Just wondering how many people are as crazy as me,for the record I have owned my max for 15 months and have put over $10,000 into just mods.I kind of feel stupid because I could be driving a brand new Max SE right now rather then my supped up Max,whould have I done it again? No I would be driving the new car Ahh well.Don't bother posting unless you have put in atleast 5K of mods in your car so this thread dosent get huge {unless you really want to}.Peace

 

Well in my case I had custom CAI, 60mm TB, UR UDP, hi flow cat and catback for $700. Protorque TC for $395, SGP ported heads for $800, ISKY cams for $160 ($300 for new cam seals and lifters), $119 ST springs, $149 RSB, $75 FSTB (only one in the US so far hehe )$20 urethane engine/tranny mounts, $45 tranny cooler and last but not least a free nissan hamburger badge for my grill. Now this doesn't equal $5k but my car was had a KBB trade in of $700 and retail of $2400 . I guess it was the 220k miles that caused such a low value. Now would I do it again, yes I would except I would get a 5spd. I still have to replace the engine (the swap is comming soon), upgrade the brakes, put in new front seats (I don't have to but want to), redecorate the interior, do the auto to 5spd conversion. Then add some new paint and possibly a better suspension if I could. I could see I would end up spending around $5k in mods to my car. But this car was bone stock for 190k miles its time for a change and besides it will be unique .

 

New black paint job with pearl gold finish
GT Touring wing
Dual Exhausts with 4' brullen tips
Polished Stainles Y pipe
Polished Stailess mid-pipe
Polished Stainless downpipe
Apex Springs
Tokico struts
Brembo cross-drilled rotors
F1 semi-metallic pads
Dot4 Motul brake fluid
"Custom" CAI
Bosch platinum spark plugs
Clear bumper lights
Sparco Sprint racing seat
18 x 8' Chrome eagle alloys
235/40/18 Pirelli P7000ss tyres
Custom shift boot and brake handle boot to match seat
Custom grille
Eclipse deck 5441i
Phoenix Gold Amp zx450
Mb Quart Q series highs
Lightning audio wiring
Stillen STS
Stillen FSTB
Sachs performance clutch
Momo pedals and shift ****(commando)


All in ALL, way too much....but it's quick and get's looks!
About 15 canadian.....10 american
cheers,

five

 

I was wondering how you did the dual exaust?And do you have any pics of it or a link with pics of your car.Thanks and nice ride.

 

Wow...$10K. I don't think I put that much into mine yet. I usually do my own work, so I save some money that way.

[Edited by 1MAX2NV on 12-08-2000 at 03:36 PM]

 

Let's see here:

HKS intake $170
Stillen Y-pipe $300
B-pipe $180
RT cat $180
RSB $160
ST springs $140
KYB GR-2 rear struts $140
Koni fronts $260
Front and rear strut towers $130
Kosei K1 16" with Yokohama Avid V4s $1140
96 Prelude VTEC leather seats and install $370
alum shift know and pedals $100
Paint for drivng lights and rear tail lights $40
Alum for heat shield and floor mats $10
Exhaust tip $60

Total: $3380
Total including car: $18400

I figure I've got about another $1100 in mods left to do that I can think of. $450 for a UPRD ecu, $220 for a Stillen lip and paint, $200 for a leather rear seat, $200 for a used black GXE/GLE trunk with no spoiler (I hate rear spoilers, I don't want it).

Dave

 

but in my case it would be really retarded since i have a 1990 maxima. after all the mods it would have anew paint job and engine, along with other new stuff. but it's still not worth it for me. i'll put that money towards my 300zx.

 

never look back on how much you spend on your max (i didn't)
it will be depressing. Just save up and buy what you can afford and look forward to what other goodies you can get.
Vic

 

Courtesy FSTB= used for $45
Addco RSB= group deal $130
Stillen y-pipe= used $120 (thanks again ZAM)
Random Technology High Flow Cat= used $50 (You da man ZAM)
Custom wood dash= free, another reason why I bought the car
7% tint all around= $150, my man TJ hooked me up nicely
Bulbs, bulbs, bulbs= Phew, almost $200. It's hard to get
all the lights to match. Not to
mention the # of melted sockets.
APC upgrade harness= $60
Pioneer head unit= $300
JL audio 12's= $140 at a tent sale
Kenwood amp= $70 at the BX
Speaker box= $20 (managers discount) hehehe

Total=$1,285 not too shabby considering I've only had the car for 8 months.

 

It was actually a pretty tiresome task. I had to cut out the spare tire well in order for the second exhaust to fit. This involved cutting it out, welding new cross-beams for safety and strength, and, finally fiberglassing the whole trunk so it was completely flat. Then came the fabrication of the custom Y-pipe and mide-pipe and the ardeous task of making both of the exhausts line up perfectly straight (horizontally and vertically). Ultimately, it was a long process but I'm very happy with the results.

cheers,

five

 

a measly 2k

 

your car looks great from that angle and so does your exaust,I think you should make that your new sig pic since it looks 20 times better then your other one {just my opinion}.But thanks again.

 

Probably around 5K.

 

myself some cheese because I have a 21 mo old son and one due in three weeks.


In all about $1,875.00 everything in my sig.

 

the only way to get your money out of mods is to keep the car and drive that ****. it would be wasted money to do a woodear.

 

What did you use on your tail lights.

 

oh geez..

i have everything written down somewhere... heh.

prolly around 8k?

heh..

 

Dude... you're trippin'! Look at your prices. Must be one good spoiler!

 

courtesy front strut bar = 75
paint front grill = 5
paint splash guards = 5
paint valve cover = 5

total = $90

 

yeah as scary as this is.. im agreeing with kev.. 600$ for a spoiler?? that shi#$ better make my car fly!!

 

Maybe that's why he's getting 15.1's.

 

how much for u?? or how much for a old friend of the owner

 

It's that time again Dougy?

 

and i've only had the car 2 months.
damn i can never leave well enough alone.
i forsee this car become a money pit just like my civic was.
oh well.

 

$35,000. not including car price. not me but a friend with the max.

 

I keep a running total of all i spend including 28 grand for the car. I had my max for a little over a year and am just beginning. spent 7 grand alone on my custom stereo. Would i do it again.....prob not but hey in a year its going in the dupont registry and i will make some of it back.

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dupont registry?

 

Somewhere in the $7.5k range.

 

I got the K&N panel and the cleaning kit, that's all. I think mods are mostly for show, and not very cost effective. If you want performance, you get more per $ (bang for the buck) from the factory. If anything, a lot of mods actually hurt both fuel economy and performance IMHO. Basically the economies of scale principle applies when you compare factory to an aftermarket company.

 

The DuPont Registry is a magazine where they sell expensive cars such as bentley, ferrari, etc. Check out their website: http://www.dupontregistry.com, or get their magazine.

 

ohhh yah. i know that mag. i buy it something to drool... i wasn't thing about that. thought it had to do with the paint company..

 

About 700$ on mods. I would have spent at least double that by now... but my REPAIR list is much bigger then my mod list

Repairs:

Tranny, battery, brakes, tune up stuff, o2 sensor.. and more.... at least 2,000$ so far. and I had the car for like 8 months.