A while back I had an accident with my 97 max which caused my air bags to deploy. Because of the high price of the airbags, and NY law stating that used airbags can no longer be used in an insurance repair the insurance company, body shop and I decided it would be more benificail to me if they totalled out my car. They paid my a more than book value (little over 15g's because of the low mi. and good condition) and let me buy it back for for 17% of full value! So I thought to myself, now I have my crashed max and a check for 13 grand. I can either spend most of the money and have it back the way it was or spend most of it and make a few changes. So I went for the grand prize and here are some pics of the project underway.

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Dude, it looks sweet. what else are u gonna do to it?

 

Thanks! I had them take the emblem out of the front grille, no b/s moldings, and a c/f hood.

 

Man, that Sarona kit does fit like crap!

 

SuDZ

 

Sarona is garbage. I would never even attempt to put there kit on my car!

 

looks nice man... you have 2 max's now or is this the same one youve had? im confused

 

Thanks. I only have one Max. New color. Its the same one thats in my sig.

 

Wow, that is nice maximus!! That sure is unique. I like it. It helps break up our big, flat pug-faced trunks. What else are you doing? May I suggest shaving the antenna since you are repainting anyway? What is your bumper going to look like? So how much damage happened in the accident? No engine harm? Did you at least get yourself two new airbags? I hope so. Great job. Keep us updated.

 

The rear reminds me of an E-Class. Looks nice Maximus, power and looks!
-Cyrus

 

my thoughts exactly ...and looks nice maximus...i like the color

 

Thanks everyone. The rear licence plate bucket is actually out of a C-class. So I have a little mercedes in my max.

 

i never knew you were in an accident, thats why i was confused

 

who is doing the work on the car?

 

You doing anything with the gas lid? Maybe something like the Audi TT? Not sure how it would look, but it would be different.

 

Yeah about a month ago. Some drunk guy cut into oncoming traffic and sent me into a Caddy!

The body shop is in Roslyn L.I. There called Flower Hill Autobody. The've done work on my car before and they have a very good rep.

I didn't even think about that. I should do something. I'll prob wait a while cause I want to have the car back for the LI meet this weekend.

 

Hmmm, everone's questions answered but mine.

 

I'm sorry man! I didn't even read your post. I'm glad you like it. The rear bumer is getting filled where the plate was. Very minimal body damage. L/F fender, hood, headlight, fog light, front bumper cover. No engine damage. The body damage was actually minimal, just that the stupid airbags deployed! I got two new airbags. Thank god I know the parts manager at the Nissan dealer in my area but they were still big bucks. I wasn't too sure of the color but when I saw it on a VW I liked it a lot. I'll post more pics as soon as I get them.
I actually thought about that but I kinda like the door handles and I wanted to have some money left over from the insurance check.

 

D@mn that paint color is beautiful. Do you know the name of the color or the code for the paint?

-Jon-

 

Its a VW color. Color code LW5Y. I thinks its called electric blue or somthing like that. It's on 98-01 bugs. Not sure about the other models. The pics don't do it justice. I'm glad you guys like the car. I wasn't sure how everyone was gonna react to the truck lid.

 

Answer my voicemail....hahahahaha... Looks good bro. Too bad I won't be at the meet

 

what kind of hood is that?

 

Del, I just got your message What do you mean you wont be at the meet? Just go with Chris if your car isn't ready. If mines not ready I'm goin with my girl in her Corolla I'll give ya a call later.

There's no hood in the pics but I got a carbon figer hood from fiber images.

 

cant wait to see the finished project! car looks good man. I like the idea of the lisence plate! sweet. Color is just perfect. Thinking about changing the interior to black?

 

Thanks a lot man. The interior is actually already black. I can't wait till its done. My body shop wants to kill me cause I keep changing things and buggin them . Check out my web page to see what the car origanally looked like.

 

I was just thinking yesterday about how much nicer our cars would look with one of those in the trunk. Now I know they do. LOL Good job. It's gonna be a sweet car.

 

Jeff your constantly amazing me, keep up the awesome work.

 

Thanks Chris, unfortunatly it wont be ready for the 4/20 LI meet so tell Del he won't be the only one there without his Max. No excuse not to come now!

 

we have other plans but maybe we'll make an appearance. I haven't seen anyone in a long time because of everything going on at home, I'm going through withdrawal.

 

My max hasn't moved since we pushed it out of my garage... and it hasn't run under it's own power in a month almost... I am suffering here... I miss boost.

POS CRX is killing me, I need torque

Vortech is the devils apprentice. I don't know if Stillen's ineptitude rubbed off on them or what... Talk about riding the short bus.