How much weight would a CF hood save over our aluminum one? How much would it cost for the weight-saving? I think many of us have been burned a few times with signing up for products and waited too long for delivery.

Ironically, most of the heavily moded 6th gens belong to "older" guys.

 

I believe the hood is done for looks and to vent the engine, not weight savings. There may be minor weight savings.

 

20 times more product choices to fit everyones budgets with hondas usally 1 to 2 choices for 6th gen max at top dollar. Afraid my A@z! Money smart is what I call it!

 

i dont think im HEAVILY modded but i have a decent mod list. im no where near old! and yes it wouldnt be much weight lost but it looks cool! haha and also my hood is all chipped the hell up might as well buy a new hood that looks better than spending like 200 to paint a hood

well if you look at the prices of all after market parts they are pretty much the same price range give or take some money.

 

b&m shifter doesn't exist for 6th gen max have to order a altima or have to buy knock off , front sway bar have to order a altima ser, bbk have to get 300zx/350zor take a second mortgage ,just some examples. What's really needed is a forum afforable 6th gen dealers wanted by over 50% of max.orgers for affordable upgrades!

 

Thats the way it is with most cars, I generally don't see younger drivers putting anything substantial on their cars and those who do are few and far between, lets be thankful for the internet, it definitely closed the gap for those who want to mod and find others who do the same.

The 6th Gen might be lacking but there are other cars that are even worse, I would guess more stuff will pop up now that their are plenty of 6th Gens on the road, to bad Nissan had to throw a CVT into the 07/08

 

A lot of young people are starting out in life, jobs, family which is more important than than doing mods on their cars. Car and insurance payments take a big chunk of the budget. You all know what the other expenses are. As I stated in another reply is that I never did mods on any of my cars until I retired. My daughters are out of the house and I had a few extra dollars to do some mods. I don't even want to think what I spent so far on my Max. My wife would kill me if she knew. lol

No matter what you do in life family comes first.

 

This is true. However, that answers the question, why ANYONE in that position would not be able to mod their car. My question is, why does it seem that 6th gen owners don't modify their cars to the extent almost all other owners of OTHER cars.

 

I honestly think alot of it comes down to cost and availbility. If the supply was higher so would the demand. I would love to mod the hell out of my car, however with work/school full time funds are tight. I do what I can when I can, but its a slow and steady modding pace. Had the car for about 3months, did my Fujita CAI, Racingline FSTB, AT Grounding kit, JL Audio Wiring, LED's, and my HID kit. Its a pricey car to mod.

 

Gotta pay to play.

 

mos def. and I fully plan on paying plenty

 

So you think the reason is lack of availability of aftermarket parts? I think if Nissan promoted performance products, like Honda, Mazda, and even Lexus and other car companies, then there would be more incentive for manufacturers to produce aftermarket parts for our cars

 

care to elaborate more?

 

When it came out everyone was a buyer. Just look at the list for the CF Hood now. Only three people signed up....

 

you mean like NISMO parts...as opposed to TRD or something?
or like making the mazda 6 FWD V6 and the mazdaspeed6 turbo 4 which runs 13's awd?

cuz nismo is well known...

 

I know NISMO is well known, but you should have seen the Nissan display at SEMA this year.... . . . PATHETIC. No Maximas in the entire show. A couple Altimas, a couple Sentras, a ton of Zs. No representation of Maximas ANYWHERE there. It sucked. Incredible show though.

 

Deus, I think this is a really interesting topic. Unfortunately, most people are giving you answers based on THEIR PERSONAL reason for not modding. The question doesn't have anything to do with person reasons, but rather why the general populations differ.

I think it comes down to how sporty the car is, and how many mods it takes to make the car feel sporty. In my opinion (as a 5th gen owner) the 6th gen maxima isn't a "sporty" car. Actually, I don't think of the 5th gen as a sporty car either. The difference is that a 5th gen will take fewer mods to get that sports car look than a 6th gen.

I think with a 6th gen you have to go all out to make it look aggressive and sporty. Because it's more of an "all or nothing" decision, fewer people are likely to go the "all" route.

That's actually they way I thought about my 5th gen when I first got it. I thought to myself, I have a comfortable, high quality, reliable, and nice daily driver. Why mess with it? But then once I did a few mods, I realized the car has the potential to look really nice without many mods. If I had to spend 10 grand to make the car look as nice as I wanted, then I would never try it.

Anyway, thats just my opinion. But good thing there are some of you guys out there who do go all out, because your modded 6th gens look sick.

 

Jesus, you brought that one from left field(i.e. a few pages back). PM me, I'll give you details. I've already posted them on here, but in this thread, IMO, it's

 

Thanks for your feedback.

 

I figured you might cite products from companies like RennTech, AMG, TechArt etc...
Those tuners are there for the elite, lets face it, those are companies who make products (packages) that might be marketed in the area of $20,000+++
What Nissan owners want is aftermarket support from a wide range of smaller companies who support one make/model, the amount of product for a civic is probably represented by literally hundreds of small companies and maybe a few core tuners. So what we face is a mid priced car that does not demand the $20,000+ packages that specialty high priced tuners like Renn-Tech cater to...nor the low priced plethora of offerings from the cheapo companies that make the various products for the low priced tuner crowd. We are stuck in the middle with our cars as we don't fit the demographic of the money is no object top tuner crowd nor the dont have much money but want to mod at the lowest price crowd.

My .02, I think it makes sense

 

i have no money i would hook it up just like you would lol

 

This thread is REALLY relevant considering that no one has done anything about the CF hood, the front bumper and rear bumper ideas yet, even though there are some great ideas for our cars. Its really a shame.

 

deus, you are making me feel bad man!, dont forget about me, I just took over the hood project, so there, we are getting cf hood and the front bumper, patience young grass hopa.

o yea no rear bumper for now though, (cf hoods are expensive!)

 

Max, Sorry, didnt mean to make ya feel bad. Whats the prgoress on the CF hood?

I dont think anyone is gonna want the rear that I want. I really want the center exhaust. I made my mind up. And you know what happens when I make my mind up.

 

,,,, yea we'll prolly see that center exhaust in your car next weekend!,

about the cf hood, I got a quote from them today I just have to do my math and thats it.