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06-11-2014, 12:56 PM

#41

NmexMAX

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Any special attention paid to the headlight housings? They look far better than mine.

06-11-2014, 03:11 PM

#42

alanfury75

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Originally Posted by AWeb80

Detailed the Maxima this past Saturday.

Dish soap wash
Didn't need claybar as I did that last fall and it was still extremely smooth
M105 (front bumper and hood and a few heavy scratches on the doors)
M205
M21 sealant

Damn I love the way this color shines. So glassy looking. I'll be doing my dads red 08 GMC Duramax on Saturday for his fathers day present.

Sadly, the sun didn't come out until much later after these pics were taken but I'm happy. For ~$230 in start up costs in a DA, pads, and product....I'm happy.

Beautiful... thats the Titanium body color?

06-11-2014, 03:16 PM

#43

TexasTex

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That is a really nice color man. I love that car.

06-11-2014, 11:07 PM

#44

AWeb80

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Originally Posted by NmexMAX

Any special attention paid to the headlight housings? They look far better than mine.

Just when I first bought the car, a year ago. I got this and it worked phenomenal. I actually need to do it a bit more.

http://www.amazon.com/Mothers-PowerB...estoration+kit

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06-11-2014, 11:13 PM

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TexasTex

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WOW, that does look good man. ^

06-12-2014, 11:10 AM

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Prophecy99

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Originally Posted by AWeb80

I have done most everything to this that I've done to my GP and the GP would still run circles around the Maxima on an AutoX course. Hard to believe though. The maxima is ~100 lbs lighter too.

Both lowered ~1.5"
front strut bars
rear sway bars
Poly ES control arm bushins
Poly ES Sway bar bushings
Same brand of struts

I don't know why the Maxima doesn't handle as well.

very interesting, thanks for the update. hopefully it still is a lot better from stock!

08-06-2014, 01:12 AM

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dwapenyi

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Did you gut the pre-cats yet? Check out this guy who caught his pre-cats just starting to flake....look at the picture links;

https://maxima.org/forums/5th-genera...at-gutted.html