Make: Nissan
Model: Maxima
Trim: SE
Year: 1998
Transmission: 5 speed manual
Engine: VQ30DE
Options: Fully loaded except for the winter pack.
Color: Super Black
Interior: Black sport Leather
Page 1: Stock when I bought car. Only thing added was Darked bumper corners
Page 2: New Black Trim Headlights and 6K XenonStorm H.I.Ds
Page 3: Tints
Page 4:New Brakes and more angles
Modifications....
Did not do anything really in suspension or engine Performance but I am getting visuals out of the way first.
Suspension/Handling
-Unknown brand front strut tower bar
Performance
-large K&N Short Ram warm air intake
-disabled Ac-compressor re-routed.(does not do much)
-Synthetic Mobil-1 Supersyn tech 5w30 (winter) with M1 filter.
-Budget y-pipe
INT/EXT Styling
-Voodoo shift knob
-Suede red stiched shifter boot
-clock blue'd out
-shaved trunk with Nissan badge still there
-Diamond cut black bumper lenses
-Black trimmed JDM styled headlights
-6K H.I.D Heilos
-25% tinted rear glass 5% on sunroof 35% on sides.
-2% Vitz vent shades
Up and coming projects...
-Painting badges
-DTM tailights
-gunmetal SE wheels to hold me over
-Getting fog-lights re-done
-Redoing all the brakes
This is my near stock 1998 Nissan Maxima SE. 5-speed Fully loaded with everything of that year except for the winter pack, which just add heated seats and mirrors and automatic lumber.
I also just noticed The harness for this winter pack is wired to the car so all I need is the mirrors...
(Thanks Nissan) :-)
All leather Black on Black. As well.
Also the engine is really dirty with salt oxydation from the other owner because he lived near an ocean with this car. Everything else seems fine and I found no rust so far and it looks like he did take car of this car pretty well for a 1998. I will be bringing in to a detail shop so it can get a full engine wash and all.
The car had 140k miles on it and it is a original clutch. That is the only bad part because it could go soon I estimate by summer 07 with proper driving. Since it has 140k on it. When it goes I may will replace it with a 5th gen clutch or a center force branded clutch.
Mods so far: Bought a Maxima emblem I put on the dash. I Blue'd out my clock with cellophane, it took so much time it was not even worth it. It came out ok.
Mods in the near future:
1.Exhaust: I will be doing includes a Y-Pipe to get rid of the pre-cats and maybe a Greddy SP2 Catback setup or something custom.
2. Rims
Kazara KZ-A 18"
http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/WheelCloseUpServlet?target=wheelCloseUp&wheelMake=Kazera&wheelModel=KZ-A+Dual+PCD&wheelFinish=Flat+Black+w%2FMach+Lip
Wrapped in BFGoodrich Gforce 40's.
BFGoodrich G-forces
Or
>KDW2's
3. Black painted Ignition valve covers with Colored wires and a full tuneup with NGK Plats.
4. Better looking tail lights like some DTM's
5.Lowering this baddy is next... Either coilovers or something depends on my pocket.
Audio Update 9-6-06. Pioneer DEH-7800 HU, Infinity Kappa components for the front. 6-1/2 Eclipses in the rear. 2 Kenwood and Alpine 400watt amps/b>
