Doing/did a few of the mods many people are asking about.....
01-24-2013, 03:54 PM
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Doing/did a few of the mods many people are asking about.....
So I am in the process of restoring my love for my my 00 Maxima Se. I always liked it but it started getting old and clunky and shifting crappy so I was letting it sorta die off while still keeping up with all the regular maintenance.
I decided a few weeks ago to attempt to breathe a little life into my car again so that I may love it for another 50-60k. I already had a new battery and ram style air filter setup....so the first thing was figuring out my transmission/engine noise..
TO ALL 00 MAXIMA OWNERS THAT HAVE:
-Rattling/buzzing dashboards
-Auto trans that shifts fine in some gears and hesitates in others (also noisy)
-Noisy engine bay...(like overly loud intake noise, clunking, buzzing)
I fixed all of this with new motor mounts. Other than repairing my bad driver side hub, this was the most dramatic change in a car ive ever seen/felt before. It literally shaves 10 years off your cars life. I did the Ebay motor mounts pack of 4 DEA Manual style for 93.00 shipped. They do work on the auto, you just have to get an Auto transmission mount at autozone etc....so if you can...try to find a 3pack on ebay. I think they have just motor mount packages..but anyway. As I type this my car is getting new lower control arms and new tie rod ends. This should fully tighten up the clunkiness that I guess is typical for a car with 171k on it. Early next week Ill be putting on a Warpspeed test pipe, and a mandrel bend stainless b pipe. I took my factory muffler down which is still rock solid except a flange repair I had to do. I sanded it and hit it with two coats of black high temp paint. Rebuffed the stainless tip too. Thing looks aftermarket now. My goal with the exhaust is a quiet rumble and a blast at WOT...which is exactly what I think ill have after deleting a cat and the stock b pipe. Part of the kit will be a Greddy Evo style muffler..but I suspect that would be offensively loud with only precats after the engine.
Sanded and blacked out my OEM grille too...looks sick! More updates later.
I decided a few weeks ago to attempt to breathe a little life into my car again so that I may love it for another 50-60k. I already had a new battery and ram style air filter setup....so the first thing was figuring out my transmission/engine noise..TO ALL 00 MAXIMA OWNERS THAT HAVE:
-Rattling/buzzing dashboards
-Auto trans that shifts fine in some gears and hesitates in others (also noisy)
-Noisy engine bay...(like overly loud intake noise, clunking, buzzing)
I fixed all of this with new motor mounts. Other than repairing my bad driver side hub, this was the most dramatic change in a car ive ever seen/felt before. It literally shaves 10 years off your cars life. I did the Ebay motor mounts pack of 4 DEA Manual style for 93.00 shipped. They do work on the auto, you just have to get an Auto transmission mount at autozone etc....so if you can...try to find a 3pack on ebay. I think they have just motor mount packages..but anyway. As I type this my car is getting new lower control arms and new tie rod ends. This should fully tighten up the clunkiness that I guess is typical for a car with 171k on it. Early next week Ill be putting on a Warpspeed test pipe, and a mandrel bend stainless b pipe. I took my factory muffler down which is still rock solid except a flange repair I had to do. I sanded it and hit it with two coats of black high temp paint. Rebuffed the stainless tip too. Thing looks aftermarket now. My goal with the exhaust is a quiet rumble and a blast at WOT...which is exactly what I think ill have after deleting a cat and the stock b pipe. Part of the kit will be a Greddy Evo style muffler..but I suspect that would be offensively loud with only precats after the engine.
Sanded and blacked out my OEM grille too...looks sick! More updates later.
01-24-2013, 04:36 PM
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So I am in the process of restoring my love for my my 00 Maxima Se. I always liked it but it started getting old and clunky and shifting crappy so I was letting it sorta die off while still keeping up with all the regular maintenance. I decided a few weeks ago to attempt to breathe a little life into my car again so that I may love it for another 50-60k. I already had a new battery and ram style air filter setup....so the first thing was figuring out my transmission/engine noise..
TO ALL 00 MAXIMA OWNERS THAT HAVE:
-Rattling/buzzing dashboards
-Auto trans that shifts fine in some gears and hesitates in others (also noisy)
-Noisy engine bay...(like overly loud intake noise, clunking, buzzing)
I fixed all of this with new motor mounts. Other than repairing my bad driver side hub, this was the most dramatic change in a car ive ever seen/felt before. It literally shaves 10 years off your cars life. I did the Ebay motor mounts pack of 4 DEA Manual style for 93.00 shipped. They do work on the auto, you just have to get an Auto transmission mount at autozone etc....so if you can...try to find a 3pack on ebay. I think they have just motor mount packages..but anyway. As I type this my car is getting new lower control arms and new tie rod ends. This should fully tighten up the clunkiness that I guess is typical for a car with 171k on it. Early next week Ill be putting on a Warpspeed test pipe, and a mandrel bend stainless b pipe. I took my factory muffler down which is still rock solid except a flange repair I had to do. I sanded it and hit it with two coats of black high temp paint. Rebuffed the stainless tip too. Thing looks aftermarket now. My goal with the exhaust is a quiet rumble and a blast at WOT...which is exactly what I think ill have after deleting a cat and the stock b pipe. Part of the kit will be a Greddy Evo style muffler..but I suspect that would be offensively loud with only precats after the engine. Sanded and blacked out my OEM grille too...looks sick! More updates later.
I decided a few weeks ago to attempt to breathe a little life into my car again so that I may love it for another 50-60k. I already had a new battery and ram style air filter setup....so the first thing was figuring out my transmission/engine noise..TO ALL 00 MAXIMA OWNERS THAT HAVE:
-Rattling/buzzing dashboards
-Auto trans that shifts fine in some gears and hesitates in others (also noisy)
-Noisy engine bay...(like overly loud intake noise, clunking, buzzing)
I fixed all of this with new motor mounts. Other than repairing my bad driver side hub, this was the most dramatic change in a car ive ever seen/felt before. It literally shaves 10 years off your cars life. I did the Ebay motor mounts pack of 4 DEA Manual style for 93.00 shipped. They do work on the auto, you just have to get an Auto transmission mount at autozone etc....so if you can...try to find a 3pack on ebay. I think they have just motor mount packages..but anyway. As I type this my car is getting new lower control arms and new tie rod ends. This should fully tighten up the clunkiness that I guess is typical for a car with 171k on it. Early next week Ill be putting on a Warpspeed test pipe, and a mandrel bend stainless b pipe. I took my factory muffler down which is still rock solid except a flange repair I had to do. I sanded it and hit it with two coats of black high temp paint. Rebuffed the stainless tip too. Thing looks aftermarket now. My goal with the exhaust is a quiet rumble and a blast at WOT...which is exactly what I think ill have after deleting a cat and the stock b pipe. Part of the kit will be a Greddy Evo style muffler..but I suspect that would be offensively loud with only precats after the engine.
Sanded and blacked out my OEM grille too...looks sick! More updates later.
01-25-2013, 10:39 AM
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Heck yeah! I know what he means...I'm just being a wisea$$
All I need is to have the car last me another year or two or 50k miles and ill be happy. Mounts should last me that long I would think.... Most importantly its restored my affection for the car which is key. I cant wait to delete the cat and get some extra breathing/tone from my pipes!
All I need is to have the car last me another year or two or 50k miles and ill be happy. Mounts should last me that long I would think.... Most importantly its restored my affection for the car which is key. I cant wait to delete the cat and get some extra breathing/tone from my pipes!
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