i regret my moddin order...
08-01-2003, 05:46 AM
#1
i regret my moddin order...
it's 5:30 am and i'm very sleepy, so here i am to rant about somethin i regret durin my 1 year of moddin career:
i started with clear corners, then intake, gauges, sway bar, dash borads, altezza, y-pipe, rice lights here and there, and so on...
basically i shouldn't mod 1/3 of performance, 1/3 suspension, 1/3 show... my car is not dropped and still runnin stock 15s, exhaust doesn't have highflow cat and b-pipe. i regret i didn't focus on moddin 1 area.
i started with clear corners, then intake, gauges, sway bar, dash borads, altezza, y-pipe, rice lights here and there, and so on...
basically i shouldn't mod 1/3 of performance, 1/3 suspension, 1/3 show... my car is not dropped and still runnin stock 15s, exhaust doesn't have highflow cat and b-pipe. i regret i didn't focus on moddin 1 area.
08-01-2003, 09:23 AM
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i went first with clear corners, rims, and a drop. then I bought a system, then I put in a y-pipe, intake, catback, and nitrous(2 weeks). Sold the system and am goign to buy more performance stuff. I sometimes think I am goign really slow moddin my car and everyone else is way ahead of me, then I realize ive only had the car for 6 months and ive done a lot! and that i have the fastest maxima in duluth
08-01-2003, 09:32 AM
#11
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Originally posted by CTmax02
I bought a universal muffler 1 yr ago and now i want a cat back exhaust but what to do to muffler? its not even worth to sell it or keep it
I bought a universal muffler 1 yr ago and now i want a cat back exhaust but what to do to muffler? its not even worth to sell it or keep it
you will be sure to get some looks
08-01-2003, 09:33 AM
#12
i think spreading mods out evenly is key to having a nice car. while some have their specific preference to a certain category, as you can see by my sig, i like having some (or a lot) of everything.
08-01-2003, 09:36 AM
#13
Originally posted by CTmax02
I bought a universal muffler 1 yr ago and now i want a cat back exhaust but what to do to muffler? its not even worth to sell it or keep it
I bought a universal muffler 1 yr ago and now i want a cat back exhaust but what to do to muffler? its not even worth to sell it or keep it
08-01-2003, 11:51 AM
#17
Re: i regret my moddin order...
Originally posted by happyricefob
it's 5:30 am and i'm very sleepy, so here i am to rant about somethin i regret durin my 1 year of moddin career:
i started with clear corners, then intake, gauges, sway bar, dash borads, altezza, y-pipe, rice lights here and there, and so on...
basically i shouldn't mod 1/3 of performance, 1/3 suspension, 1/3 show... my car is not dropped and still runnin stock 15s, exhaust doesn't have highflow cat and b-pipe. i regret i didn't focus on moddin 1 area.
it's 5:30 am and i'm very sleepy, so here i am to rant about somethin i regret durin my 1 year of moddin career:
i started with clear corners, then intake, gauges, sway bar, dash borads, altezza, y-pipe, rice lights here and there, and so on...
basically i shouldn't mod 1/3 of performance, 1/3 suspension, 1/3 show... my car is not dropped and still runnin stock 15s, exhaust doesn't have highflow cat and b-pipe. i regret i didn't focus on moddin 1 area.
08-01-2003, 12:09 PM
#18
[QUOTE]Originally posted by nadir_s
u should work on suspension first. You have hella hookups here, ie. Turtle Shop. He could take care of all the work u'd be afraid to take to a shop. [/QUOTE
yea.. i will take my car to matthel's once i get my sprint and kyb gr2. too much work to pick up tools and spring compressor and krap like tat...
u should work on suspension first. You have hella hookups here, ie. Turtle Shop. He could take care of all the work u'd be afraid to take to a shop. [/QUOTE
yea.. i will take my car to matthel's once i get my sprint and kyb gr2. too much work to pick up tools and spring compressor and krap like tat...
Originally posted by deezo
Do things in your own time and in your own way. I still run on 15's and hubcaps but so what? My car still drives.
Do things in your own time and in your own way. I still run on 15's and hubcaps but so what? My car still drives.
08-01-2003, 12:57 PM
#20
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Originally posted by SeanNY
Re-use it by doing a custom cat-back at an exhaust shop (if you like the muffler that is..). It'll be lot cheaper than buying a full cat-back...
Re-use it by doing a custom cat-back at an exhaust shop (if you like the muffler that is..). It'll be lot cheaper than buying a full cat-back...
yeah and make sure youput in a resonator if you're gonna get a larger
b-pipe
08-01-2003, 01:50 PM
#21
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Everything I've done to my 5speed max was all worth every penny. Here's the order from about 1 year ago:
clear corners, intake, 17s, red/clear tails, fstb, rsb, ypipe, Pioneer headunit. I have sprints/agx waiting to be installed by my brother.
The only thing I regret doing is shaving the rear completely. It looks so ghetto. I should've just shaved nissan and left MAXIMA.
-Paul
clear corners, intake, 17s, red/clear tails, fstb, rsb, ypipe, Pioneer headunit. I have sprints/agx waiting to be installed by my brother.
The only thing I regret doing is shaving the rear completely. It looks so ghetto. I should've just shaved nissan and left MAXIMA.
-Paul
08-01-2003, 05:51 PM
#22
I'm just startin out and have just done tint, fstb, and clears in that order. I can't decide what to do next though. I'm debating between an intake or rsb. If I go rsb I know my car will handle so much better combined with the fstb and then i could focus on performance later but on the other hand I want to able to know I have a little more performance then a stock max and also have the sound of the intake. That way my car handles and performs better than a stock max
08-02-2003, 09:08 AM
#26
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Posts: 1,207
Originally posted by 95maxrider
i think spreading mods out evenly is key to having a nice car. while some have their specific preference to a certain category, as you can see by my sig, i like having some (or a lot) of everything.
i think spreading mods out evenly is key to having a nice car. while some have their specific preference to a certain category, as you can see by my sig, i like having some (or a lot) of everything.
If I waited to get one area totally done, I probably would've stopped modding a long time ago because 1)I would've spent a lot of $$$ and not been able to really see a total benefit. If I dropped it, got new springs, subframe connector, rsb, etc but had my stock steelies on the yellow corner lights, and no performance, I wouldn't really appreciate the full effect. I like getting a little in each area until you get it like you want it (which really never happens)
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