Anarchist

What more is there to say? How much money have you put in your max?

Original buy price + mods + replacements/repairs + anything else.. how much do you have invested in it?

Mine:
Buy price: $10,400 - 89k miles
New Tires: :$950
Transmission repair: $1100
Replaced MAF: $200? not really sure on this one
Stillen RSB: $300ish
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$12,950 for a black 2000 SE that runs very well.

EDIT: if you bought used, approx. how many miles were on it when you bought it?

LA02MAX

iTrader: (3)

Buy price: $16,700 - 29K miles, Sept. 04
New Tires: $620
Detailing Equipment: ~$100
Lighting mods: $182.85
Interior mods: $132. 63
Suspension mods: $629

Total spent since purchased (not including oil changes/gas): $1,664
Total: $18,364.48

irish44j

iTrader: (38)

Buy price....around 17k, mid-03
Illuminas + Maxspeeds $800
LTB + RSB + FSTB $400
HIDs $600
Other lighting/cosmetic stuff $200
Intake + b-pipe $300
Falken 512's (first set) $400
Falken 512's (2nd set) $400
Toyo Proxes $500
Hankook RS-2's (autocross tires) $400
G35 18's $600
G35 17's $500
Audio stuff (Alpine CD, MP3 player, wiring, etc) $800
Other stuff $200

Then minus about $1000 for things I've sold (OEM wheels, tires, etc)

Total $17k + $5k HOLY CRAP...

not counting about $1000 of stuff fixed/replaced under warranty...





you are a d1ck for making me see how much money I'm blowing that could be saved for a new house

xlcrew

iTrader: (17)

in two words too much

12,500 for the car, 300 exhaust, 60 on maxspeeds, 250 on headlights sidemarkers, 350 alpine CD player, 300 spec stage II clutch, 25 for frankencar midpipe, 300 on nitrous set up, and few other odds and ends.

so i guess about 14,000 or so, since november of 04.

Ammi

iTrader: (26)

How do you like your Spec clutch? Any problems yet? I'm getting mine installed very soon.

Morgan06

iTrader: (17)

$17,500 with 30K
$2,000 19x8.5
$1,000 Kenwood DDX
$100 Injen
$30 3.5 SE Emblem
$140 H&R
$270 Ebay Headers

~ $21,000 Total

Warranty work/Free
$12,000 New Engine
$? CPS Recall
04 Engine cover, I35 Headrests, Clear markers

FieldzGood

iTrader: (1)

$100 for the Injen? Please tell me it was used or somethin cuase thats a nice price.

chr0nos

iTrader: (1)

i drive around with at least 10g's in the glove box, in case i want to buy something nice. ;-)

chris'smax

iTrader: (3)

ha i think i have you all beat. I bought my car in 02 for 13,000 dollars and after about $16,000+ in mods over the past year and a half that brings me to almost $30,000.

Wow i am a moron. For that much i could have almost bought a new G35 coupe. Well live and learn

NisMoN00B

iTrader: (2)

Lucky you. I only have $5 to get my daily DQ Blizzard fix.

Anarchist

ever tried private messaging?

FieldzGood

iTrader: (1)

why would I do somethin logical like that?

leeI35

In order:
$31,999 = 04 I35 bought new 4 miles on the odo.
$150 = 20% Tint
$60 = clear bumper lenses
$200 = PIAAs all around.
$1400 = JL Audio 10w7 Sub + JL500/1 Amp + Enclosure + Farad Cap
$150 = Berke WAI with Apexi Filter
$1500 = Cattman headers + Cattman Exhaust + High flow cat
$500 = Maxima ST-R (Austrailia) Front + Rear spoiler lips + painted
$160 = UR Pulley
$70 = Iridium IX plugs
$300 = Custom Maxima FSTB + Progress RSB
$550 = Tokico illuminas + H Tech Springs
$210 = Nav-to-TV module + FM Module
=======Soon to Order=========
$1300 HP EVO 18.8 wheels
$400 VB Mod
$400 TS ECU

None of the above mentioned includes installs. Trust me, that's where most of the money went. All in all, I don't think that was too bad, I didn't spend too much but, I still have about $2500 more to go in mods.

takkar

Silverstars - $25
GAB- Free...

Thats it for me

crispykid717

iTrader: (7)

Maybe you should PM each of them and tell them how you feel.

Ammi

iTrader: (26)

PM me if you got a problem

Mass_Media

16500 for the car with 25k in april 03
350 for 3 layers of tint (one taken off couple weeks ago)
650 cattback exhaust
600 clairion head unit
300 amp
350 2 12's + Box


then about 1360 worth of stuff on order....so....2,860 in mods when I get all my stuff from custommaxima.....

chr0nos

iTrader: (1)

wtf do yo have 3 layers of tint for? or even 2?

rkyat

iTrader: (3)

2002 Sunlint Sand SE
$17,531 in Jan 05 with tax with 44k miles
$50- Clear Corners
$130- Tints
600- Kenwood KVT-911
$500- Kicker S15L7 w/ Rockford 1000bd amp
$600- 19" Konig Theorys with Toyo Proxes
$195- Maxxtuning lip
$500- Random Painting

Coming Up:
Tein H-Techs
Rear Lip
New Interior Speakers
DDEs

MaximaPolak

iTrader: (9)

I have too much to write down....I have a list somewhere, where it totals to over $5,000.

EDIT:

$27,000 - car (brand new)
$580 - Used wheels and tires (19s)
$500 - tires for stock wheels
$470 - headunit w/DVD
$450 - Greddy Evo II
$400 - front and rear lips (in need of painting)
$307 - iRotor rotors
$275 - fog HIDs
$215 - Alarm
$200 - Injen when it was cheaper intake
$179 - Radar detector
$169 - DDEs w/shipping
$165 - Springs
$150 - pads
$100 - tints
$100 - GXE dash kit
$60 - random paints
$52 - rear view camera
$50 - strut bar
$30 - random bulbs
$35 - Chrome guage rings
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$31,487 - of what I can think of so far...

the car is worth about 18,000 right now so I'm losing almost $14,000 on the car.

I can't even think of everything...Not to mention the expensive oils and fuels I use.

Owning a car is a money pit, so I bought a bike to have a money hole.

igzy

iTrader: (18)

Bolt on's and cosmetics:
Y + B = $400
RSB + FSTB = $200
Clear corner front and back = $50
K&N = $50
Tranny cooler = $50
Sylverstar Bulbs = $100
3M ClearBra = $100
Eyelids = $60
20% Premium Tint (with removal of crappy tint that was there) = $200
TOTAL ~ $1200

GBAUER

iTrader: (2)

27,500 for the car (12 miles on it when I drove off the lot. 6 by me)
250 for the Injen
1,500 for painting the bumper and hood twice
3150 for the new tranny
350 for rental car while they were doing the tranny
2400 for two sets of Pilot Sports
350 for the grill and engine cover paint
300 for brake pads (three and 1/2 sets)
100 for new plugs
1250 in oil changes
350 in tune-ups
140 in replacement fogs that have cracked
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Grand total for 115k: $37,640!!!!!!

Damn. I gotta buy a cheaper car!

bigsherv

iTrader: (1)

bought it for 16K for GLE with 23K miles
$650 for tires
$230 for tint
$49 for all weather mats
$30 for Courtesy clear corners(used but new condition)
$30 for PIAA Super Plasmas
$25 for BOMZ FSTB(used)
$11 for super white bulbs that go above headlights
$10 for podpod to hold ipod
$25 for grill tech frill(used)

Sammzway

iTrader: (3)

Car - $14,500
Tires - $500
Eibach springs/KYB setup - $620 installed
FSTB - $40
HIDS - $500
Clear corners - $30
Berk intake - $160
Brembo blanks - $330 installed
MAF/ignition coils/plugs - $500 installed

Total - $17,180

Tvs/headrest tvs/alarm - $2500 (which i sold already, so got my money back)

Lets not forget regular maintenance like tranny flush, radiator flush, and oil changes regularly..
Pretty penny but I don't regret 1 bit about putting so much money into the max, simply because it treats me so damn well.

max929

iTrader: (3)

10,900 with 63424 odo

$740 for Ksport coilovers
$210 for tints
$200 Sony headunit
$60 for foglights
$38 Greddy shift ****

And just tried to buy these......
HID's +2

=$12,148
or
$12,648 if this guy ever e-mails me back.....

nismo0604

iTrader: (18)

21.500 for the car and about 8-10 grand in mods, and the car is worth 16 k total now wow dumb

brettb

iTrader: (2)

Car: 2002 Maxima $19,420 w/10k miles

Mods all done since Oct. 04 (listed in sig):$3,500

$22,665.00

Metal Maxima

iTrader: (30)

$16,500 - Car
$3,000 - ICE (waiting to be installed)
$600 - Wheels (also waiting to be installed)
$400 - LED Lights & Grille
$850 - Custom Bone & Black Leather Seats (ordered yesterday)
$xxx - Who knows how much in paint, primer, and fiberglass supplies
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~$22,500

Mass_Media

To make sure no one can see in....

lex3015

ive owned my max for 11 months, got it for 14K. put about 3500 in mods, about 200 in for maf, oil changes. so $17700 total

NisMo-Max

iTrader: (40)

Purchasing price- 15,400 (53k miles)

Mods:
450-Tokiko Illuminas + Tein S Techs
650-2k2-2k3 HIDs
150-Stillen RSB
520-Toyo Proxes
120-Radiator caps, oil cap
450-OEM bRembo brakes w/ pads & SS lines.
280-Injen Cai
450-Stillen Exhaust (The Worst Mistake)
90-Fog lights
180-30% Window Tint
190-Udp
350-Y pipe
60-Transmission Oil Cooler
70-Denso Iridium Spark Plugs(Replaced) w/
70-Denso Irdium One Step Colder PLus
520-Zex Wet Nitrous Kit
150-Bottle Heater, Purge, safety blow down tube
350-Repaint Front Bumper

$5,100 in just goodies, and parts. I dont think im even close to done.

None of the parts include Install Fee's.
I actually didnt realize i have spent that much, until this thread came out. Geez!!

(I cant believe i did all this in about 1 year.)

meccanoble

iTrader: (22)

believe it or not, if i knew your car would be just as easy to maintain as a G, i would rather have your car. Looks really good, most likely handle's as good with all your mods and is obviously faster. I see G's all the time, its rare to have a max which is faster and looks just as good if not better than a G. All i'm missing is RWD and warranty which both have their flaws....

10,000 w/ 62k 4/2005
audio system (dvd/amps/all speakers) - 3000
alarm - 400
detail - 150

*rotors/brakes/tune up coming soon*

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my total comes to almost 3600 extra ($13,600) and i only had my car for 2 months .

Kevon1

iTrader: (12)

Paid Blah Blah blah!! The real story here is we all spend way to much time & money on our cars. I know I have. I dont want to get upset & figure it all out. I wish this site had like a timer so you could see all the minutes spent on the org like you can on a cell phone & then it will really kill ya to think about those hours & how much extra you could have had in overtime money at work. The real story is selfsatisfaction for doing all the work on your car yourself. The feeling you get when you accomplish something you did not even consider you would be doing to a car prior to owning your Maxima. I am no mechanic but with the how tos & service manuals I might as well be. Nothing is better than coming up from the garage after being under your car for 2 & half hours with a shiiteating grin on your face smiling with your pearly whites to a real pissed off looking wife who cant believe you were in the garage all that time. And that she is actually jealous of your car. I tell my wife all the time becareful while parking next to my baby. It really get her going. Thats what it is all about. Rant Rant.............................

Lontar1

iTrader: (5)

Purchase New $24,850 April 01
Illuminas + Maxspeeds $600
Custom Maxima FSTB + Stillen knock off RSB $250
HIDs $700
$100 = 35% Tint
$60 = clear bumper lenses
$200+ = PIAAs all around, waste of money BIG time
$400 - Stillen front and rear lips + paint..250.00
$150 - Hawk front Oem rear pads
$210 - Powerslot front rotors
$50 - K&N
$250 - 02-03 side skirts + 150 paint
$900 - tires.. long fu@%^$ing story
$50 - AE pedals
$150 - AE engine cover
$15 - Z dead pedal
$180 radar
etc etc etc etc... do the math for me... now I understand why the wife wants to divorce me........hehehehe..j/k......

chris'smax

iTrader: (3)

Thanks man for the comments, but i would still like the plush feel of a new car.

Whatcha got planned for your new car? Do i smell FI in your future

FusionAcid

iTrader: (1)

2000 GLE

$14.5k w/ 58k miles -6/2003
$500 60k miles service
$350 brembo brake upgrades
$230 Llumar tints
$320 ignition coils
$200 O2 sensors
$100 Battery
$350 FSTB+RSB
$300 atleast, other junk can't remember
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$16850 Total

E55AMG2

iTrader: (4)

2003 Se.....

$3.50

S00NR1

iTrader: (3)

2001 AE

$14.5 w/46k miles 9/04
New brake setup - $450
Ypipe - $225
Onyx Tint - $225
Cattman RSB - $100
Ebay FSTB - $20
Berk Intake - $100
Mobil 1 ATF - $60
Hayden 404 TC - $40
H&R Springs - $35
Magnaflow tips - $50
CV Axle Repair - $100
Adv Timing/CV axle repair - $70
PAC Adapter - $40
Detailing supplies ~ $100
Smoked sidemarkers - $35
Gauge Rings - $30
O2 sensor - $100
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$16,280

maxme2002

Spent only $2100
tint, 18" nakayama wheels, greddy exhaust, injen cold air intake.
bot Max new in Dec 2001, spent $27.5 out the door.
2002 Max sterling silver SE with leather 6 sp.

Maximax2

Buy price $23.5k (18 miles on odo)
RSB $130
FSTB $30
Tint $150
New Kumhos $600
Two more Kumhos when they wore out in 16k miles $270
Four Mich Pilot Sports when the ****ing Kumhos wore out again $850
PIAA bulbs $100
Timing advance $35
Clear bra $200

So $2,365 on the car myself after the initial purchase price. Don't know what the dealer spent on replacing the VB under warranty.