Whats up everyone, I have had my 2010 Maxima SV Prem/Tech package for a couple years now. I am new to doing mods and upgrades. I have some ideas listed below for what I want to do but I am open to any suggestions. I have already tinted her out. She is pearl white with the panoramic roof. I have also de-badged the trunk.

1. Borla Cat Back Exhaust
2. Weapon R Intake
3. EBC Slotted Rotors Front/Rear
4. EBC Race Brakes

and I just ordered new foglights. A freind recommended CarID.com and thats where I have seen these items

 

Welcome to the .Org! I have the same Max in a 2012 model year. Most people would tell you to first drop your Max and then get DRL's and then vinyl wrap your chrome exterior trim and then add a spoiler but you just do what you want to do to make your ride stand out. Ideas will come the more you visit the site.

I was thinking of changing my rotors out but still am on the fence and there are other mods that are taking priority when the summer comes.

As far as the Borla here is a thread about that muffler:
===> http://forums.maxima.org/7th-generat...-mufflers.html

 

Welcome man!

 

Propa Teknique: I was reading that earlier today I only seen it mention muffler tips, i am looking at a full exhaust system

 

Congrats on your ride and welcome!

 

Welcome!

 

Welcome! Those 4 mods will be great. If you're looking for suggestions, I have 3 (and honestly, I personally would do these 3 first if I had it to do over again):
1) eibachs lowering springs
2) stillen front lip spoiler
3) stillen rear sway bar
Go at your own pace though man, and do whichever you think you'll like first! Come back and post pics as you get going!

 

Welcome

 

Welcome! And the rear sway bar is a huge improvement

 

Oh okay. I think you should probably still ask some of the guys in there if they would know. Since they are talking about the tips, they may know someone with or have some experience with of the full system! Good luck.

Is it REALLY a huge improvement? I'm seriously seriously considering this but I want know if it's truly worth it!

 

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I can get behind that as far as the first three mods to start; obviously you can go a million different ways but you're talking about on or around $1K for all three (including prep/painted front lip spoiler and eibach springs and RSB installed. To the OP: yes, the rear sway bar does make a huge difference and an even bigger difference if the car is lowered as well

 

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You can't go wrong with these suggestions. Good starting point.

 

Welcome! I'm in the same boat just took a different route. 14' Pearl White SV man we're like brothers! But I dipped my wheels black first. Then got a black billet grill which is what really gives my car it's character imo. Just got her back and the shop added 35% tint and did the custom tail light tint too. Debadged Maxima of course. She looks good!
My next plan was getting some custom painted and double halo headlights done from some .Orger and be done with the look for now. My sway bar and front strut have been order from Stillen over a month. They told me material were on back order till 5/20 and 6/20. And now I'm looking into exhaust. It's only been... 2 months maybe? I'd say it's an addiction.

Great ideas all around. Keep us updated and would love some pictures when you do!

 

Yeah sounds good, I just started plasti dipping all the chrome accents black and i have already started taking pictures just haven't uploaded them yet. Once i complete the plasti dip i will upload before and after. I have 5% limo tint all around with the strip on the windshield.

 

Oooo i'll bet that look slick! I'll admit, a little jelly I couldn't go that dark.

 

I got my sway bar a month ago and I guess I am glad I did seeing how you have still not received yours yet Ever thought about the Racingline sway bar?

 

Ahhh you got the one before me! Ahaha small world eh? Yeah I considered both but I was also buying the front strut and front lip from Stillen, figured why not do 'em all. They didn't alert me of the problem until a week after I had ordered too. Idk if that's normal.

Regardless, I'm in no rush to install. I'm going to read around and see how hard it would be do install myself as I'm just getting a real life idea on how shops labor rates can rape my bank. I have hands and a brain, I'll try n figure it out.

 

Here is what she looks like now, I just plasti dipped the trunk chrome accent matte black working on the rest this weekend

 

The rear sway bar is straight forward and easy to do. You will be happy once you install it along with your other goodies! Small world , yes it is. have fun with modding and post up some pics of the strut tower brace Sorry OP, did not mean to thread jack.

 

torres nice HEMMT and HUMMV in the backround. I am an old Army mechanic and your car looks great! I was a HEMMT wrecker operator for 5 years

 

Thats awesome, I'm going on 11 years in the Marines I took this pic right before I plasti dipped the chrome accent on the trunk

 

We gotta see that chrome dipped! Pics please! Been thinking about doing my handles white, and the trim black. Until somebody mentioned a black chrome? I forget where I read it, but I think a black chrome would be perfect for me as I'm not looking to make every little detail plain black n white ya know. Let us know how the process was and the final product!

 

I will try and get the rest of the chrome done this weekend

 

Ooo solid work my friend. Looks good. Did you remove or just tape off the area? And how many layers do you tend to do on anything you dip?

 

I like the originality, but to me it looks like a Hitler-stache. Maybe body colored would look better?

 

I removed it, and I did 4 layers I applied each layer every 30 minutes and after the last layer I let it dry for 4 hrs before putting it back on

 

Another suggestion: because the pano roof and the tint are shiny/glossy looking you can:
1.) remove the trunk strip again
2.) wet sand it down with 400 grit super-fine sandpaper (do a real good job, b/c as u know the key to a successful job is mostly in the prep work)
3.) wipe it down with alcohol wipes (medical ones or ones you wipe your hands with or you can use a bottle and cloth, etc)
4.) two light coats of primer
three-four light coats of paint
three-four light coats of clear gloss

Bingo-bango now you're done and done.

I used these products when I did my front grille surround and front Nissan emblem:



It came out GREAT; the only issue was that with dirt/rocks/bugs that were kicked up ended up chipping the paint from time to time and it was just a bítch to keep up, so I ended up redoing the whole thing with plasti-dip and so far, so good! It's been about 2 months now, so that's a good sign.

You're not gonna have to worry about the issues I had because it's the trunk strip, so as long as you're careful opening and closing the trunk it'll stay mint.

Good luck. Car looks great by the way!

 

This is what I mean with the dipping of the grille, by the way:

 

It looks good, but I like the matte black look rather than glossing it

 

I do like both but the matte for some reason is quite appealing.

 

Yeah I've been trying to get the rest done just been busy with work

 

How many cans of plastidip did you use for the front grille?

Did you use any other product or just plastidips?

And do you have to leave it off the car to dry it or you can just put it back after youre done plastidipping ?

 

Had some free time so I re-did the trunk chrome accent, did the grill and the chrome trim on the doors. Next is the door handles, rims and brake calipers

 

Welcome

 

Good job, I'd like to see when u do the handles

 

Window trim is looking good! I see people are trying it out more with the plasti-dip as opposed to getting it wrapped or painted. I think that's pushing me to do mine. That window trim with the tint just looks so good. Keep up the awesome work brotha!

 

Just got this in today

 

Intake in

 

you considering painting / dipping your plastic engine covers?

 

Looks good, how do you like it? I have the K&N intake and its adds a little throaty sound in there at WOT.