Hi, Everyone.

Well, I picked up my SE from the body shop today. Oh happy day! She looks good, and I will check her out more tonight. It was great pulling up to the shop and seeing her all shiny and new looking. "Hellllo, baby," was the first thing I said to her. I then sped to work at about 80MPH.

Missed her a lot, but now I can have fun again! I got a new sun shade in anticipation for today, the bra should be coming in next week, I gotta install the rear splash guards, then I'll order the Zaino stuff, and finally...let some mods begin! Man this car is going to get spoiled.

 

Autobahn! Autobahn! Autobahn!

 

cool

 

Long-awaited return. I can feel the emotion in your post. Have fun!

 

I know the feeling of getting your baby back after a maxima driving hiatus. I feel your joy. Let the mods begin!

p.s. Make sure to check things out carefully. When I got rearended they put a new bumper cover on my baby's back, but didn't seal that tail light properly and my trunk leaked a bit.

 

hey FloMax i wanted to ask u do u have any pics of ur windows? i want to see what the 35% chrome tint looks like... is it like mirror tint or is it just a little reflective? lemme know
thanks
danny

 

Danny,
The chrome is not straight mirror tint, but it is somewhat reflective. I have found that it all depends on the angle and the way the light hits them. On overcast days they are a lot more reflective than on clear days. Here are two pictures so that you can see what I mean. I'll try to take some more pictures soon.

very reflective:
www.dbcyouth.com/car5.jpg
www.dbcyouth.com/maxima/16030002.jpg

and from a non reflective angle:
www.dbcyouth.com/maxima/16030003.jpg

 

did you do them yourself? How much? Do cops tick you off for that snazzy stuff?

 

FLOMAX,

That's an amazing body shine you got there brutha.

You're still using Zaino, right? How fast does your paint get dusty? I have to dust my car and touch up the wax almost everyday--aahh, the joys (high reflectivity) and pains (gets dusty easily) of having a black car

 

Lovesick: NO WAY! I would never attempt to do tint myself. It is something that you gotta get have "the touch" to do real well. There is a place in Richmond that does incredible work. They have won the east coast tint championship (can you believe that such a thing exists?) like three of the last five years or something.

It took them the better part of the day and they were supposed to charge me $350, but then one of the guys realized that he knew my brother (something that I didn't realize either) so I ended up only paying $100.

Very few police in VA have the tint gun so I have never gotten bothered. Only the front windows are truly "illegal" and even those aren't by all that much as far as I know.


Maximawanabee: Thanks bro! Yeah the Zaino is still treating me right. I am hoping to put a fresh coat on this weekend. It has been a good two months since I last applied. That detail stuff does a good job after a wash at bringing the shine out.

My car gets dirty real quick...I would love a garage, but that will be a few years down the road. I usually wash her 1-2 times a week to keep her looking reflective. No question though....dust in mine enemy.
out.

 

TOMMORROW I GET MY BABY!!!!!!!!
YAY YAY
YAY
YAY
my Zaino is waiting in front of me right here, my custommaxima.com clear sidemarkers are wiating here also.
Roger