I just bought a loaded 2003 Silver on black 6SPEED.. I am happy as hell. Will post pics soon!

 

i'll be the first to say congratulations

u sold ur previous max to my good friend and seems u both are very happy

 

Hrmmm...sounds like you bought my exact car...Is it TE?

Man, I kinda liked being the only one...

 

Enjoy the ride and throw some headers on that beast!

 

Congrats on the purchase, and trust me you will luv it.

 

Yes it is TE.
Im probably only going to mod the exterior for now. I want to enjoy the stock engine for a while until i get bored and dont want to mess too much with the warranty.

 

95 upgrading to an 03. Sweet I'd love a 5th.5 gen.

 

Congrats.... I had my 02 SE stock for 2 long years before finally deciding to add mods..... it was still awesome though...

 

How much did it cost? Trying to buy a 5.5 gen and want to see what others are paying these days.

 

Congratulations on the new car!

BTW, did you also get the Stillen rear section with the MT Lip from SWA?

 

Just FYI - I paid 19 for my '03 with 28k and everything except HLSD & Nav back in Oct. '03. Dealer was asking 23k. I shot 'em 4k lower and they bit.

 

Congrats! another 6SPD joins the NJ crew....

 

Congrats on the ride... man im jealous I looked for a 6-speed for-ev-er and finally just caved for the auto

 

Sounds like someone needs to change their screen name to MikeD03SE. (I SO regret not getting the 6MT, although my auto still pulls like a monster. )

Congrats, Mike. Maybe you, Manny and I (& maybe some others) will hookup sometime for a NJ meet.

Peace.

 

I strongly urge anyone looking for a 6 speed use www.cars.com and www.autotrader.com. I found mine on www.cars.com. Autotrader gives you the capability of searching for a manual transmission and cars.com gives you the ability to search for keywords like "manual". I found them very helpful when looking for the car. Its a 2003 SE 6Speed with every option except NAVI.. Im about to go find out if it has HLSD. I paid right around 20k with 24k miles. You may also find yourself paying more due to the rarity of these cars... I found one and there was 3 guys bidding and it went up to 21k and he changed his mind and decided to wait on selling.


I just PM'd Steve from SWA to see how much the rear stillen lip is for the car so I can possibly save on shipping due to the maxxtuning lip order.

I am definately up for a NJ meet anytime.. I think I saw one next week or something.. I am always up for it unless I cant due to work.

Thanks guys. I will let you know about the HLSD.

Mike

 

just look at the pedals. If they are AE style, then it's an HLSD.

 

Are you sure about this? I asked someone in another forumn and they said they didnt think this was true and yes I do have the aluminum pedals.

Thanks,
Mike

 

Yeah he's right. If it has aluminum pedals with holes you have HLSD. Lucky bastard.

 

Unless of course the pedals were a mod left by the previous owner...

 

If you want to know for SURE whether your car has HLSD, check the plate on the firewall in the engine compartment on the driver's side. You'll see a transaxle code printed on the plate. If it has an 'H' in it, you have HLSD. If it doesn't have the 'H', you don't have it.

 

seems i may be joining the crowd soon, im steppin up from a 3rd gen to an 03 6speed...the TE is hard to find however ill settle for black on black leather

 

Ok, I just went out and checked the transaxle code and it does have an H in it so it looks like I do have HLSD thanks 6spmax for the tip.

Mike