New pics of 4th gen max (not good)
 

(09/13/08) IT STARTED!!!!!!!

ok for all that don't know, (which is alot) on june 7, 2006 I took my maxima to a shop to get some custom work done. (suicide doors on the rear, bmw (emola) red interior, lamborghini gray paint, custom sound system) Everything they had C/f for the max I had it, everything from shift knob to hood and trunk. The guy said it would take about 3 months to do. So I was cool with that b/c everyone else said it would take 6-8 months. Well to make a long story short, the shop that was suppose to do it, the owner became really bad off into drugs during the period of my car being in his shop. Well needless to say all he did was give me a big headache. He started working on the doors and well never finished, and he just dismantled my car. It looked like it's been in a chop shop. It was suppose to be ready 09/01/06 for NOPI '06. And it wasn't. Then it was suppose to be ready for 10/01/06 for SEMA (one of my sponsors asked me to be one of there booth cars, and that never happened) Well at the beginning of 07 I sued him. This guy was not at all worried. He never finished my car, went out of business, someone beat the crap out of him, and well he owes me a nice bit of money per the court system. Well now I'm in the process of fixing it at least back to were it was. These are some pics of what it looked like and what it looks like now:

BEFORE:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...a/DSCF1401.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...a/d7b0cdd0.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...MaxPics014.jpg

AFTER:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...Picture011.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...Picture010.jpg

MORE AFTER:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...Picture017.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...Picture018.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...Picture015.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...Picture013.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...Picture012.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...Picture016.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...Picture014.jpg

WHERE THE SUICIDE HINGE WAS SUPPOSE TO GO:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...Picture019.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...Picture020.jpg

MORE PICS OF HINGES (that magically disappeared)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...maxpics005.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...maxpics004.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...maxpics003.jpg

thats so sad...

what are you going to do?

I'm just going to get everything back to the way I had it. Not sure what color I'm going to paint it yet. But I'm think a black w/black pearl w/ black rims(but I'm not sure) And I have yet to think of a nice color for the interior. Then I'm going to s/c it hopefully within a few months after paint and body gets done.

That really sucks man. I would be in State Prison after killing him. I'm not kidding either.

holy shyt, though if you make the turn around ur easily MOTY good luck... i'd just part it out and buy a new 4th n start there, should be way less $$$ and headache... however if u do part remember me with a y-pipe or headers :D

trust me I thought about it

I can only imagine the amount of stress this whole mess has caused you. Good luck with the rebuild.
Hopefully you have everything to put it back together?

Yowch. :(

That's a sad, sad story..

What in the hell, wow.. that looks awful.. Good luck with that

HOLY CRAP.. . damn that's mess up man... good luck

looks like u got alot of work ahead of u, keep it up, should look pretty bada$$ when its all finished

That is really messed up man.Good luck with getting the Max back together...

As of right now, it looks like under 5k to do everything and if everything goes right I might have it s/c with that same figure. That just depends how certain things work out. But buying a new one I would have to buy one then paint it and do everything else. But before I get to deep in it trust me i'm looking at prices. I don't have after market headers or ypipe, but if I part from it, if you want the stockers I'll let you know

Yes many sleepless night,days, month. For once i'm not ashamed to say, I cried myself to sleep many nights, especially after losing sponsors and my SEMA spot.

Now you see why I need some headlights :)

Luckily I started putting it back together today, as of now the only big things I know I'm missing is a hood, headliner, and carpet. Right before I took everything to the shop I did the black interior swap. So I still have all my tan interior which was all leather. I'm missing a few window pieces here and there but nothing major. So as of now i think i'm in pretty good shape.

i wouldnt even...........;)GL

Man what a story. I am sorry that it happened. Your car was really nice. Good luck with everything.

yeah car was great looking, thats some shyte that theres people out there that can ruin such a buet... good luck with the rebuild. again sorry this happened to you.

wow day and night difference. Sucks bro.... Hope you get every cent outta him so he wont have any crack money left over

this was a big mess but now after this car here I can basically say I built a car almost from ground up. And I'm more then positive this one will be 100 times better

Wow that is horrible. Your car looked so good before too. I'm glad you're looking on the bright side and rebuilding it though. With that mindset, I'm sure you can make it even better than before.

If I had any of those parts laying around I would just ship them to you. About the only thing I have is a set of factory taillights. One has a small crack that has been repaired. Good luck... I'll keep checking back to see how your progress goes.

Great attitude you have but this sucks *** :rotz:

yeah as of now that's the only thing I can have is a good mind. The next thing on the agenda is to see if it starts up. I know for a fact is hasn't been started since at least jan of this year if not longer. I need to get a starter and a battery, (they took my starter off what kinda **** is that?) So if it starts up then I'm in really good shape. I know it might take a sec for it to start but as long as it does. After it starts I'm going to get EVERYTHING flushed. then its to paint and body.

pics/story look/sound pretty familair. good luck with the build, i like the plans you had. sounds a lot like my build.

thats the way to think.

blackonblack once I get it I'll bring it up to houston maybe we could do a meet or something

word... we can go look at my car which still won't be done. :laugh:

sucks you can't sue your friends, especially when they got screwed worse than you.

omg i'm so sorry for you.

holy s**t. that really sucks man, car was beautiful before you gave it to that guy. did they take your interior and other parts from you?

black pieces yes, tan pieces no

Sorry to hear that man, your max was looking pretty good to GOOD LUCK with the rebuild.

thats one helluva bs turn-around. Thats why i dont trust any shop with my car.

Whats the status on the case?

Really sorry to hear about your car man. I hope in the long run everything works itself out!

Aww man. that sucks...

i hope that things work out and the max turns out 10x better man...

THANKS FOR ALL THE optimism from everyone its going to help. B/c not only can I not let myself down but don't wanna let you guys down to.

I won the case, have a seizure of property and assets against him, but I just needa wait now. That's it

diddo. that guy wouldnt survive. some guy i didnt know kicked about a 1ft wide dent in my car 2 weeks ago. i broke his jaw :)

holy siht dude thats nuts man...
Can't wait to see what you got up your sleeve

With the condition of the car....there has to be alot of shiet up his sleeves.^^

the car is not actually that bad, I think I'm just going to buy another rear quarter panel. To avoid the whole cutting more stutt. But I got a few things up the whodini sleeve.