Why did you start modding your max?

I started on the wheels and tires (twice) because I hated the GLE rims and I had tires that were not proper for our weight. I then upgraded rims again because I liked the design of my new rims. I did handling mods because I liked how quiet the max was, and did not want to make it louder w/ performance mods. I upgraded the gauges because I like white face gauges, and I upgraded the center console because the 96 console blows. I added the 96 changeholders to the 97 consloe so that I do not have to fish for change at tollbooths. I upgraded the sound system (and continue to do so) because while the bose is okay, it is not what I am used to. I did the K&N Drop-in filter because I needed a new air filter anyway and this one was only $16 on eBay. Lastly, I upgraded the lighting (headlights) for safety and visibility, and i went to clear corners because I got a set for cheap.

Next mods: more stereo mods (front stage) and yellow fog bulbs.

 

I wanted to be unique! Plus the stock rims, ambers, and the size of the exhaust tip was ****ing me off lol. Who wouldn't mod a 5spd?

 

Cuz I saw Y2KevSE's car. Thats what started it all.

 

i started it with a rear wing... my car was a stock stock Gxe. Started to add all the options for the max: forglights, spoiler, leatherseats, heated mirrors. Then the rims. After I found the org, I became crazy. I never saw a maxima around my area with more then rims. All the sudden I see tons of riced out Maximas, which makes me want to be different with my maxima.

 

I saw the mod chart in a Stillen catalog and thought I would gain 50hp off bolt-ons....man was I dissapoitned!! after that I just started modding for the hell of it...fun, but expensive hobby.

 

I wanted to be a little bit faster. Of course nothing is gonna make a maxima into a corvette, but with some bolt ons maxima can achieve respectable performance for a 4 door sedan.

I lowered the car for looks, not for performance. I'm not a road course racer.

 

The Org made me do it!

 

Yep, it was the org. I bought the car with the intention of modding. I got my "performance" stuff first, but once I made it to the track, I gave up on the idea of performance I bought the springs and rims for looks, and that's what direction I'm heading.

Although, my next mod will help me see better.

 

I SWORE I would not mod the max...except for rims...and a system (okay, a mini-system).

Now I added the OEM options that I wanted- 97 console and SE gauges...But I really have no excuse for the RSB and FSTB. Even the K&N has a practical side...but not the clear corners. I am just a sucker for modding my car to make it what I want. Not particularly fast, or good at handling, or a looker...just what I want. My wife hates it...

 

One of these days I won't be stock anymore

 

I found the .org. Started with a FSTB, clear corners, then a PRCAI.
Then the Y pipe, catback and now I have lost count of mods.

The .org is what started it all.

Damn you Jambo...................

Then the MEVi, NX kit VB mod,tranny cooler, interior mods etc etc.

I now have a need for speed and I know my next car will come stock with all of the things I have done to the Max!!!

Dave

 

Same here..or at least close!

 

I bought the car based on the fact that:

A - It wasn't a Chevy
B - It had the most reliable engine I could find.

Then, I went on the .org and found out I could replace those ugly yellow blinkers....

Now I'm SCed, MEVIed, and exhausted.

 

i became friends with shadow, thai, tony, etc.. no good.

 

i was confused..... i still can't believe its not a muscle car.. damn bubble busters...

 

because modding is the only thing that passes the time

 

Why did I start modding my max. Now this is a good topic. It's pretty simple, this orgy made me do it.

 

You all lie, you're doing it because of TFATF.

 

tunning a rustang is alot cheaper than the max.. i tell you that much!!

 

after visiting the .org just before i bought the car and seeing all of the beautiful 4th gens I just couldn't resist!

 

Because two years ago I went to a condo complex in D.C. called the Atrium, and in the first parking spot inside was parked a balck 1997-1999 Nissan Maxima, with 18" Konig Monsoons, Stillen bodykit, lowered, exhaust, lots of LEDs, and the car just broke my heart. We had a Maxima too and it was not nearly as gorgeous. The second I saw that car, I knew I had to modify the Max. I to this day don't know whose car that was, but let me tell you it was GORGEOUS!
-Cyrus

 

I found the org and started learning about the car's potential. I looked the other day at my join date on the org... it was like 3 months after I got the car which surprised me? I wonder what I wasted my time doing on the internet before then? I upgraded my suspension and wheels/tires first because the stock suspension SUCKED, going from a civic that handled like it was on rails to a stock max suspension was not fun, and wheels and tires I do on all my cars.

I knew I wanted something faster and larger than my civic so I bought the max, my only other option was a Prelude VTEC, but I found the Max first.

 

To suprise people when I go WOT when they mess with me

 

The Rice is thick where i live so i started modding my max so i could pull up to some kid in his little civic hit the purge button and watch him $hit sit himself just puts a smile on my face everyday. Well at least it did now i want a supercharger. I get bored to much. lol, Brian

 

The .org made me do it. Seeing what my 4th gen could become kinda surprised me. Fortunately now I dont need to worry about where my extra cash is gonna go lol

 

so i don't feel like a zombie driving a car that looks excatly like the person's down the street... i have a similarity complex

 

in no particular order......Maxima.org, friends, family, the internet, car shows, new stand magazines, tv shows....





why to I KEEP modding my Maxima?

hmmm...no comment......
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

 

speed and handling improvement. Because I love the car and want to make it even better. The other cars I had I did not mod because they were all older hand-me-down boring stuff, so this is my first REAL car that I feel worthy of my true affection and time.

 

i saw F&F










to be honest, i dont really remember. i guess it was a way to spend money. plus, once you do the first mod...you will never stop.

 

I have crazy cousins who are into modding, one has a 2000 328, 98 accord, and a 2001 Celica GTS all are modded.. The max was just a natural choice to mod.. I started with the handbrake and shifter, and DC's ...now im looking for an intake is there any difference between stillen and the others?

 

i was very good with my hands so i got bored of masturbating all the time so i needed to do other things with my hands!

 

Because I'm an idiot!

 

because i have nothing better to do with myself.

i started because it looked too much like an older woman's car; stripped down white gxe with gold package. so first i went with the spoiler...it's all down hill from there. obsession, by nissan.

 

ditto

 

First, came the .org.
Then, came the FTSB to help tighten the front end. After that, I got the Stillen Intake to improve on my 15.87 stock times. Next, I'm getting a WSP Y

 

Because I have been into modding since my first 92 eclipse. With high insurance, and the fact that most imports were getting slower and didn't come with forced induction after the 90's , I decided to find an older car that had a lot of potential, that would walk all of the new slower replacements. I saw on car-stats.com that a 96 GXE was running as fast if not faster than similar yeared Type-R's, and Mustange GT's, so I figured with four doors and a total sleeper look this would be the car. I also got a bonus of having a car that I could take a date out in very comfortably, valle park with pride, and race on the weekends.

Now I'm just trying to make the max look unique without making it look too modified. Bigger wheels that match the SE style, nice chrome exhaust, clears all the way around, shaved rear, AE headlights and performance components that would amplify it's already aggresive nature. Now I'm making my own own parts and I'm totally hooked on this car.

 

The Fast and the Furious

 

Count me in on that .