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Old May 7, 2011 | 09:59 PM
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Guess Who's Back...

Some of you may remember me from when I was more active on the boards a few years ago. I've been around for... a while. I started off as a car enthusiast without a car on these forums, and was inspired to buy my first car which was a '95 SE automatic. That car was totalled when I hit a patch of sand on the road and went into a barn sideways at 35 MPH. I missed it so deeply that it was replaced less than 2 weeks later with a '98 SE 5-speed. I was so happy to finally have a manual. Fast forward 2.5 years and I wanted something newer and simpler. My dream Maxima had always been a 2003 SE Titanium Edition 6-speed in Polished Titanium paint. Well guess what I bought today? Yup.


For now, you'll have to settle for a teaser picture of the keys from all my past and present Maxima's...

Old May 7, 2011 | 10:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Tatanko
Guess who's back




Old May 7, 2011 | 10:22 PM
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In for pics!
Old May 7, 2011 | 11:01 PM
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Dave just sold his Turbo Grand prix btw.

Glad to see you got what you've always wanted. Kyle still has his white maxima LOL
Old May 8, 2011 | 05:58 AM
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good to have you back! are you going to be updating your page again?
Old May 8, 2011 | 06:22 AM
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Pics
Old May 8, 2011 | 07:10 AM
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good to have you back! are you going to be updating your page again?
I just need a place to host it. If I have some place to host it, I may redesign it totally and make it even better.
Old May 8, 2011 | 07:39 AM
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Welcome back dude. Congrats on the purchase.
Old May 8, 2011 | 02:21 PM
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Old May 8, 2011 | 02:36 PM
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Old May 8, 2011 | 05:01 PM
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Welcome back. In for pics.
Old May 8, 2011 | 09:24 PM
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Pics please. Welcome back.
Old May 9, 2011 | 04:25 AM
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Welcome back and now post pics of the car or GTFO lol
Old May 9, 2011 | 11:50 AM
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what they said>>>> pics
Old May 9, 2011 | 03:29 PM
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Ok, you've had plenty of time to get pics up. Put out or get out.
Old May 9, 2011 | 03:33 PM
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^^^ That.
Old May 9, 2011 | 03:52 PM
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damnit. where are the pics? lol. I'm trying to get back into the maxima game as well.
Old May 9, 2011 | 06:51 PM
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welcome back. show us what u got
Old May 9, 2011 | 07:28 PM
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Old May 9, 2011 | 08:19 PM
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Sorry! I'm taking pictures of it tomorrow afternoon. I didn't want to take pictures of it covered in pollen
Old May 10, 2011 | 10:48 AM
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Didn't have time to wash it today, but as promised I took pics. Just keep in mind that the car is covered in like 1/8" of pollen from top to bottom. I also REALLY need to get a new camera.







In the last picture you can just faintly see how much pollen there is on the car. In person, at certain angles, the hood appears to be greenish-yellow.
Old May 10, 2011 | 10:58 AM
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lol at yall still having pollen. ours is way gone

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Old May 10, 2011 | 12:42 PM
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Originally Posted by phatboislim
lol at yall still having pollen. ours is way gona
It was only just last week or so that we started getting consistently warm weather (by warm I mean above 50)
Old May 10, 2011 | 12:52 PM
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that sucks...happy 3 or however weeks yall will have it
Old May 10, 2011 | 12:56 PM
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Didnt know pollen gets thick like that in the EC! I dont think we get it here in the WC..

Anyways, grats on the new whip. Whats the laundry list for it looking like?
Old May 10, 2011 | 04:12 PM
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Nice. Just curious, how many miles on it?
Old May 10, 2011 | 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by VQ'rInWLA
Anyways, grats on the new whip. Whats the laundry list for it looking like?
Simple, cheap, reversible stuff. As well as "maintenance upgrades" (i.e. adding subframe collars). This car is intended to be the easy to maintain, relatively quiet daily driver to a sports car in the next year or so.
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Nice. Just curious, how many miles on it?
104,000 as of the trip home. You'd never know it, though. The car is immaculate, in every sense of the word.


Also, does anyone know of a way to get new headlight lenses without buying new OEM headlights? Mine were slightly yellow/cloudy when I got the car and I was able to get rid of all the yellowing but the lenses are still just a little bit cloudy no matter how well I polish them. I have only been polishing them by hand, though.
Old May 10, 2011 | 09:41 PM
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Need an RSB? Have one for sale if you need.
Old May 10, 2011 | 10:02 PM
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Need an RSB? Have one for sale if you need.
The car already has a RSB and a FSTB. Otherwise, it's stock.
Old May 10, 2011 | 10:12 PM
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use toothpaste on the headlights works wonders real talk. just let it dry then rub it off with a towel
Old May 11, 2011 | 05:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Tatanko
.....

Also, does anyone know of a way to get new headlight lenses without buying new OEM headlights? Mine were slightly yellow/cloudy when I got the car and I was able to get rid of all the yellowing but the lenses are still just a little bit cloudy no matter how well I polish them. I have only been polishing them by hand, though.
how'd you get rid of the cloudyness ? wet sand? or meguar's plastix? if that later, maybe try wet sanding. im not too sure you can purchase just the lenses for the 5.5 lights. One thought is ripping them open and also cleaning the inside of them.

Congrats on the nice purchase
Old May 11, 2011 | 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by Prophecy99
how'd you get rid of the cloudyness ? wet sand? or meguar's plastix? if that later, maybe try wet sanding. im not too sure you can purchase just the lenses for the 5.5 lights. One thought is ripping them open and also cleaning the inside of them.
I used Plastx after using some rubbing compound on them (cleaned them off thoroughly between the two applications).
Old May 11, 2011 | 09:29 AM
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best way to go about it patrick, is to wet sand them. i used the 3m kit on my headlights. Didn't get 100% clear/clean till I wet sanded them.

Nice pickup!
Old May 11, 2011 | 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Teaner
best way to go about it patrick, is to wet sand them. i used the 3m kit on my headlights. Didn't get 100% clear/clean till I wet sanded them.

Nice pickup!
How did you go about polishing them once they were wet sanded? By hand or with a buffer of some sort? What polishing product? What grit of sandpaper? Also, how often do you have to polish them to keep them looking good?

I'm only asking these kinds of questions because I tried wet sanding on my old '95 years ago and was still never able to get them totally clear. The headlights also needed polished about every single time I washed the car because they faded VERY quickly.
Old May 11, 2011 | 09:44 AM
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JK Welcome back man
Old May 16, 2011 | 03:49 PM
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I was wondering where you disappeared to, welcome back!!
Old May 16, 2011 | 04:05 PM
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Nice Car man, excellent options/paint combo

Welcome back, the modding now begins.

For the headlights get a 3M headlight restoration kit, should be available at your local auto parts store.
Old May 18, 2011 | 04:41 PM
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Nice Ride..
Old May 19, 2011 | 11:31 AM
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only losers drive maximas
Old May 21, 2011 | 12:39 PM
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looking good...
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