So decided to make a thread of the progress of my Maxima. Its a 2000 Nissan Maxima SE California Spec. I picked it up on September 27, 2010. Had a 129,000 miles and one previous owner, no car fax reports. I will keep updating the thread as the mods come in. Here we go...

This is how it looked when I first got it; super dull. It was parked for 3 months before I picked it up. Washing off the old demons, as I call it.







Couldnt stand the bubbly tint, it had to go. Also, got me a used Stillen front lip and sideskirts. just need to repair the back one.

 

nice...so you have se-r's on it now? whats your other/future plans

 

Pretty clean so far. +1 for future plans.

 

Found me a set of SER's from a chick for $175. I picked them up in a heartbeat! The wheel had pretty bad curb rash on all the wheels so decided to throw a stripe to cover them up a bit. I like.



Put some 225/45/18 Rubber on them.

 

wow dude...killer deal man

 

Then came the drop. TEIN S Techs





Performance wise:

Since it was a California Spec, I've changed the headers to Fed Spec, a Warpspeed y-pipe a 2.5" piping with mandrel bends and a Magnaflow Muffler.

Some random pics:

Michaelcoelho and I

 

Plans in the near future:
I just purchased:

A turbo kit from Turbo Specialties with a GT35


A 6 puck ACT clutch with a heavy duty pressure plate to be able to put the power on the wheels.




I'll post more pics when the items come in and as the build comes along.

 

I'm diggin it so far.

 

got stacks on deck i see...some nice purchases you've made thus far

 

Its my 2011 Project. It will slow down much once I get the Turbo Kit on as I also have a wife and 2 kids that are more important than this car. This is daddys toy.

 

LOL hell you doing way better than me...i have a wife and no kids...i've had this car since the first of 08 and i'm nowhere close to where you are lol.

props to supportive wives and our addictions

 

youre joking right? j/k

in for turbo kit install!

 

its lookin good man, keep it up.

 

Thanks guys for all the compliments. I really appreciate it.

I dont know about all that... But definately it's an addiction.

Im not looking forward for the install, cant wait til boost kicks in, though.

 

lol sorry your wife isnt supportive homie

 

Its all good hommie. She doesn't have a say so. I handle business at home. My kids nor wife are missing a thing, so as long as that don't change, reasonable mods will follow...

 

you can say that again. i always make sure home is taken care of first...then teh rest of the chump change goes to the max. keep us updated...whats your plans for the turbo kit install

 

As of right now I just want to install the kit. I didnt get the fuel system the company provides. I am buying some 370CC injectors a walbro 255 fuel pump and have a local shop called JMS (youtube it) tune it with Greddy Emanage Ultimate. Hope to change the downpipe to a 3 inch and just do a 3" piping off to the side. JMS usually does two different tunes a turtle tune and a haul butt tune. Im hoping to run 8 pounds on turtle tune and around 13 pounds on the aggresive tune. So if anyone has some 370cc injectors, a walbro 255 fuel pump or a Greddy Emanage, get at me.

 

go in teh 5th gen classifieds and find Deckdout2 i believe he still has his fuel pump and i'm almost positive he still has some tuning shiz..not 100% sure, but im almost positive he still has his walbro

 

Ima check it out. I have to wait til i get my bonus from work. Ima pick up everything else I need, then. I wanna be boosting by summer...

 

sounds dope

 

Mail man came in. Its always a good day when he comes.





And a teaser...Garret baby turbo. Ha!

 

I can't get over how much I like your wheels and your drop. Great work so far.

 

gota agree...i generally hate the se-rs, but he made em look great

 

I have pretty much new Deatschwerks 380cc Injectors, Haltech Platinum Pro (with what you're doing will supercede the Greddy EU) and a couple other things for sale in my thread. Let me know if you'd like to pick anything up.

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

 

^he was a ricer then he turned pro thats the guy i mentioned with teh fuel pump

 

EL O EL pedobear.

 

LOL dont judge me!!!

 

first thing I though of is where are you gettin all this money !

 

Thanks for the compliments. The wheels were a blessing to me. I wasnt looking for them, they just fell in front of me so I took'em. As for the money comments Its all about hard work and sacrifices. But rest assure, after this kit there wont be many mods... for a while.

 

Nice!! Looks good, but do EVER wash your car with the brush from those places. The brush itself can scratch and damage the finish and 99.9% of the time those places use reclaimed water so there are contaminants in it that you are brushing onto the car that can damage it too.

 

i'm sure he knows about that at the same time most of us dont have perfect paint jobs, nor is this car a Ferrari or the such. so with the imperfections we have in our paint...its almost no big deal. i know personally i wont be going back once i get my car buffed out, but you get where i'm coming from

 

Great job on the ride!!!

Wish I had the doe to do half the stuff that your doing. Maintenance and repairs are KILLLING me right now.

 

Your car looks great. I usually hate things like red stripes on..well, anything, but it looks good with the drop. Not a fan of the Stillen lip, but it doesn't look terrible.

Good luck with the turbo. Sounds like a fun project.

 

Car is looking good man,keep it up.

 

^^^^ Yeaaa what he said. Keep it coming

 

Some more detailed pics of the kit.
Turbo and manifold


Turbo


Manifold


Wastegate (need to get it fabed on the manifold)


Blow off valve


FPR


Intercooler


Random Shots:

Me and my hommies EJ6


Family First

 

nice! my dogg gettin ready to BOOoOoOssssst!

 

Love the track pic..... lil bit lower would've been nice but it looks good non the less...

 

guarantee if i end up having a child better believe i'm getting one too