OK next Friday I am putting the max in one of the local high school car shows. I really want it to look good, hopefully win some stuff. I been meaning to do this project for awhile, figure now is a good time. I am going to refinish a bunch of pieces including: 4 window/locks switch moldings,4 door handle moldings, shift gate, bottom of shift ****, coin holder/power outlet molding and door and the keyring molding. I also put in 2 blacklights under the front and pass dash, and an aluminum gauge bezel. interior bulbs are now polargs.

I was thinking put all the interior parts besides the shift gate a grey metallic (clear coat) and the shift gate like sheer silver. What about the door handle moldings? I want those to stand out I think it will look cool. any color ideas? (I work at a body shop i can get any color i want)

PICS PICS PICS:
http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a71/yr2000maxse/

 

ideas? anyone?

 

They have highschool car shows? no offense but most high schools don't have that nice of cars....

 

Don't even bother... rice buckets will receive much more attention at that "school car show."

You could add to you list: paint the mud flaps and install clear corners, but only if you wanna do it for yourself.

 

guess you haven't seen some of the new high schools. i shudder when i realize they are 10x better than a university with a 200 mil budget.. same for the carpool

 

Yea, some high schools are rediculous. The somewhat "snobby" town next to mine is only populated with bmw, lexus, and mercedes. The second the little snobs turn 16, a new bimer is in their driveway, its a joke.

 

yeah i grew up next to a snot town and all the little snots at the high school in the town over had bmw and other junk like that.....of course they all wrecked them cause 16 year olds suck at driving...especially when you put them behind the wheel of a sports car.....parents either dont care of want thier kids to grow up with no sense of money or responsibility....haha my parents started me off on a chevette...aww yeah. my vette haha....good times .....what a beater.

 

well, there are five 350z's, four EVOs, and 2 STIs parked next to school my friend's brother is going. I am not even counting s2000s... One guy i heard has a single turbo 350z amd about 3 other cars ( not bought with HIS money obviously)...

 

Hah, when I was in HS I had a 2 door 1988 Nissan Sentra 4 speed!!! w/150k miles on it.

Man did I get all the chicks.

 

Having a sick car and getting all the chicks has nothing in common... ...but then, if you look at the new generation of females... ...yea, never mind...

 

man my hs is packed with nice cars......
one chick has the new h3 hummer, after she totalled a new volvo....than there is aother chick with an 05 audi 2.7lt (or 2.8 hmmm) TURBO, its crazy.....
and me with my maxima hahaha...
but there are some other nice camaros and of course civics/integras (with fart cans)
huso

 

I was being horribly sarcastic

It was a fun little 60hp car though, gave me my initial love of Nissan.

 

Ok well my school has a mixture of nice cars and beaters (evos, STi, new volvos, bmw or 2, a lot of ricers and some beaters) (and a 92 and 00 maxima) for this year (my sr year) i got voted for best car (hell yea maxima!!) every1 seems to love my car (or me lol) dono y but ok...so yea hopefully this will be a good turnout. but any ideas for the interior parts?

 

Damn im going to the wrong highschool then. My car is the nicest one in the parking lot.....

 

Well if you mean nicest as cleanest, most well taken care of, or classiest, than I could say I have the nicest car in the parking lot.

 

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I know, you came to that small home depot meet in the summer for like 5 minutes or something I think, spin20 told me. I'm talking about ardsley, although I have a few friends in armonk and when I go there, every car is either a mercedes or bmw.

 

"Now I am in college in CT and my campus has escaldes on 22's, 350z, m3's, bmw 330s all decked out, SL 500 on like chrome 20s, s40s, etc"
Thats what the kids at my old highschool had.
h2 on 24's, there is a kid on his 3rd escalede all with 24's one of them on davens, m45 on davens, LS on 20's, M3, X5. harley truck on bags w/ 27" flip down and the list goes on Google The Woodlands Texas...there is way to much money here.

 

one of the girls at my old hs has the new supercharged rangerover, theres also an escalade esv, about 30 brand new A4's, a bunch of new 3 series, an 2 03 GLEs, one that my backed into my gf's jetta once, etc..


Also, when you paint the interior pieces, make sure they match the outside of the car. If they do, then that grey and silver combo should look sick

 

whooaaaa whats with the beatin up on the high school car show??? I'm running the show at my school (http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=470088) to raise money for the senior class and trust me, this is not a ricer show. Its true we do have a few ricers, (RSX with lambo doors) but kids in my school are loaded and their cars are no joke. Even with the maxima im jealous as hell.

For example these are some cars that will be appearing at the show: 4 STis, 2 evos, 2 S4s, accord v6 with coilovers, gram lights and brembo bbk, and tons of Audis, VWs and Bimmers, modded too. The show isnt just high school kids either, its open to the community, family members, etc so there will be muscle cars, hot rods and historic cars as well. This isnt some ricer chill in the parking lot car show. A lot of work has been put into getting sponsors, cars registered, raffles, etc, so please dont be making fun of it if you dont even know what its about.

I invited Y2kMaxSE to represent the maximas since mine is the only one in the show and he's tryin to work on his car and get some more mods done. I'd appreciate it if you spent more time actually helping him with his question than making fun of the show.....

now, back on topic.....

 

Y2KmaxSE: Paint the pieces to which YOU think fits best with the theme you're trying to pull off. I say go for what needs to be done to pull off that show quality finish. GL with the show.

 

my friend an i probably have the nicest cars in the parking lot. he has a 2002 acura CL (non-type s) w/h/i/e dropped on something good and 18" chrome rims...has 3 JL audi subs and an eclipse head unit that is the slide out TV and other ****...although his parent paid for every fing penny of his car. even his gas. and i have the 02 6-speed which i actually finance myself

yea but my school def doesnt have Evos or STi's or **** like that...

 

Sounds like a good cause. It sure as hell beats doing carwashes at the local autozone to raise some funds.

 

I hate to break up the HS talk, but any update on the PROJECT?

 

i painted my entire center console area silver to help match the aftermarket stereo, hopefully cuts down on the thieves...
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...f/IMG_1186.jpg
just giving you ideas

 

You serious?! I learned to drive in a 1984 Chevette. Light blue and born the same year as me.

 

thats sick what kind of paint did you use?

 

OK I am painting the pieces tomorrow. I am doing all the pieces in 2 different 2004 Nissan colors. all the pieces except the door handle moldings and shift gate are getting a highly metallic grey similar to that charcoal grey..but more metallic and little deeper color. The shift gate and door handle moldings are getting like titanium silver...i am doing a base/clear paint so it will look just like the outside of the car. When I get them painted, than put back on I will post more pics.
But yea as sublimer said, this show is supposed to be sick. I dont expect to win anything with the cars that are there, but thats not the point. Sublimer and I will be representing the Maximas and the org so thats what Im happy about.
PS, Sublimer thanks for above.

 

no problem. post up some pics when youre done.

 

def will. probably tomorrow around this time check back for completed pics.

 

yea i had the same deal at my school, saleen s281, bmw 740iL, 03' rsx type-s, and so forth, around close to where i live, u either have a nice car and a crappy house or vise-versa, luckily i have both, cuz i live in somewhat of the "good-hood" haha

I WANT IN ON ALL THE FEMA AND GOVERNMENTAL FUNDINGS SO I CAN BUY A MERCEDES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

autozone hyper silver, for the interior. no peeling/cracking, been through hot summer/fall/winter, now it is spring.

 

OK well pics will have to wait till tomorrow...sorry guys one of the painters quit today so the other painter at work was filled with work. he said he will pain them tomorrow morning so should have pix tomorrow.

 

OK project is finally done!!! here are the pics:

http://s9.photobucket.com/albums/a71/yr2000maxse/

Comments? I am very overall happy with the outcome, next is to paint the interior door handles themselves to match and also the grey trim around the HVAC and radio.

 

kick some *** for all of us at this show, good luck!!!!!!!!

 

actually, unfortunately i cannot make it to the show this week. I have a n auto body competition for state finals that i have to compete in. So Sumlimer is representing the Org and Maximas. again Sublimer im really sorry about having to cancel.

 

Acrylic-lacquer, the best stuff on the market today,.... I used it in college for my transportation design courses.

 

impressive y2k!!!!!!

 

Thank you! Everyone that';s seen it so far likes it. I really want to do the bone interior project someone did..i forgot who but i loved that. I would do it the lazy way tho...find totaled maximas and get bone interior pieces and make just the bottoms of the doors..and all the way around the car beige colored but only from the bottom up about half way (theres 2 seperate door panel pieces) ehh maybe sometime

 

That'd be me. Looks good, dude...keep up the good work! I am going to have around a 30 picture update coming in about a week, she's almost...dare I say it...DONE. Lemme know if you have any questions, looks very good, my friend. GET SOME LEDs IN THERE!!!!