5th Gen: What did you do to your 5th Gen today?
03-22-2015, 07:30 AM
#1801
Funny you mention that, I've been looking at doing the same to save my ***.
I had this happen to me about a month ago:
I'm on the same road I travel every single day without ever having a single issue. This road goes past a school, 25mph limit and all that..So I'm driving in left lane like always going 25 and almost at the end of school zone when some retard in a silver benz drifts right into me, only way to avoid him was making a pretty agressive move and swerving around him...
Next thing I know this idiot cop is giving ME a reckless driving ticket (thats a retarded misdemeanor in good ol VA), no cop has ever been there in 5yrs, but on this day it was just my luck. Never have I wished to have had a dash cam than on this day, its a real shame.
03-22-2015, 01:49 PM
#1802
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^^ Believe me, I feel your pain man.
People are always constantly competing, everyone wants to be first and everyone thinks they're better than the next guy. And it happens to be convenient, because they feel safe in their cars. This is why you dont see people cutting in line at the store, they know someone can knock them out when it's face to face. And lots of these same people are huge cowards.
I see this especially with minivans and trucks, they tend to floor it 90% of the time just to fit in with all the other regular cars speed, even though their van full of kids should clearly be going slower and they're insecure idiots. I saw a minivan almost crash the other night because the dumb fool was trying to take turns at the same speed as me IN THE RAIN with a van full of kids...he understeered and was lucky not to kill his whole family.
Meanwhile, most people I see with modded cars tend to be cool and dont do no stupid **** unless provoked by said idiots. Yet, us car guys/gals get THE most slack just because other people with stock cars seem to get butthurt that we know more and actually do work ourselves.
Thats my rant, sorry... can you tell yet hiw much this pisses me off?
I'll come back later with a story from a few hours ago, involving a yuppy douchebag in a Hyindai Genesis sedan.
People are always constantly competing, everyone wants to be first and everyone thinks they're better than the next guy. And it happens to be convenient, because they feel safe in their cars. This is why you dont see people cutting in line at the store, they know someone can knock them out when it's face to face. And lots of these same people are huge cowards.
I see this especially with minivans and trucks, they tend to floor it 90% of the time just to fit in with all the other regular cars speed, even though their van full of kids should clearly be going slower and they're insecure idiots. I saw a minivan almost crash the other night because the dumb fool was trying to take turns at the same speed as me IN THE RAIN with a van full of kids...he understeered and was lucky not to kill his whole family.
Meanwhile, most people I see with modded cars tend to be cool and dont do no stupid **** unless provoked by said idiots. Yet, us car guys/gals get THE most slack just because other people with stock cars seem to get butthurt that we know more and actually do work ourselves.
Thats my rant, sorry... can you tell yet hiw much this pisses me off?
I'll come back later with a story from a few hours ago, involving a yuppy douchebag in a Hyindai Genesis sedan.
03-23-2015, 10:54 AM
#1805
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I've always wanted to fix my little dings and dents, and do a repaint sometime in future. If I do, I might just go for the majestic blue ...love that color
03-23-2015, 11:10 AM
#1806
Oh Ateick owns a blue Maxima too eh
edit - did you fix that rear wheel well by actually cutting it out? I fixed mine the cheap way and it's already coming back. Someone also recently egged one of the doors
edit - did you fix that rear wheel well by actually cutting it out? I fixed mine the cheap way and it's already coming back. Someone also recently egged one of the doors
Last edited by george__; 03-23-2015 at 11:13 AM.
03-23-2015, 11:43 AM
#1807
03-23-2015, 11:49 AM
#1808
If it doesn't get cut out then that's what happens - it eventually comes back. What I did was I used the two front fenders from the donor car last year as new metal for my rear wheel wells. The arc is very similar so it makes for a much faster, cleaner job.
03-23-2015, 02:26 PM
#1811
Pot calling the kettle black
03-23-2015, 03:53 PM
#1814
03-23-2015, 07:53 PM
#1825
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No more painting in engine bay for now, time for more real mods, I have tons planned:
Engine mounts, new lightweight wheels, rsb that I really need but have still yet to get (maybe rstb also), new o2's, tint front windshield, clean up/paint underbody where needed after this long winter, ae pedals that I got laying around, new high flow cat or test pipe, and supercharger sometime down the road.
Me thinks I'm gonna start with RSB and engine mounts, then o2's and then will see lol
And btw your maxima is looking nice and shiny in that pic
Mine needs a fresh wax right bout now
03-23-2015, 08:00 PM
#1827
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03-23-2015, 08:14 PM
#1828
Thanks mayne I've been hanging out around the detailing sec SR20Power amd BIGIRISHSTL gave me some pointers
there's even an actual pro newbie that does it for living so he should be a great asset.
I've seen two sc on the classified sec one in NY for $1400 and one in Canada for $1700 it also comes with a&p bbk
@D.Stillwell
there's even an actual pro newbie that does it for living so he should be a great asset.I've seen two sc on the classified sec one in NY for $1400 and one in Canada for $1700 it also comes with a&p bbk
@D.Stillwell
03-23-2015, 09:23 PM
#1830
nah! I was a chicken after reading all the threads about rear end kick to the right issues and going thru axles...i regret not buying the springs when i overhauled the suspension
03-23-2015, 10:08 PM
#1831
The wheel gap with the 16" rims is acceptable imo
Last edited by george__; 03-23-2015 at 10:14 PM.
03-24-2015, 03:29 AM
#1832
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And I saw those ads for the SC's in classifieds, not ready to drop the dough yet lol....definitely gonna keep with the smaller mods like RSB for now...
03-24-2015, 11:55 AM
#1835
03-24-2015, 02:24 PM
#1839
03-24-2015, 02:39 PM
#1840
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