IS300 look
07-25-2002, 03:00 PM
#1
IS300 look
Everytime I see an IS300 I wish I had a car that sat like that. It just looks sweet. Anybody know of any comination of springs, struts or whatever to make it sit like one?
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07-25-2002, 03:46 PM
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Originally posted by BlackMax2k1
It seems to me that it squats (sits lower) than anybody with aftermarket springs on a Max that I've seen.
It seems to me that it squats (sits lower) than anybody with aftermarket springs on a Max that I've seen.
07-25-2002, 03:55 PM
#6
Originally posted by Matthew
...Not true, just the other day I was having a business lunch at a nice restaurant in Fort Worth and pulled up right next to one, my wheel gap with the H&R's was exactly the same up front as the IS 300, and actually a tad lower in the rear. Nice...
...Not true, just the other day I was having a business lunch at a nice restaurant in Fort Worth and pulled up right next to one, my wheel gap with the H&R's was exactly the same up front as the IS 300, and actually a tad lower in the rear. Nice...
07-25-2002, 04:11 PM
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It's the way the IS300 was designed. The wheel wells aren't as flared as a Maxima, so it looks lowered, even when stock. The BMW's are the same way.
The Max on the other hand looks like a Jeep Eagle it's wheel wells are so flared. I see pics of lowered 5th Gens on the ORG I can't even tell their lowered most of the time.
The Max on the other hand looks like a Jeep Eagle it's wheel wells are so flared. I see pics of lowered 5th Gens on the ORG I can't even tell their lowered most of the time.
07-25-2002, 04:45 PM
#8
Originally posted by Mystical2k2SE
The Max on the other hand looks like a Jeep Eagle it's wheel wells are so flared. I see pics of lowered 5th Gens on the ORG I can't even tell their lowered most of the time.
The Max on the other hand looks like a Jeep Eagle it's wheel wells are so flared. I see pics of lowered 5th Gens on the ORG I can't even tell their lowered most of the time.
http://home.earthlink.net/~doctorkiwi/koni/lowered.jpg
before (I can put a cat in there!)
after
07-25-2002, 09:12 PM
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It's the way the IS300 was designed. The wheel wells aren't as flared as a Maxima, so it looks lowered, even when stock. The BMW's are the same way.
07-25-2002, 10:00 PM
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Originally posted by kloogy
I envy nothing from that car...My car sits the way a Max should ! I can also still hand any lightly modded IS his lunch !
I envy nothing from that car...My car sits the way a Max should ! I can also still hand any lightly modded IS his lunch !
07-26-2002, 04:20 AM
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Re: IS300 look
Originally posted by BlackMax2k1
Everytime I see an IS300 I wish I had a car that sat like that. It just looks sweet. Anybody know of any comination of springs, struts or whatever to make it sit like one?
Everytime I see an IS300 I wish I had a car that sat like that. It just looks sweet. Anybody know of any comination of springs, struts or whatever to make it sit like one?
I was LMAO!
07-26-2002, 06:42 AM
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Why I didnt get an IS 300
I just had to respond to the IS 300 discussion. Regardless of the way it looks, for the money its just not a better deal than the Maxima. I was in love with them from the day they came out. I test drove an one, a great car, drove real nice, kinda toyish looking inside, but nonetheless a nice car. It just didnt have everything my fully loaded 2k2 SE has (for less money).
Example, IS 300 has no controls on the wheel, (except for that stupid auto shift thing), doesnt have a heated steering wheel, much less hp, I could go on.
These are just little things, but for the approximately $4 grand difference in price and the fact that Nissan gave me $2000 more for my trade in I just could nt beat the deal or the quality of the car.
Actually the more I look at them, the more they just look like a big Civic to me....
Example, IS 300 has no controls on the wheel, (except for that stupid auto shift thing), doesnt have a heated steering wheel, much less hp, I could go on.
These are just little things, but for the approximately $4 grand difference in price and the fact that Nissan gave me $2000 more for my trade in I just could nt beat the deal or the quality of the car.
Actually the more I look at them, the more they just look like a big Civic to me....
07-26-2002, 06:57 AM
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Re: Why I didnt get an IS 300
Originally posted by Pmm3rd
I just had to respond to the IS 300 discussion. Regardless of the way it looks, for the money its just not a better deal than the Maxima. I was in love with them from the day they came out. I test drove an one, a great car, drove real nice, kinda toyish looking inside, but nonetheless a nice car. It just didnt have everything my fully loaded 2k2 SE has (for less money).
Example, IS 300 has no controls on the wheel, (except for that stupid auto shift thing), doesnt have a heated steering wheel, much less hp, I could go on.
These are just little things, but for the approximately $4 grand difference in price and the fact that Nissan gave me $2000 more for my trade in I just could nt beat the deal or the quality of the car.
Actually the more I look at them, the more they just look like a big Civic to me....
I just had to respond to the IS 300 discussion. Regardless of the way it looks, for the money its just not a better deal than the Maxima. I was in love with them from the day they came out. I test drove an one, a great car, drove real nice, kinda toyish looking inside, but nonetheless a nice car. It just didnt have everything my fully loaded 2k2 SE has (for less money).
Example, IS 300 has no controls on the wheel, (except for that stupid auto shift thing), doesnt have a heated steering wheel, much less hp, I could go on.
These are just little things, but for the approximately $4 grand difference in price and the fact that Nissan gave me $2000 more for my trade in I just could nt beat the deal or the quality of the car.
Actually the more I look at them, the more they just look like a big Civic to me....
07-26-2002, 07:47 AM
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Re: Why I didnt get an IS 300
ah...guess u didnt test drive the IS300 on turns. try enter a 20mph on ramp with 45 mph with the stock maxima and Is300.....then u will change ur mind on calling it a big civic or corolla on roids.... 
Originally posted by Pmm3rd
I just had to respond to the IS 300 discussion. Regardless of the way it looks, for the money its just not a better deal than the Maxima. I was in love with them from the day they came out. I test drove an one, a great car, drove real nice, kinda toyish looking inside, but nonetheless a nice car. It just didnt have everything my fully loaded 2k2 SE has (for less money).
Example, IS 300 has no controls on the wheel, (except for that stupid auto shift thing), doesnt have a heated steering wheel, much less hp, I could go on.
These are just little things, but for the approximately $4 grand difference in price and the fact that Nissan gave me $2000 more for my trade in I just could nt beat the deal or the quality of the car.
Actually the more I look at them, the more they just look like a big Civic to me....
I just had to respond to the IS 300 discussion. Regardless of the way it looks, for the money its just not a better deal than the Maxima. I was in love with them from the day they came out. I test drove an one, a great car, drove real nice, kinda toyish looking inside, but nonetheless a nice car. It just didnt have everything my fully loaded 2k2 SE has (for less money).
Example, IS 300 has no controls on the wheel, (except for that stupid auto shift thing), doesnt have a heated steering wheel, much less hp, I could go on.
These are just little things, but for the approximately $4 grand difference in price and the fact that Nissan gave me $2000 more for my trade in I just could nt beat the deal or the quality of the car.
Actually the more I look at them, the more they just look like a big Civic to me....
07-26-2002, 07:55 AM
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Re: Re: Why I didnt get an IS 300
Originally posted by [maxi-overdose]
ah...guess u didnt test drive the IS300 on turns. try enter a 20mph on ramp with 45 mph with the stock maxima and Is300.....then u will change ur mind on calling it a big civic or corolla on roids....
ah...guess u didnt test drive the IS300 on turns. try enter a 20mph on ramp with 45 mph with the stock maxima and Is300.....then u will change ur mind on calling it a big civic or corolla on roids....
(A) its not a better overall deal for the $ and options you get, (unless you wanna drive on-ramps all day long).
and
(B) it just "looks" like a big civic. (Obviously Lexus quality is a tad better than Hondas)....
07-26-2002, 09:26 AM
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Yeah, the IS300 may look like a "big Civic", but can a Maxima do this:
http://www.teamlexus.com/movies/lexus.wmv
http://www.teamlexus.com/movies/lexus.wmv
07-26-2002, 10:24 AM
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Originally posted by Mystical2k2SE
Yeah, the IS300 may look like a "big Civic", but can a Maxima do this:
http://www.teamlexus.com/movies/lexus.wmv
Yeah, the IS300 may look like a "big Civic", but can a Maxima do this:
http://www.teamlexus.com/movies/lexus.wmv
07-26-2002, 10:33 AM
#23
Originally posted by Matthew
...If you think the IS300 in that vid is stock you are smoking crack rock. If you put enough $$$ into Max suspension, it could do all that and more...
...If you think the IS300 in that vid is stock you are smoking crack rock. If you put enough $$$ into Max suspension, it could do all that and more...
yup! maxima needs a lot of work on its stock suspension.
but we still dun have that 50-50 weight distribution
07-26-2002, 10:36 AM
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Originally posted by Matthew
...If you think the IS300 in that vid is stock you are smoking crack rock. If you put enough $$$ into Max suspension, it could do all that and more...
...If you think the IS300 in that vid is stock you are smoking crack rock. If you put enough $$$ into Max suspension, it could do all that and more...
07-26-2002, 11:37 AM
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Originally posted by Mystical2k2SE
You're smokin serious crack rock if you think springs/sway bars will make a Max take s-curves like that.
You're smokin serious crack rock if you think springs/sway bars will make a Max take s-curves like that.
07-26-2002, 12:07 PM
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Originally posted by Matthew
...I didn't say that. What I said was, if you spend enough money a Max can do that. That lexus was a racing team spec car. Not a stock street car. If Maxima put racing suspension components in their cars they would handle that way... Next time READ my post, don't just respond to it.
...I didn't say that. What I said was, if you spend enough money a Max can do that. That lexus was a racing team spec car. Not a stock street car. If Maxima put racing suspension components in their cars they would handle that way... Next time READ my post, don't just respond to it.
07-26-2002, 12:23 PM
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Originally posted by [maxi-overdose]
why not?
http://home.earthlink.net/~doctorkiwi/koni/lowered.jpg
before (I can put a cat in there!)
after
why not?
http://home.earthlink.net/~doctorkiwi/koni/lowered.jpg
before (I can put a cat in there!)
after
07-26-2002, 01:19 PM
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Originally posted by Mystical2k2SE
WTF are you talking about? I read your damn post. A ****in fwd Maxima will never handle like that you idiot.
WTF are you talking about? I read your damn post. A ****in fwd Maxima will never handle like that you idiot.
07-26-2002, 02:02 PM
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I had to jump in and give my opinion. I do have bias, of course
being a max owner.
Both of these cars are performers. But it's all about
wants and needs when it comes to these two cars. Some people
want speed (max), others handling (300) and others looks.
Looks are hard to argue because to each their own. I personally
agree that every time I see an IS300 it reminds me of a civic.
But every time I see a max I keep thinking of a few cosmetic
changes that could be made. Both have great engines
with a lot of potential. But I would never put down
30k for IS300 when the 5spd G35 is around the corner with
a sticker less than 30k.
Just my thoughts,
boo
being a max owner.
Both of these cars are performers. But it's all about
wants and needs when it comes to these two cars. Some people
want speed (max), others handling (300) and others looks.
Looks are hard to argue because to each their own. I personally
agree that every time I see an IS300 it reminds me of a civic.
But every time I see a max I keep thinking of a few cosmetic
changes that could be made. Both have great engines
with a lot of potential. But I would never put down
30k for IS300 when the 5spd G35 is around the corner with
a sticker less than 30k.
Just my thoughts,
boo
07-26-2002, 02:11 PM
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Originally posted by Mystical2k2SE
Riight... next time don't accuse people of smoking crack if you expect to engage in intelligent conversation.
Riight... next time don't accuse people of smoking crack if you expect to engage in intelligent conversation.
I have them but they're not hosted right now.
07-26-2002, 02:54 PM
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Originally posted by Maxima06071
Sorry to interupt this touching arguement but what about the Motarola Cup Car Maxima? Anyone got the pics?
I have them but they're not hosted right now.
Sorry to interupt this touching arguement but what about the Motarola Cup Car Maxima? Anyone got the pics?
I have them but they're not hosted right now.
from berktuning.com
07-26-2002, 09:35 PM
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With my current suspension setup, I wil challenge any of you IS lovers in the twisties. With the money I saved over that Alteeza, I have 19's on 245's and my suspensions mods. I can stick with that Lex-Da all day long. An Is 300 equipped like my Max would've cost me more $$ , and I would have less room in my car...!
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