It's been a year and a half since I purchased my 97 Neptune Blue GXE, my first car. I picked it up with 88k on the clock and other than the exhaust system being rusted to hell it has been good to me. I'm 99% satisfied with how it sits today, the major mods I wanted were 1) Leather interior 2) Suspension 3) Wheels. The only things I might pursue would be some fogs or an improved system... but neither are really necessary right now.

BEFORE/STOCK SHOTS:

 

AFTER SHOTS:













MODS:
Exhaust
- Warpspeed Y-Pipe and Cat
- Budget B-Pipe
- Magnaflow Muffler
- Cattman Resonator

Wheels/Suspension
- Murano Wheels w/ Toyo Proxes
- Progress Springs w/ Illuminas

Exterior
- Smoked Red/Clears
- Smoked Bumper Lights
- CE Black Housing Headlights and Corners
- M3 Trunk Lip

Misc/Interior
- Clifford RSIII Alarm
- Black Leather Interior (i30 Rears)
- Pioneer HU
- 3M Tint

And some minor mods I realized I need to address: paint gold key hole/antenna and possibly paint the chrome grille

 

great progress...very clean daily driver...i like that color

 

looks much better, esp the front end

 

WOW where did you get that ExHaUSt y00o0o0?????

 

Insanely creative humor^. Heh, but I'm open to jokes/criticism its all good. The story behind the magnaflow is that 1) my oem muffler was rusted like crazy and on its way out and 2) the 5th muffler I supplied couldn't be mounted without cutting into the bumper or sitting two inches from the road. So my exhaust guy offered to sell me a Magnaflow muffler.

 

The smoked tails look great with the Neptune Blue

 

yea i lov that rear end shot might smoke mine im thinkin... You smoked just the clear part right?

 

I love everything but the murano rims. I am not a fan of them plus they are heavier. I think some gun metal or darker rims would look amazing. Besides that looks great.

 

Not really feeling the chrome grille or the muranos but much better than stock. And is that a stock i30 rear leather seat? Nice progress.

 

clean set up

 

Yep, the Muranos aren't for everyone. Seems like a love/hate type thing. But I got a deal of a price on them, and they're a good set of beaters on a 1st ride. I thought about switching out rims (and gunmetal rims sounds great) but new tires+wheels don't really fit into a college budget. Oh and yes, the rear seat is a stock I30 seat.

 

Wow! Very clean, I like it a lot!

 

Looks great! Big improvement. The headlights look awesome!

 

sweet

 

Looks great.Luv them Infiniti skins...I got em too.

 

car looks really good. i like the m3 lip alot.

 

Looks really clean man. The paint looks so shiny. The Murano wheels look good on your car.

 

wowowowwowowowoowowowow ur car looks so nice. i like everything about it. =)

 

wow, how much money did you put into all of those mods?

 

smoked tails are great......looking pretty darn goodman.Nice rimz.

 

Yeah I love it. I'm going to tint my tails too...are those just the clear part tinted or the red too? Also, after seeing your car I've decided to shave M_A_X_I_M_A off my trunk and just keep the Nissan hamburger logo

I'd also recommend finding a neptune blue-colored grill if you could find one.. would look better than the chrome IMO. Or you could spray paint it like I did.. (though my Max is black; finding your color might be harder lol)

 

Yea, both the red and clear areas are tinted. The thing about these pics is they really couldn't capture the tint well, in the second rear end pic they almost looksas if they are plain red/clears. But in person they appear a little darker than the first rear view.

And yea painting the grille is on the list of things to do eventually, probably just take it to a paint shop and get it done.

 

Awesome how many coats?

 

very nice. i'd recommend stock fog lights. did you paint your clearance lights?

 

you should probably shave everything off, i personally think it looks much better blank.Its funny, iv'e had 1 or two persons asking what kind of car i have.

 

Yeah I know, I'm in college now so I'm feeling it. Plus I'm looking for something RWD, so I'm trying to save money.

 

VERY CLEAN. . .

 

ZachsMax, the tinted tails were actually bought off of eBay so they weren't painted/tinted myself. Have you thought about Bluebatmobile's tint overlays tho? Oh and konak, the bumper lights were also the smoked ones off eBay/not painted. Fog lights are on the list of things to purchase somewhere down the road.

 

Just keep an eye on craigslist.org. I'm in college too and didn't think I could afford to get rims, but I just found a nice set of 2001 Maxima Alloys for $120 on CL..

Yeah, but I was under the impression that they aren't all that permanent.. like if you rub up against them (depending on what they're made of), they might get scratched or start peeling.. what are they-- vinyl?

 

man, yours reminds me of my old max, same color, year and everything . Same mods except the exhaust.

Great job.

 

Nice work, the car is looking great. Amazing how much NEWER the car looks with those mods.

 

Good looking maxima. I love that m3 lip wing. I had mine fiberglassed to the trunk so it looked like a one piece lip wing. I think i was the only one to do that.

 

Looks pretty good not to big a fan of those wheels though.

 

You might want to read the sig rules there hotshot. To the OP, nice ride, keep it clean. I'm liking the AE headlights

 

Yeah, yesterday i shaved off the M_A_X_I_M_A and left the hamburger logo.. i want to rep Nissan but would rather people wonder what model it is.. since most non-Maxima owners don't respect the Maxima's real power anyway, id like to surprise them after they ride in it and ask what it is. Lol

 

lol those red/clears are not tinted. You just ordered them off ebay. Don't lie . Looks good though

 

Good catch but I'm not one to lie... I never mentioned I tinted them myself and I clarified that.

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that Max looks GREAT, im glad you got leather. Got some weight on ya now, but who cares...I love that color too. Great job

 

did u clear ur corners for both the front and the back i have the same color MAX really looks nice what u did