nice95GLE

As the title says...if you had 8k to spend, what would you do to the Max.

And this is 8k to spend on your car. Not investing in Apple or a new deck for the house

Edit: the title should read...what would you do to your Max...

Xpcgamer

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Change all suspension and bushings. Get some rims and use the rest for gas.

2damax

Just an extra 8k lying around.

1. Full bolt-ons/Tune/Spacers
2. Coilovers
3. Paint it majestic blue.

Or

Sell my max and get an infiniti

Honestly man, you are virtually asking what every reasonable mod is.

SurraTT

iTrader: (59)

09 motor swap
jwt cams
forged internals
twin disk clutch
couple spare 6spd's
pnp haltech system
custom intake manifold
custom long tube headers
full weight reduction
+more





well out of that list i already have 2 so im almost there! ahahah

2damax

^ your dream mods help me realize how much I have to learn, sir.

nice95GLE

Wow...I would never of thought of these. You have me thinking now.

Tyutyunnik

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I fully said this last time a thread like this was started and I still stand by my statement Have you seen their share prices lately??


Aside from that I would go for one of these



Only $5599 according to their website for 400 WHP and 400+ ft/lbs of torque...not bad.

SurraTT

iTrader: (59)

haha




send me your car, and the 8g, give me some time, and ill send back a bad *** maxima!

2damax

Good offer lol. But I would still rather a stock infiniti then a loaded maxima. Strictly because the luxury outweighs performance at this point in my life....did I just grow up a little!?

SurraTT

iTrader: (59)

^ ahha

Id take a nice G or a M too!

nice95GLE

SurraTT
Don't temp me.

Do you mean an Infiniti M or a BMW M?

2damax
I understand where you're coming from

Tyutyunnik
I was lucky enough to pick up some Apple at the ground floor. It's been a rocky ride tho.

SurraTT

iTrader: (59)

haha infiniti G or M

killemall2k

damn that **** sounds goooood

but on a side note, everything i could possible do, minus boosting. i really dont know how id feel about using a boosted car for my daily

Rochester

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nice95GLE

Hey Roch...how's the G going? I love that car of yours.

Rochester

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I'm stupidly happy, thanks for asking. I wish the exhaust were louder, but that will happen eventually (and intentionally) far down the road.

Somewhat on-topic to your thread, I spent about $8K over the last three years on mods and repairs. Not all at once, but slowly, month over month. I have no regrets at all, and it was an engaging hobby. But here's the thing -- everything that I appreciated about the Maxima, and everything I was trying to do to improve upon it in a way that spoke to my values in a car, all of that...

...still doesn't measure up to this G.

Just saying. Sure, there are better cars, and faster cars (note the OP has a vette), but for a good mix of style, value, performance & luxury, the Sedan 6MT really has it going on. All reasons why I loved my Maxima, BTW.

ranmas2004

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It's not going to make 400whp out of the box. I would get rid of that split second box and get a Haltech to tune with and a 3" downpipe. Go to 1SwtMax's thread in the turbo section and read what he had to do to get that thing over 400whp........

To me a custom turbo setup would run MUCH better and would be around the same price.

Puppetmaster

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I'd take a fully built NA VQ35 over a custom turbo any day, mainly because of additional costs down the road in terms of tuning and maintenence, not to mention, the significant torque down low is going to suck on a FWD, unless you have good gas pedal restraint . If this is for a DE-K, get a Vortech kit with complementing bolt ons and call it a day. Suspension and subframe bracing is also a must on these cars.

UGAd13

nothing... it's a 10 year old car.


who mods cars that old?

Kuhn_man

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75% of the people on the .org...


and full cattman exaust cause it sounds and jwt cams d2 coilovers and subframe connectors...also theres that member that puts a panhard rod on our 4th gens...major handling improvements for the rear there as well

Grand_hustle17

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i always liked threads like this idk why lol... seeing as though im a DEK...
$1000 Coilovers
$1000 OEM nissan 19's
$2000 Supercharger kit
$850 Cattman catback
$700 Emanage Ultimate
Lip kit (granted im an AE so i need none lol)
$1200 Paint the rest, up to you lol

ranmas2004

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Supercharger kit ONLY $2k???? For the supercharger, injectors, intercooler, fuel pump, labor, etc??? DAYUM thats cheap!!!

Grand_hustle17

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it did say kit didnt it lol

phatboislim

iTrader: (27)

if i had a 5th gen?....3.5 swap, supercharge, cutout (stock piping from cutout to axleback) , coilovers, wheels, suspension misc....#done

Galactica

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That would be a pretty good setup for a DEK. What would that get you? 260-280WHP?

240sxguy

iTrader: (1)

Sell it and buy something different.

Grand_hustle17

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this man said 280whp..... try 380ish whp maybe 400+

Grand_hustle17

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def not an answer for the question lol

Grand_hustle17

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you gone need to buy 3 of them bishes lol... engines that is lol

phatboislim

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shoulda added a few cases of oil on stash

Galactica

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Holy shizzle, would you really get 200 HP out of a supercharger and the rest of that stuff? You'd have to put 1000HP axles and wrinkle walls on the front to put that kind of power to the pavement!!

Thorzdad

Engine overhaul.
If I had any money left, I'd spend it on body work.

EuroDriver

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Believe it or not, $8K is really not going to get you that far. I have done:
HID Retro
All new lenses
Skirt & lip kit, trunk debadging (and paint)
Window tinting
New wheels & tires
HU/Speakers/Amp/Sub
FSTB/RSB
Coilovers (ordered)

and I'm at around $7K - and haven't done anything to the engine!

phatboislim

iTrader: (27)

that's what you decided to do with your 8k...i wouldnt do a HID retro or spend ginormous amount on lip kit

EuroDriver

iTrader: (21)

Lip kit was cheap, but the paint was expensive. Needed it on the bumpers anyway.

Lighting quality of the HIDs is priceless... but like I said before, it adds up quick!

phatboislim

iTrader: (27)

maybe its priceless to you, but to others...HIDs are better than Halogens so we are already winning w/ a $30-60 kit from ebay and calling it a day...that's if i want HIDs..i'm out of the HID phase truthfully

LongoTE

If I can't just buy a new car.

6sp swap. Rust fix. New parts incl. a drop. Wheels (maybe just repaint). And a lip, why not.

8K is plenty if you don't factor in labor costs.

WesCTR

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THIS.

Rochester

iTrader: (3)

And THIS. Labor costs are significant.

Excellent point, guys.

ranmas2004

iTrader: (2)

YEH.....if you do everything yourself then its about HALF the expense. Just buy a part and put it in yourself. Buy cams for $1000 and install yourself.....costs only $1000. Buy cams and have a shop install costs labor costs MORE than the cams!!!

BTW...wife and I just renting a home that has a 1.5 Car garage!!! Time to get busy installing this Mishimoto radiator and big brake kits!!! No more apartment crap not being able to jack car up and having people complain!!!!! NO labor fees!!!!