I just curious about how many people actually do performance mods( intake, exhaust, strut, spring) on their cars with their own hands. My car is still stock.

 

Doing it with your own hands is so much cheaper (obviously). They are really not hard at all as long as you have the right tools. All of my mods were done by myself and the help of Section8 (our local car group).

 

i'm planing to do things on my own, i just don't have any experience or tools. saving my money for parts and tools.

 

For the major stuff (which on my car has been almost everything) I have a very good friend who is the Nissan Master Tech at a local dealerships who works from his home on nights and weekends. Extremely reasonable rates.

Small stuff like rewiring fogs to come on with parking lights I can do myself. There's a high degree of comfort knowing that the person working on your car really knows what they are doing.

But, if you've got the time and tools and don't mind learning on your car, doing it yourself is the way to go.

Trex

 

Wuz Up TREX!!!!!

hell yea I'll go mech for big mods like headers and pipes stuff like that. hopefully TREX will introduce me to his mech after winter for those mods.

 

Im down for anything from the 3.5 in my girls 4th gen too my own turbo kit and 6 spd in my 4th gen

 

trans rebuilds on my own 5spd, clutches, engine swaps, exhausts, custom turbos (on my SE-R or G20) ... done it all.

 

how did you guys learn all these stuff? i wish i had that much knowledge and experience with those stuff, this is my first car, i'm trying to learn all these. Did you guys use ramps when you do all these? there's no way i could get a lift for these.

 

Blackbird is the VQ stud

 

I do all my mods myself....before i buy/start the mod, I make sure i can do it with my tools/facilities. Only exception is if I need the use of a lift, then I let the guys in the shop help me out (but I never let them DO the mod...).

Half of the guys who work in shops don't know JACK about cars, and chances are they don't know much more about your Maxima than you do (if not less)....I would never leave my ride with some shop monkeys to instally mods.....car only gets outside work on it if it's warranty work from Nissan....

There's no "trying"..There's only "doing" and "not doing".....

And comparing the 24 people syaing they do their own vs. 5 who don't in this poll, I'm betting people are talking about changing light bulbs, not putting in springs and struts....

 

well..i said "performance" mods...i hope ppl read before they vote...

 

hehe but some people consider putting on their FSTB a "performance mod", and any monkey can install one of those...

 

i do all my mods also and my bro helps me also line the 3.5 in my 4th gen with 6 speed to the vq35 in a 2k max to suspension to brakes and everything. bascially everything on the car we have done.

 

ok i got a really really dumb question...is it even possible to put 5.6 V8 engine from TITAN into our car?....don't flame me please, i'm a noob who hasn't put RSB on the car.. just an idea coz ppl put 3.5 into 4th gen I know you have to take off A/C and manage things under the hood..

Btw vsamoylov , good job it sounds amazing

 

Holy **** I would like to see that done. Anybody knows CHIP FOOSE!!!!

 

maybe you should start a new thread to ask this question instead of hijacking this one . Either way, the answer is "no". Have you ever seen the size of the 5.6 V8? It's f-ing big.

 

i'm just hijacking my own thread heheheh, no i havn't seen it. sry for the dumb question..is it a VQ as well?

 

well...even a small S4 can have a V8 from A6 ...so..i just curious about this. instead of boosting, get a V8 with 385 torque.....

 

I do my own.

 

as far as I know, the A6 doesn't have a V8...it has a 6...But a titan is ALOT bigger than an A6 (or A8 for that matter) :grinno

 

Do it myself.. if i screw it up really bad, eat my pride and call a tow truck.

 

That would be one hell of a custom bulging hood to fit that monster in our cars.

 

While at it, where are you going to put the transmission? In the passenger seat area?

 

nah I think the tranny will be sticking out on the left lane next to the lane you are traveling on. Fitting the VK56DE into a FWD car would be impossible, the engine is massive, its designed for RWD and not transverse duty. I'm sure you could fit it in a 240SX thou.... I am actually toying with that idea if I ever come up with some tall cash. For now doing cams n **** like that on my VQ30 is next. Along with the Nismo heads VK45DE valves, Tomei 272s on a 3.5L 11:1 compression block.

 

Did everything on my car myself (usually w/help from friends) except for tint.

 

how much more power we could get if we swap to better cams in VQ30?

 

I do all my own mods. From bulbs to springs to exhaust. Tint of course is out of the question for me, or if i'm too lazy or can't do something specific will i only take it to my trusty SR20DEN!!! Paint work is not my forte either.

 

I try to do all that I can (exhaust, intake, lights), but things requiring a lift or power tools (or even just more experience) like struts/springs, I get help from friends or as I have done recently, other org members.....

 

I do all the work myself

 

I've done all my own mod's. Don't need any goofy mechianic messing up my stuff... I'm just as capable of screwing up my own crap. Although I've been lucky so far.

 

done all mods myself. and so people dont freak out..i know these arent all "performance" mods thats why i broke it out.
i also change my own oil, tranny fluid, coolant, spark plugs, etc.

Appearance:
AE Pedals, headlights, engine cover, and door sills.
brushed aluminum dash kit
clear corners
PIAA interior bulbs
Sylvania Silverstar headlight/fog bulbs
painted tails
corners and fogs re-wired
Changed radio, etc displays to blue
Blue LEDs in window switches
Completely shaved the rear
Performance:
Y-pipe (with no lift, jack, or jack stands )
FSTB
RSB
GAB w/ K&N Filter
Trassmission Cooler
Custom Hyperground

 

In case it's not obvious by my site, I'm a DIY guy.

 

You learn from your mistakes and i don't like to pay for labor i can do myself...

 

paint work is a big job to tackle.

 

Ive done all the work on my car with my own two hands except for the tint. I think it is so much more rewarding to do the job yourself. You build a great bond with your car.

And to answer the question about learning how to do this stuff. It is a lot of trial and error, and you can learn a lot from your fellow org members. It also helps to be mechanically inclined, but we all have to start somewhere.

 

DIY'er here.

JIC's
RSB
FSTB
Berk intake
B&M short shifter

nothing out of the ordinary, but then again, I dont want to plauge my car with mods. oil changes are a pain when you can barely squeeze the oil drain bucket underneath the drain plug.

 

The A6 comes in (disregarding years) 2.8, 2.7T, 3.0, and 4.2 (V8), RS6 comes with the 4.2 twin turbo.

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I wish I had the tools and a driveway to work on my car, if I did then I would probably attempt to mod the car myself. . but without tools or workspace, I'm left with no choice but to have someone do the work for me.

 

off topic, i love Rs6 as much as m5 (even more than M5) i just wish they would put a V10 on RS6..

 

i still would take a m5 over the rs6. especially the new m5 with the v10 and 500 horses.

 

me likey doin mods myself...