get tired of VW and after a 2000 jetta 2.slow and a 2001 jetta VR6 and a 2003 gti (the 3 of them in 1 year) sold my 08 jetta and get another max, now a 5th gen SE with 88,000, came with 16" from SE and found some 17" 5.5th rims for cheap, and just put AE headlights, tint windows, 5000k for headlights and 4300k for fogs, and spend 3 days detailing it. before and after pics.





And after, tint and rims.





Before detail.



After detail.





5000k and 4300k on fogs.

 

Nice start.. Now drop it

 

nahh, i wanted, but no drop for this max, cuz i have to go to many places with really bad roads, and i hated that with the GTI so no drop for this one.

 

clean as hell keep the bumper and hood that way. I have to get mine redone

 

im planning on get 5.5th front end, but in a couple of months when i get the extra money to do it.

 

Looks good so far. Just needs a slight drop at least..

 

Def needs a drop. Eibach's would work great and shouldn't hinder you from driving anywhere. Otherwise looks great! Love the AE lights

 

prob i will drop it just a little, but im planning some oem 18's so i want to do it together.

 

Very clean.
HID's in stock housings.

 

Clean.......what's next?

 

some oem 18's, i want infiniti 7 spoke, little drop, and 5.5th headlights or complete front end if money lets me.

 

Black out that window trim. Especially because you have a black car and tint, it will look ten times better. That is one hella clean car though.

 

I hear that u blackout ur window trim, do u have any pics cuz i want to do it but no so sure, cuz when i use to have the mk5 jetta it was the base model, so no chrome window trim, and i end up getting the window trim to make it look like a loaded model, lol, and now that i have the window trim i want to remove it, mmm.. weird.

 

Sounds good man, can't wait to see the finished product

 

I blacked mine out about 3 weeks ago. I'm really happy with the results, all black just looks so much better as opposed to black with cheap-looking plastic chrome pieces. It took a long time but it wasn't hard. I made a point to take my time and neatly layer on the curves and trim the excess. I used the black tape to do the door handles as well. I don't have any pictures of the whole thing but I can get some and post them up tomorrow. Here's a bit of a teaser that I posted in a different thread for decals:

 

nicee,, looks really sexy, definetly want to do it now, really like to see the pics of the whole car.

 

looks fantastic and that detail i can tell did wonders, and if you dont want to drop it, dont, its your car do as you please. very nice stock maxima

 

As promised, here's a full picture of the car with the blacked out trim so you can get an idea of what it looks like. Please excuse the poor quality, I took it with my cell phone because I didn't have my camera handy. Hope this helps OP.

 

looks really nice.. i will definetly do it.. and i kinda like the ur rims, ive always wanted the ones i get, but those look elegant.

 

Thanks, it really gives a nice look to a black Maxima. The rims are the stockers that came with the 5.5 gen GLE models. I like them but I can't stand the tires. 215/55/17 that came with the car when I bought it. I hate them, not wide enough and way too much sidewall. Hopefully they'll wear out sooner rather than later so I can get a set of 225/50's or 225/45's.

 

pretty good starting point...

 

good start so far, maybe some H & R springs, it's only a mild drop

 

+1 on HR springs. Handle well too.

 

Nice ride, very clean!!