After 2 years of suffering while driving a 5th gen Max (automatic), I've created a gas petal modification that can be added to the car in an hour of so that will provide the driver with 7/8" extra leg room on the gas petal. This relieves the right leg against the console discomfort, and improves the angle of the foot against the pedal. It's great, and none too soon, as I was thinking of trading the car in due to lack of stretch room. The improvement will not interfere with average or shorter drivers and can be undone in 30 min.
Spread the word to tall guys that own or are buying a Maxima or I35. Contact me at robert.granell@snet.net. Before and after photos available for the asking.
Bob

 

why not tell us a little about the mod in the post?

 

I need something like this for the CLUTCH pedal to keep my knee from hitting the steering wheel.

Any ideas on how I can modify the clutch pedal?

 

To answer a few questions:
My Max is an automatic, so the clutch is not familiar to me. Considering that a clutch is usually depressed all the way down, that maybe difficult to modify, but if it were adjusted to grab really high, it may be possible to alter it using a similar principal to my gas petal mod.
The gas petal rod (a $35 item if you don't want to tamper with the original or disable the car for more than a few hours) is cut along it's longest straight section and the ends slid and fastened into a machined alumium block that I had made to my design. This block allows the petal to be moved downward and to the left a bit, eliminating the plastic stopper block beneath the petal. The first part was a prototype, but it can be reproduced easily and in quantity by my machinist.

 

Does anything hit the stopper that used to be behind the pedal? The reason I ask is that the 2k2's had a recall becasue the stopper was too small. When people would mash the pedal it would go past the point where it was supposed to and the car would go into a limp mode. I would be a little concerned if your pedal mod skipped the stopper completely. Just something to think about.

 

swallac2 is correct about the 2002 and that stopper block. When they added the throttle positioning thing to replace the cable controlled throttle in 2002, it became more critical that one does not exceed the petal travel. When installing this mod on 2002 or 2003, the installer will have to be careful about respecting the travel limit. On my 2001, the petal comes to rest (when mashed) on the steel stopper block anchor and this travel can be adjusted somewhat both at the petal mod and the cable end at the throttle body is needed. Mine needed no adjustment. Lucky?