Installed my maxxtuning front lip! Looks awesome!

 

@DennisMik

Sure thing. Bring it down to Los Angeles haha

@LilyJanay

I used Eagle one engine detailer/degreaser to get a the dirt out then i Used CD2 engine detailer to give it that new engine shine.

Real easy to do. Like i said, 15 minutes of work.

 

what did i do to my 5th gen you ask? I bought it..im loving it so far its a 2000

 

I detailed my whole leather interior with Lexol...that was the easy part.
Stay tuned for cloth to leather conversion( rears are skins; front whole seats)

 

Recharged the battery!

Since last weeks trip on our SUZUKI XL-7(SUKITRON),three full tanks later at 19mi per gallon i had to return it to the the wifey,

Only wish the Max will get even a lil close to that,but she still got it. I only hooked up the jumpcables from the battery to sukitron batt(engine wasn't on)(misplaced the keys for a bit) and fired right up.

Idle for 10 min then shut off, restart ,all gravy baby,


Edit:went over 150,000 ,5W,30 ALL THE TIME,since egr clean up...several thousand miles ago...

 

Just purchased my 3rd 5th gen. Got myself an 03 Max 4AT with 59,xxx miles on the clock. First time owning a 5.5 gen and I freakin LOVE it. The aftermarket possibilities with the VQ35 seem to be much larger than with the DE-K.

 

This past month I installed Vogtland springs on KYB shocks and struts. Front struts were on clearance at Rock Auto. I also scored a set of Katzkins last week and changed all cloth to leather this past Sunday. Front control arms are currently at the machine shop getting the Energy Suspension bushings pressed in. Rims are next!

 

Put blue grill on the car

 

Harnessed the energy of my blue ***** and pissed all over the place, inside a bottle, inside the car, while driving on highway. Couldn't take it anymore, had to **** immediately and no time to wait and pull over.

Now than takes talent, talent I saiz!!!

 

 

You drunk

 

 

Advanced my Timing today with my elm 327/android to 17*
THEN
Installed NWP Blockoff plate....5 mins
THEN
it was ALL smiles stompin' around town on test drive runs. Definitely feels more peppier!

 

You don't get the weird knocking around 1700-2100 rpm with that timing?

 

^^ Congrats dude, those two mods will surely make you feel something

George_why would it knock? As long as you use good gas. My timing is up to 18* BTDC with no knocking and no starting issues. If your initial timing is too high tho, it can and will cause starting problems.

But I guess it also depends where you live, I can certainly see some knocking concerns if you live in Colorado or something...

 

I tried the 17* but it makes the knocking type noise. Made thread (https://maxima.org/forums/5th-genera...se-2k-rpm.html)... Maybe it needs a tune due to headers?

 

I think everything said in that thread is on point...And I don't see how headers would affect this in any way.

I use 93 octane gas only, and I have the NWP spacers which helps heat soak esp. in summer. I would say try using 94 octane george_ since you guys have that in Canada (lucky basterds) and I bet your pinging will go away. And get NWP spacers if you haven't already.

 

No George no knocking noise present here. As mentioned try a higher octane to see if that helps.
Yesssur! The two mods had a huge improvement in power...Its all proven mods; minimizes the guess work. My initial timing was -1* as well (so 14 i suppose) Next up is Intake and NWP spacers (spacers will be a few months maybe)

 

Whats the price of 93 out in VA?
A few gas stations close to where i live have 100 octane at the pump; its something like $9+ a gallon.
I use 91 religiously. Shell/Chevron

 

cleaned up the headlights

 

^^ Looks awesome. Need to do mine.
I just finished recovering my rear seats with leather...About a 100+ Hogrings later my palm is sore. Leather is on; secured. And seats are Installed.
Ran into some problems with passenger seat harnesses and i dropped it for now under frustration :/
Im afraid im gonna have to do electrical; mostly over my head.

 

Family member curb rashed the passenger side rim

 

Installed Jensen VX7020 Head Unit in my daughters fifth gen. Plays CDs/DVDs/MP3s has Bluetooth and Navigation. Need to hookup the steering wheel audio controls yet and figure out the Bose subwoofer connections.

 

Looks like I just scored a deal on a set of BC Coilovers from a local member. Can finally do something about the front wheel gap the H&R's couldn't.

S

 

fixed a rusted muffler, that's about all I've done with this forgotten project

 

worked on the custom 5.5 bumper I'm creating. check my album

 

Complete PDR (paintless dent removal) all around the car. It had over 15 door dents and the driver's door was pushed in due to a d&$%bag who backed into it a while ago. The door fix was not perfect, but it looks 100 times better now. This really shaved about 5 years off the car. It looks awesome.

 

Made all my interior lights blue

 

I got around to putting in the drivers side seat in part of my leather conversion..just passenger left to do now. 2 of 4 door panels done...cloth to leather door panel conversion blows..few days of work shown in pics.









My hands and palms were literally swollen for a day after removing about 100 plus hog rings....Plenty more pics...iv whored this page enough...

 

Did you get the covers from junkyard or something or is there a place that actually makes these? My driver seat is getting ripped up from getting in and out.

 

These are oem; so they are used. Purchased from Maxima_Joe here on the org..aka the part-out king hit him up

 

Howd you end up placing the leather door inserts? Ive had a set of black laying around but everytime i attach it they start to fall off after a few weeks

 

Got super sick so I've been prepping to store both cars . Sucks

 

How much did you get it for?

 

Cleaned up ashy headlight lights and painted the trunk area.

 

Hey! Since the leather skins are on a metal backing and cloth isnt...once you peel two layers of the cloth off. Next, i pulled up the metal tabs behind the leather pieces and depressed marks into the door foam you see pictured as a guide and drilled notches for the tabs.
The challenge is getting all 8 or 9 tabs lined up perfectly to push thru the notches. Once thru i folded all pins with pliers on doors back-side. These arent coming off unless someone went to take them off. SNUG

I bought a lot of things from him; as part of a package deal/price so hard to break it down for you. Expect to pay a few hundred to say the least...whether thru him or elsewhere.

 

Installed my Tein lowering springs.


Next on the list is, install Megan Cat back exhaust and test pipe.
Mount 3pc wheels.
Pick up Carbon fiber hood.

 

Nice mate, I installed blue led lights in all my side markers. Caused a bunch of electrical problems though. Like my keyless remote will no longer work? Help?

 

^^@ DjSinikal: Drop looks nice. How does it ride? S or H techs? Your TE wheels are dope...my first max was a 03 se te...gosh i miss her badly :/

 

Thanx bro. Sucks to hear about your electrical problem. Have you gone back to factory bulbs?

@a33_ridah Thanks, They are the S techs with trimmed bump stops..