Well guys, as you know I totaled my Maxima several weeks back. Gawd I miss that damn car. After all the upgrades, CAI, Magnaflows, Cattman Y-PIPE, Koni & KYB's, Eibach's etc... she was lookin' good, sounding good and DAMN sure running good. Well, I decided to cross over to the dark side. Here's my new ride. Please don't flame me too hard guys. And if it makes any difference, the bimmerforums are pretty boring compared to hanging out in here. I damn sure miss it. (except for you whinny *****es that won't pony up for some CF hood lovin')

 

Specs on it?! Motor, trans, future mods, interior pics!?

Are you parting out? DIBS on Koni's!

 

Nice ride, is that new?

 

Does the 525 feel weak compared to the max? I drove one before but it was a long time ago, Id imagine the pickup off the line is as good or better with RWD but feels slower at speed.

 

The Maxima was MUCH faster than this car. This is peppy, but not much more. Handles like a DREAM though and rides very nice. It's a 2002 525i with 80 on it. Picked it up 2 weeks ago for 16k. Drives and looks great IMHO. Just put new M5 wheels and tires on it and few more M parts coming in for it soon. Sorry guys, I am trying to salvage a few parts from the Mizzy but the KYB's were toast and I don't think I'll be able to get the KONI's off. I'll have to snap some interior pics soon.

LOL sucks as I saw a bunch of ricers on the highway I woulda loved to have smoked today, sniff.....but no mizzy.

 

Its a nice car no doubt. Just have to take it easy

 

boooooooooo! 3 nuts up top and 2 bolts on bottom and out come the struts!

 

another maxima owner converts...

 

How about you converting to the EB?

 

Nice! Looks very clean.

 

Hey mack..very nice ride. Those M5 wheels really do the trick of making that 5 series look hot. Nice color also.

 

Aw, why would you go from a VQ35 to an M54...

It is the better car, but it is much slower...

 

You can always make the bmw faster to compare to the max, but you cant change the max's fwd. Very classy, good choice imo.

 

not bad. you should put on a remote mount turbo. probably make the car alot more fun to drive. DO IT.

 

Nice car, but gonna miss you. Stop by from time to time.

 

You'd be hard pressed to get a 525i to be as quick as a sixth gen without serious modifications. It is both heavier and down a good 70hp.

 

Sikkk ride man!

 

Dang mack, your maxima got totaled? Sad to hear, I always thought you were one of the nicest looking 6th gens. You had alot of upgrades this year and represented the maxima to the fullest. Hope you enjoy the beamer and in the future come back to Nissan hehe.

 

good job son.

 

Thanks guys. Appreciate the props. And yeah, it would damn near take a miracle to make this thing as fast as my Maxima was LOL! But again, it's a sharp ride, good on gas and hey, the chicks dig it so it's all good. Thanks 99max. I appreciate that. There is no doubt that 5th and 6th gen max's are one of the best cars on the roads today, and yes, I wouldn't be surprised if I got another one at some point. Here are a few snaps I got today after I took her in for a detail and I just upgraded the Angel Eyes myself to LED bright white. Thank goodness for eBay!!









And yeah, I'll still come around every so often to see what you crazy kids are doing with the 6th gens these days.

 

Ooooo angel eyes!
I was trying to install the bmw angel eyes I got off ebay tonight and I cracked one of them.

 

Man that really sucks. Yeah I love these damn things. I drive around with just my angel eyes and fogs on quite a bit. Looks pretty sharp.

 

Love the M5 rims, always have. Sure it might be slower than your Max, but still a great car, and we all know the saying -- "It's more fun to drive a slow car fast..."

 

Very nice! Now just get a drop, and the M-Tech bumpers.

 

What a good choice. Makes me wish I can afford the M5 I've always dream of getting. Soon enough though...soon enough.

 

Yup, M-Tech or Umnitza M5 front end is on my upgrade list. Ooooh and if I could only afford an M5. Mmmmm....

 

i like it nice car

 

Well, first things first....

De-badge

 

LOL good call Sick. Actually I plan to debadge this bad boy. If it were a 540 or an M5, no way. But a 525i? Yeah, I'm gonna be stripping this baby VERY soon.

 

Another Nissan -> BWM conversion, nice. So are you planning on giving your buddy Dinan a call any time soon?

 

looks sexy love the color

 

I drove a 2004 525d when I went back home. The diesel is the moto of choice in poland. I was plesantly suprised. The damn thing missions. It was only a 2.5L 5 cylinder tdi but it went. It had full power from 1200rpms all the way to 5000.

And it handled like a dream.

Good choice Mack all the best in the new ride.

Kamski

 

well its not a hte mizzy but nice pick up mack...

i miss my smoke brother already

 

Good choice Mack. Very nice ride. I am sure it won't be long before you go into your modding mode. Great choice on the rims, changed the car completely. VERY NICE!

Like somebody said, debadge it.

 

....sniff.....me too man.

Debadging is my next project. Shouldn't take long. If it wasn't 20 deg outside with 20 to 30mph gusts I'd do it right now!! Cripes it's COLDDDDD!!!

 

Put an Ls1 in it. That'll put some pep in her step.

And yes its been done before without much trouble

 

Oh sure bro! You give me the $6800 and I'll do it!

 

6800$?? what you dont do any work yourself? You could get a 6.0 Ls1 based truck pullout with auto tranny for a couple grand. The only real issue would be wiring everything else could be done yourself. The only parts to fabricate would be a custom driveshaft, and custom motor mounts/ tranny mount.


I am building my whole ls1 project car for less than 6800$

 

A bit ridiculous for my needs. But I'm behind you 100% and as always. POST PICS!!

 

yeah but it would be fun.

I made a thread about it a while back

Its been 6 months and I havent done anything since

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....hlight=LS1+rx7

Btw it looks like you could get the V8 from the 540 on ebay and swap that in there. It would prob be easier than the Ls1. Either way its a nice lookin car. My buddy in college had one and although they arent straight line monsters they are very nice.