Here are a few new pics of my 5.5 gen with new springs: Progress in the front, Maxspeed in the rear. These pics were taken in.... believe it or not.... Oklahoma.






I've got a stillen front lip in the mail for the car, and of course my stock shocks are blown (I'm a tightwad) so I'm trying to decide whether I should just buy some Illuminas or if I should pop for some coilovers (Boss Chen or K sport)......

 

VERY nice ride..I like the all black look you got going there. How did you black out the chrome trim on the windows?

 

not bad adam. when did you get the front progress springs? my car should be out again next month just waiting for the tranny to show up.

 

Nice car...holy tint, huh?

Do you get harassed at all by the cops around you?

 

What were the reasons for running Progress in the front? Can you feel a difference? Does it sit lower? From the pictures it looks to be the same height as mine with Maxspeeds.
If your a tightwad, look into getting Tokico HP Blues. It'll save you a copy dollars and seemed to be a perfect match for the Maxspeeds. Don't know about the Progress springs though.

I just installed Tokio HP's with Maxspeeds a lil' over 1000 miles ago and the ride is perfect. I cut the bumpstops on all four and have not bottomed out as of yet. The ride is smooth and comfortable.

 

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the windows are blacker then the car lol. just need black rims now

 

I blacked out the chrome window trim using "window trim blackout tape" from Pep Boys. It's just matte black vinyl that comes in about a 1.5" strip.

The cops don't bug me about tint, they don't care around OKC. I've got 15% on top of 5% on all sides and 30% on the whole windshield

I am running progress on the front/maxspeed in the rear purely for looks. I'm running stock shocks so I'm obviously putting looks/cost before performance anyway. The progress fronts sit probably .5" lower than the maxspeeds and I think maxspeeds all around make the car look saggy in the rear end. I hate it when cars looks saggy in the rear. When I look at a car's stance, I look at fender gap, and this setup makes it exactly equal front/rear. I am considering the full coilover setup to make the car handle better, I don't expect a huge improvement with just shocks.

Blake, did you blow ANOTHER tranny????
I bought the springs from Van about 2 weeks ago.

 

haha must be a ***** driving at night or street parking

 

SEXY!!!! love black!

 

Beautiful 5th Gen you have there!

 

Car looks great man. I like the whole blacked out look. I would say go for some K-Sports and slam it!!

 

That looks awesome all blacked out!!!!!!!!!!!! i heard cops are chilled out in oklahoma from a buddy of mine, wish they had that attitude out here in ohio

 

no this is still the same one that i blew in december. i finally got all the money i needed to buy everything, but it just happens that i have to wait for the tranny to come from japan. i should have it in about 2 or 3 weeks. my clutch, flywheel, and axles showed up last week, and my headers should be here this week. just sucks having to wait for the tranny.

 

Hmmmmmmm that's in Oklahoma?? Where?
The max looks pretty cool, thinking about getting some wheels now?

 

I'm in Norman. I'm probably not gonna get wheels, at least for awhile, they cost too much to not help performance. I've got other hobbies, so I can't go broke on the car. I do a little here and there.

 

its darkness... darkness is comming... hot ride, clean and simple

 

That looks amazing. I love the all black out look. Just dont get black rims. The wheels have a nice contrast to them.

 

Great looking car and beautiful scenery. It's just too flat down here in South Florida!

 

i here that, houston isn't any better

 

I could tolerate the flatness of south florida haha. Most of Oklahoma is flat too, a lot of people that live in Oklahoma don't even know about the mountains in the eastern part. Shh it's a secret

 

I got my Stillen front lip on, hopefully I can get some photos taken with wazzzzzzzzup's camera in a week or two and post em up.

 

wow sweet 5th gen

 

Very sleek look.

 

car looks great man, good work

 

Blacked out headlights and tint really make a black 5th gen look 1000x better. Nice work!

 

Lookin' good, sooner. Night Shades on the corners? I'm going to be blacking out my headlights as soon as it warms up a bit.

 

Nice lookin ride man.....talk about stealth mode!!!! u got that black thing down to a T...LOL U can still see the girl sittin in the front seat tho, even thru all that tint a girl never goes unseen!! LOL....Jk but almost unseeable inside. Keep it up....

 

looks freaking awesome man!

i think blacking out the window trim really sets it off, can't say i've seen anyone do that before.

jim

 

Thanks man, I copied my window trim off of your car that I saw at Maxus 2 years ago I guess, I can't take credit for that

The corner lights I painted with one light coat of gloss black Krylon Fusion plastic paint and then a whole lot of clear. The lights still show pretty well at night surprisingly.

 

im gonna have to say if u were to get black rims I think that would be the hottest 5.5 I have ever seen...

 

I want some black rims, but money's gotta be other places right now. I want some HP evos and get them powdercoated all black except for the lugs and the rivets around the outside

 

Yeah, if you go for wheels I think black with a chrome lip would look insane. That, or do chrome wheels and slam it with coilovers for that show car look.

 

I'm not much into chrome wheels on maximas. I want black wheels, but no chrome lip, black/chrome lip wheels are EVERYWHERE around here. I want some 2 or 3 piece rims all black with only chrome bolts showing. And a big ol' BBK underneath

 

nice... i gotta pick up some window trim blackout tape! hah

 

Pretty sexy. I like!

 

That looks so good

 

The first pic is my favorite...

 

car looks great

 

damn nice tint, i wish if i can go that dark but i can't cops in my area rips the tint out of the front windows if you have 20% or darker, cops are go-harders around my area.