Got a good deal from Chillboy, who is a local 5th gen Maxima.org member. He bought F1 Cups and sold me his 17's with low mileage. Here are my new 17's. Also see my assistant mechanic. I had to keep my eye on her. She kept trying to fix my car.

I won front clears from courtesy of Courtesy Nissan at the Northeast Maxima meet this past weekend. You can see those in one of the pictures.

Next... tint and possibly Eibach Pro springs.

Is this too much gap? Just kidding... still jacked up.
http://paulwendy.com/maxima/photos/gap.jpg

The real final product.
http://paulwendy.com/maxima/photos/frontwheel.jpg

My assistant mechanic, with requisite dirt adhesion.
http://paulwendy.com/maxima/photos/helper.jpg

Looks good, Paul!
 

After the tint and springs, what's next?

A 2002 upgrade?!

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 inches raised!! WOW!!!! :laugh: hehe tires look nice and shiny. :lickout:

Me Like! Good job Kiddo!

How much hp does your "assistant" add? ;)

Sounds like you had a pretty rewarding weekend. Looks good. Glad you explained the wheel gap...I was scared for a sec. :shock:

looks good Paul! :D

She was giving me heart attacks. :) She kept "tightening" the lugs when I was doing something else. I had to keep my eyes on her at all times. (2.5 years old) Sometimes she takes a screw driver to tighten any screws on my car. Accck! Watch out paint.

Re: Looks good, Paul!
 

Very tempting. At this point I've invested a fair amount of time and money into my car. I think I'll enjoy my car, even though it won't be the latest and fastest.

Yeah, my attempt at humor. :)

I'm glad I hung around the meet for the raffle drawing.

Sixers in 4!!

Thanks. Are you going to Maxus in July? Only 20 minutes away from UMD. :Party:

yes....for sure....I have to be there. :D

Paul :smash: :D

Just out of curiosity, what other items were being raffled?

- Courtesy strut tower bars for 4th and 5th gens.
- Clears for 4th and 5th gens
- Cars covers
- Nissan Bras from Courtesy
- Gift certificate from Cattman
- Stillen posters

There's more, but that's the stuff I know about.

That's not bad...especially from Courtesy and Cattman. I guess it was too far-fetched for me to think that Stillen would give away RSBs or y-pipes huh? :bonk:

Paul:

I just got tickets to game 4!!! Definately NOT taking my new max to the game with all the crazies!

You are one lucky punk! It's going to be wild. You know what I'll be hoping for...:naughty: Have fun!

Thanks! I'm REAL excited to say the least. Of course I'm on the east coast so I didn't go to sleep until 1:30 to 2am...and had to get up at 5am. I'm running on coffee and donuts right now!

I hear that the Sixer officials are handing out Jack Nicholson sunglasses to the fans on Sunday. It should be funny looking at all of the Jack look-a-likes.

It's the new Maxima 4x4 :eek: designed to compete with the Audi AllRoad! j/k

Looks great, dude!

seems to me someone is keeping his car..
 

no 2k2 Nissan of some kind for you? :). Looks like I'll have to do it alone. Call me next Feb 1st I hope. In the mean time looking good for Maxus!

Mark

Re: seems to me someone is keeping his car..
 

Opimax

I'm fairly certain I will hang onto my Max. If the new Altima or Maxima bowls me over... I'll have to reconsider. I could sell my mods... I'm enjoying my car right now though.

I hope you paid your assistant, If you didn't good luck getting her to help next time :laugh:

Hey Paul, I have a question about the clear side markers that you won. Are these Nissan clear markers or another manufacturer? Im interested in clear side markers and I looked into the Courtesy Nissan ones, but I dont know if they are a Nissan part.......

They appear to be Autodynamic lenses. I think Courtesy is reselling them. Nissan doesn't make them and they are not DOT legal. There's a legal disclaimer on the box that says they are for off-road use or for show use only.

Man those 17s look great!
 

So if NISSAN made 18 inch rims, how often would they get damaged?
About the 17s, anyone ever bend a stock 17?
Roger

Re: Man those 17s look great!
 

:gotme: I have hit some pretty nasty potholes...no damage that I can tell so far :)

Hey mbcp_tdogg


Those mud flaps on your max, did you paint them white yourself, had someone paint them or did they come like that. I am assuming you have the regular SE because I don't see AE ground effects.

I requested painted for delivery from the dealer.