modifications list:
INTERIOR
1. Acura RSX shift ****
2. Dojo Suede Shift boot and e-brake boot
3. Custom blue LED...
-Gauges with 4th gen needles
-climate controls and door switches
-door handle cups (E-Class Style)
4. Custom LED Underseat lighting (E-class style)
5. Factory Nissan all-weather floor mats
6. aluminum pedals and 350z dead pedal
7. LED blue door bulbs
8. LED Hyper White dome light bulb
9. Factory Nissan Maxima GLE wood grain trim kit
10. Custom added Meridian Package
[heated seats from g35 and custom wired heated steering wheel (wired correctly to Nissan's Specifications with relay and stock switch)]
11. Infiniti g35 Sedan Seats
12. Custom metallic silver door handles by Ryan Daly
13. Chrome gauge rings
14. Illuminating aluminum door sill plates
15. Black suede headliner, front pillars and painted rear pillars and accessories.
16. 4th Generation dark grey visor clips
17. Black Suede center console console top and bottom
18. Custom Black Dyed carpet
IN CAR AUDIO
19. 400 Watt 800 peak DC to AC power inverter with usb ipod charger,
verizon voyager charger in the center console, and outlets in the glove box and under the back seat.
20. Pioneer Avic D-3 double din, DVD, IPOD, and Bluetooth.
21. Install kit from Courtessy Parts Nissan
22. 12 inch Earthquake Magma-12 Subwoofer
23. front 6 1/2 Focal 165 v1 Components
24. rear 6 1/2 Infinity Reference Compontents
25. California Profile AP1040 1000x4 speaker amp
26. California Profile AP1000m Mono Subwoofer Amp
27. trunk build by MP’s Auto Elec.
28. Optima Red-top battery
29. Rear View Camera

EXTERIOR
30. 8000k aftermarket HID low beam kit custom wired
31. 3000k HID fog lamps with Audi Hella balasts
H.I.D. Ballasts wired and installed by John Mastrobuono
32. Full front LED conversion
33. Revotec-usa replacment headlights
34. Mercedes-Benz E55 projectors
35. Cefiro A33 Power folding mirrors
36. Zenetti summer rims
37. Smoked-out bumper lights

PERFORMANCE
38. K&N Air Filter with custom short ram intake
39. Borla Muffler and Vibrant Performance tip
40. Energy Suspension Urethane Shifter Bushings
41. NWP Engineering VIAS Block off plate

SUSPENSION
42. Tokico Illumina 5 position adjustable struts
43. B&G Lowering Springs

ENGINE COMPARTMENT
44. Custom Grey Lustre painted engine cover




Pictures below (in the process of adding pictures)

 

Wut?

 

Where are the pictures?

 

I will start with the car pretty much stock. I started the led conversion, wood grain trim and stereo the first day i got the car, so nothing was ever completely stock in pictures.

 

im not done I'm working on it...it takes time to find the pictures.

 

One of the first things I did was chrome gauge rings. I will do this in order.


Since I bought the car and it had stone chips and scrapes on the rear bumper, I decided to have those repainted.




(Later pictures will show it painted)

My first Halos, looked nice but hardly ever worked right


Gauge Overlays


interior leds


Acura Shift **** and suede shift boot and e-brake boot


G35 Sedan Seats




Lowered car...Tokiko Illuminas and B&G springs
(You can see a faint paint color difference in the hood from having it repainted)

 

More recently...

System




New Headlights and bumper lights




Suede Headliner




NWP Block off Plate


Earthquake Magma-12 Subwoofer


Gauges (took out overlays and put 4th gen needles in with LED's)

 

headlight fail

 

it beats paying 300 for one headlight after an accident. and I like the way they look anyway.

 

What headlights are those?

 

ebay ones without projectors. I plan on putting projectors in but the ebay projectors have terrible light output. these arent THAT BAD although everyone says they are.

 

Do you have any pictures of the light output at night? I am buying new headlights in 2 weeks.

 

no...I can do that within the week. My camera doesnt do a good job of light pictures but my friend has an awsome camera.

 

The fitment on the ebay headlights look terrible.

 

I was reading this thread and they don't look so bad once you put some time and effort into em. I have a 5th gen and I hate the stock headlights.

http://forums.maxima.org/5th-generat...-retrofit.html

 

I think its fixable. knew someone that got them to fit perfectly, never asked him tho. i gotta send the passengers back so I didnt bother with it yet

 

thanks for that...he got a good light output...deff plan on that once the replacement comes in

 

Sure thing. It's been bookmarked and once I stop procrastinating, I will do it as well.

 

i think the bumpers are different(00-01 vs 02-03) thats why they dont fit right

 

They don't fit right on the 02-03?

The listing says, "WILL NOT FIT WITH FACTORY HID AND SE 20th ANNIVERSARY EDITION"

 

Yeah... It's kinda funny how people mod their maximas without first researching on here. Those eBay projectors are a prime example.

 

Were there any modifications to get the G35 seats in and working?

 

Well, I have a 5th gen not a 5.5 so I should be good

 

Yes. the seat had to be fitted onto the maxima seat frames.

and people talking about the headlights: I knew about the fitment issue and that the light output wasnt great when I ordered these. After I got into an accident, I couldnt justify spending 300 on a brand new passenger's headlight only to open it up, paint the housing black and add the halos and still have them not match the driver's headlight because they look newer. I went with these cuz I wanted the halos and they dont make any for 02-03 anyway. there 150 for the set of headlights where the work is done for me or 300 for one headlight that would always look out of place.

With that being said, I still think I can get it to fit better.

 

The headlights are awful, I do like everything else though.

I would have just done that if it was me. I don't think there would have been issues with one looking newer. Headlights really only show wear on the lenses and a quick 10-15 minute wet sand and polish of the older headlight lens would have taken care of that problem. And even if they did look a little different it still would be better than the eBay halos. They look like cheap plastic, have poor light output, and don't fit well.

Not trying to flame as I do like everything else you've done with the car, just saying. It would only have been a $150 difference plus a little elbow grease to get the headlights as they were as opposed to the eBay setup. I'm assuming you went the cheaper route because you rear-ended somebody and with your insurance deductible the repairs to the headlight were on you?

That suede headliner is a very unique mod. I doubt you're going to find another 5th genner who's done the same. Looks good.

 

It looks good either way. I'm looking at them right now on eBay and they're $163. There's two pairs (one a few bucks more$$) I just can't tell if they're the exact same or not. It's hard to tell lol

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2000-...Q5fAccessories

and these

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/00-01...Q5fAccessories

 

no...didnt rear end anyone. i hit a gaurd rail. My father put it under insurance as him hitting the gaurd rail so it didn't go against my record. he wanted a cheaper repair and keep the money. I would have liked to paint the whole front end to make it match lol but i guess its a project for another day.

it was purely because I do like the look of the headlights. fitment looks awful but found that out when I installed them. i really do believe theres a solution and the light output would be fixed with e55 or tsx projectors. the build quality seems good tho so I'm not sure where that came from...I heard ebay headlights got a little better quality recently tho...

 

And I don't think fitment is enough to say they look terrible.

 

Why isn't this in Member Rides?

 

because i dont know my way around the site well. how can i move it?

 

The headlight fitment needs work but its not unfixable for sure. Car looks great as always matt just needs some g35 19's or altima ser's

 

I tried the projector retrofit using directions from a stickied thread in the 5th gen section along with directions on how to aim headlights properly. I strongly recommend knowing how to aim these as mine were aimed into the sky the first time I tried.







The light woutput is great...tho it should be if there mercedes projectors lol. I feel like it still needs something.

I'm looking at shrouds because I think that will take attention off the metal cage you can still see in the headlights. I'm thinking of these:

 

your car looks 1108340958743109871531x's better with the stock wheels on it!

 

i got g35 19's for sale.....just sayin

 

Im thinking of g35 18s but how much?

 

http://forums.maxima.org/wheels-tire...g35s-rays.html

 

thanks lol.

awww...those are perfect. wish i could find a job to get money for those lol. cant sell my zenettis for that much. O WELL...

 

Tight Max a whole lot of things on the ride.

 

G35 seats, suede headliner, trunk setup all on the stock wheels with the mild drop is A+ in my book.

But the RSX **** and suede shift boot really looks out of place in there. Especially next to the woodgrain IMO. You have an overall clean look going so far with the car, i think a black or brushed aluminum colored shifter console and black leather shift and ebrake boots will flow much better with what you got going so far.

I understand your reasoning for getting those ebay headlights. good job on the retrofit. I personally like the stock 02-03 lights better but under your circumstances, i'd probably do the same for the time being till I can afford the factory units again.

 

even though you have stock rims i would look into spacers so the wheels do look so sunken in. Did it to my oem gle rims and makes a world of dif