This thread is to show members, new and current, the early life of your current Max!

I'll start.

Factory, the day I brought it home:



Two days later:



Then the AE'd heads/BS HID kit:



Then I got my **** together, and instead of just throwing things on it, I got a plan, and executed it:

from this:


To this:



It's come a long way. Not to mention toys inside the car, and under the hood.

 

When I first bought it off someone on NYCMAXIMA.ORG it came with the front and rear stillen lips, ventshade rain guards and the paradox rear window spoiler

G35 Coupe Rims + Cattman Exhaust

OZ Ultraleggeras + Tein Super Street Coilovers. NO MORE 4X4!! Cefiro Power folding mirrors also added.

Cefiro Power Folding Mirrors


PRESENT
SSR GT3 wheels...my favorite rims of all time.

 

this is the week i bought it


did a blinker mod on the right side... never got around to doing the left side haha.
http://s164.photobucket.com/albums/u...t=MVI_1963.flv

spent a lot of time tweaking the rear of the car from the stock GXE gheyness.
behold the stock GXE gheyness:

step 1: black SE center panel
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u...n/IMG_2236.jpg
step 2: blacked out SE tails. decided the blacked-out-ness sucked so i started to clear them
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u...n/IMG_2236.jpg
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u...s/IMG_0242.jpg
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u...7/IMG_0551.jpg
but nothing really worked and plus the studs fell off the center piece so i had to duck-tape it back on... so when I got my SE parts car..... i swapped the whole tail section over. swapped the chrome GXE trim once more, slapped an 97-99 Maxima on the badge, along with a spoiler and voila


also when i got my parts car i swapped over a few things. the SE sawblade wheels and the SE cluster... with blue 194s.
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u...s/IMG_1150.jpg

also did a 5spd swap when I got the parts car
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u...p/IMG_1241.jpg
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u...p/IMG_1261.jpg
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u...p/IMG_1285.jpg
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u...p/IMG_1301.jpg
http://i164.photobucket.com/albums/u...p/IMG_1316.jpg
just last week I swapped the regular tranny for a VLSD tranny. That was the easy part... finding parts for it was the hard part... ended up just saying f-it and replacing the wheel bearings in the hubs i had.

couple months ago i also bought some 17" wheels. offset is VERY low for a maxima so the rears rub so i have to roll the fenders before i can drive the car normally again. but hey they widened the track by 2".


for anything else, just check my sig

 

Looking good, from stock to beauties!

 

tooo

 

^^^ hey did you paint or vinyl the roof??? looks sweet

 

haha i wouldn't call mine a beauty just yet... not until it's dropped, un-dented, and sporting a new color....

 

its vinyl, saw it in person......it looks sweet, nice and glossy I thought it was paint

 

When I first had it, all I did was tints the first week.....this was like march 2006




didnt like the ADRs too much so I put the stocks back on

 

^ summer 2007


^ summer 2008

 

lucky soma im getting vinyl then

 

BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL CARS!!

 

daaang how does that not rub? looks pretty damn good mang liking the eyelids on the headlights too

 

good looking car, but learn to park

 

Day 1..

 

 

 

sorry for all the pics.... but i was bored.... and my max went through alot of changes

 

My pics arent as great. This was my 96, auto. Just couldnt take it anymore, so i put it up for sale to find a 5 speed.

Found a black on black 5 speed, here they are together!

Got some rims......BEFORE I DROPPED IT!! Ewww....

Blacked out the bumper lights and tinted the fogs.

 

Somewhere in between the last pic and this one i dropped it finally and i tinted the red/clears.

The Intrax drop still wasnt low enough in the front and it sagged.

Cut a coil off the front to lower it some more....and bought a front lip.


And this is where she stands now...

 

 

How I bought the car, after I swapped over my GXE rims (The SE one's it came with were completely trashed) and gave it a bath



After a little cleaning up and detailing, removed pin stripe, got rid of that ugly purple tint, put on fog lights:



Removed the spoiler, fitted it up nicely with some BBS RX rims and some 225/50/16 Bridgestone Potenza S-03 Pole Positions... Various other performance and interior upgrades by this point...



Tint and Eibach, also got my trunk lid holes welded/bondo'd and repainted



How it looks in it's current state:

 

Engine before the swap:



How it looks now after a bunch of goodies:

 

I had those wheels on my Max too!

 

When I first started working on my car, she had a different owner, and looked like this:


Bunch of stuff happen in between, then we get to:



More stuff happen in between, then I bought her:



Currently what she looks like now, with more to come:

 

My old MOTM:



And my latest version:

 

when my pops gave it to me 4yrs ago did tails and bumper lights lol



and now after 4yrs yrs and mods and swaps done :

 

went from this :



to this now 01 AE ENGINE & TRANNY SWAP :




this was my old motor with my setup doing some stuff before i slap the blower on sent it out to get rebuilt :

 

thanks and i vinyl

 

keep this thread going.......pics look nice

 

sigh...

 

Cool thread

Day i got her




About 3 months later

 

Now


Now

 

Pebble Beige Metallic Owns All!!!!!!!!!

I have an entire album on MySpace of my Maxima 8 years the changes here

http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/inde...lbumId=1808730

 

 

Missing ALOT of stages and looks but rather not waste your time and space

 

Are you showing off your rear beam's level of articulation like this guy?

 

i like this thread

Day 1



couple of months down the road (photoshoot):

http://volvospeed.com/vs_forum/index...howtopic=96674

now:





still working on it

 

always loved your 3rd gen!! big fan of the subzeros

 

First Week after i changed to clear bumper lights:








4months l8ter: