right? promise no more pics until its installed!
Got the stencil ready! possibly as early as Wednesday! YAY!

 

@eesjunin one question for you, you said you will be doing piping from them so will they actually be functional?

 

What's the plan for keeping the rain out with these scoops?

 

I am hoping so...thats the plan

It will be similar to GTR. So i will have to take a look how they do it.

 

So it has been done.
All and all was pretty easy.
3.5 hours total.
I am yet to figure out what to do with the rivets since i tried paint them before installing and when riveting them in they peel. so i installed them as is. I am too fond of the rivet sticking out like a sore thumb...i mean its not bad...i am thinking find CF "pasties" so they blend it very well, or last resort - paint them ...will see
here is the progress
enjoy !

Step 1 locating


Covering up everything else


Cutting and grinding to shape + spraying with anti-rust( not that its really needed since the hood seems to be made out of aluminum)



test fit


Silicone + Rivets= complete

 

oh eah...installed Nokya fogs too while at it...love it!

off to the exhaust shop...Quad baby quad!

 

looks great so are they actually functionable?

 

What did you use to cut this? Wouldn't it have been easier to remove the hood all together and cut it without the hood on the car? I know I wouldn't want all the aluminum shards falling into my engine bay

 

Thank you! Not yet. Taking to a tuning shop near me next week, see what they think about it and see what they woudl recommend about making it functional.

What i did is actually was taped a big trash bag under the hood, nothing fell through. I wouldnt want to remove the hood and then deal with aligning it...that would be +2 hours min
I used cut off wheels to cut through and grinding attachments to contour and get it perfectly to line up

 

I want to see this done...I am planing to do this to mine this weekend except I will pull all black from grill down...Like EVO or Audi...I think this will look awesome on 7th Gen..

 

I got to resurface my front bumper first +fill in those ugly lp holes then do the black. Going to get an ok from my exhaust guy tommorow to plow ahead with new tips set up

 

wow dude that looks cool!

 

Happy 4th to me the quad tips arrived...chopping my rear bumper this weekend for the install next week ! YAY!

 

Oh i want to see this ! THrow me back soem pics when you do it!

Thank you !

 

I'm ready to see the finished product may have to do this also

 

how did you mount your license plate?

 

Awesome! Can't wait for the pics.


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I cut the plastic LP holder just so it fits in the air duct. Bent Lp to fit on it and used zip ties to secure it to the middle bar in the that air duct/intake.
Me too! cant wait!

Thank you! Will keep this updated

 

Tips look good. What brand and model are they?

 

Not sure, but these are stainless steel quads...off ebay ...seller eworldsales1

 

what size tips did you go for? 2.5" to 4"?

 

2.5" in , 3.5" in out

 

Curious to see how this will look. Make sure I get some pictures!! The Quad definitely does look nice, I have seen it on a few other Maximas. You have to cut some of the plastic, do you? I always thought you did because it wouldn't fit. I never really researched it though.

 

Hmm, havent seen a Max here with quads yet...except for the Megan exhaust, but those fit right into the round opening.
Mine are much wider and to look right, i will have to cut into the bumper...not a big deal

 

I'm so ready to see it done!!!

 

Not sure if they are on this forum..but I have seen it..It is sexayyy..I want to see how yours comes out!

 

the only picture I have seen with quads done was the Photoshop one that Essjun was showing us what it would look like. I like this but GReedy just threw up an exhaust on their website hoping it isnt a mistake because if they are really making an exhaust I'm going for them love their exhausts.

 

I'm on Greddy's website right now and the only exhaust I found was for the 6th gen.

Would love to have the link to the 7th gen exhaust

 

eah i just saw that too...hmmm pricing isnt available yet
http://www.greddy.com/products/exhau...:model:Maxima/

 

yeah that's the thing I'm waiting on if you look at the others most say TBD

 

I love Greddy racing also..If the price is right, then I will get it asap. Keep us posted!

 

Yeah man agreed... I emailed them to see if they'll give anymore info about it

 

Let me know the verdict!!

 

SO the tips got put on.
I am pretty happy with them, the only thing that i will need to play around/change is the opening. Reason being that its will need to be a bit closed up from the top. Otherwise they look great !
I will need to take better pics from the back, taking pics against the sun didnt really work. so here are some side and top views.

 

I like it love to see more pics when you get a chance

 

i love that exhaust... definitely wanna do it to mine since i first saw the photoshop

 

hmm, not really feeling it. My initial impressions is that you were going to cut the bumper a fair bit to get the tips hidden up in the gap. The tips don't fit the shape right now at all, and frankly looks a little goofy in its current state, imo.

I love the innovation you've done, the execution seems a little off to me atm though

 

Damn... Ee.. You def took your max to another level the hood scoops are my favorite... And the fact you did it yourself keep up the good work... Props to you...

 

Coming up in a sec

Thank you! Awesome - do it!
You know at first i felt the same... but its growing on me...i got couple of ideas of how to "fix/adjust " that... will keep you posted, but i know what you mean!
Thank you sir!

 

More pics from this gloomy am.