seats to be heated.

 

I'll have to keep this in mind just in case I have problems in the future with the EVAP. Thanks for the heads up.

Millage is high. Almost 250k... Although.. I'm 100% most of it was highway millage. It runs better then my I30 with 70k more miles. I'll swap it to a VQ35 when the motor finally does give.

I'm pretty sure it wasn't modded. Heated seats are full stock OEM installment. Unless a previous owner worked for Nissan or is a Modding professional I doubt it was put in aftermarket.

Thanks for the comments guys.

I'm probably installing an oil catch tomorrow. I'll post pics later.

 

250k is nothing for this car, I say that because mine has 218k and she runs good. A 3.5 conversion huh? well you may have to wait a few years before the engine gives out. I think your "want" will give in before the engine gives out.
My vehicle did come with the owners manual but wish the actual print out of what it was purchased for and all the optional equipment was included. I just like having that around to look at over and over again. Before I bought the vehicle I noticed a dealer pic of the engine bay and saw a sticker that stated "trophy nissan". Luckily that is a dealer here in Mesquite TX. I called their service dept and the guy was able to pull up the maintenance records using the VIN. He was reading off stuff that was done on the car and he said something that was the deal breaker/or maker. He said "it looks like every time the car has an issue the previous owner would have it repaired here at our shop." I love hearing that, it is music to my ears.

Did you buy it from the original owner or friend of the family? She looks well taken care of.

 

i detail on teh side...but outside of family, i touch no ones engine bay...i dont have time to replace engines lol

 

I have yet to ruin an engine bay from detailing it but I've had a few friends damage their own. Gotta avoid the intake, sensors, and distributor (which our cars don't have).

I did a carfax report and 3 owners came up. I couldn't find any service records except what the guy had that I bought it from. He had lube receipts as well as parts and other things he'd also bought. I found out yesterday that it's sitting on 4 KYB performance shocks. They were installed about 4 months before I bought it too.

Whoever owned my car in the past, including the last owner have all taken amazing care of the vehicle. It runs amazingly.

 

Nice buy dude. And 250 is not a "lot". I'm at 254k and still goig very very strong. Are your turnsignal lights on constantly and running independently?

 

I know these engines can go a long time. My mother sold a 96' GLE with over 300k on it. The lights were rewired when I bought it.

The side markers are now the blinkers and the front markers are now always on with park/headlights. Honestly I kinda like it. Not many of the Maxima's around here have lights wired like that so I get to stand out from the others

I'm still trying to figure out what the exhaust system is. It's been repalced from the Cat to the bumper. My buddy says it's a GREEDY but isn't 100% sure. It has a good sound to it. Not rice-a-roni but has a deep rumble on downshifts and a loud growl and blare at high RPM. It also doesn't have that drown sound when you are cruising on the highway like you get from all the Honda's.

 

Oooops!

 

yeah, I get that with my Cattman. But that tip looks too big for a Cattman. Most maxima's I hear have that tone

 

I know for fact it isn't a Cattman. I wish.... I'll post a pic of it to see if you guys have any idea what it could be. It is huge with a 4 inch tip.

 

anyone have any ideas?