Vehicle Owner

Member ID: maxilvr06

Location: Covington, LA

Vehicle Info

2002 Nissan Maxima

Bragging Rights

  • 1/4 Mile14.3 sec @ 98 mph
  • 0-606sec
  • Top Speed150mph
  • HP245
  • Weight3200lbs

Major Upgrades

  • turbo
  • nitrous
  • bore increase
  • port and polish
  • supercharger
  • extrude honed
  • stroke increase
  • engine swap

Modifications

Performance Parts

  • Custom Intake 
  • NGK Ignition 
  • Otto Racing Strut Bars 
  • Brembo Brakes 
  • TEIN Springs 
  • Tokico Shocks 

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    • Currently 3.1/5 Stars.

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Last updated: Feb 13, 2009

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Colin’s Nissan Maxima

  • Currently 3.1 /5 Stars.
31 guestbook comments

Page 1: Mods/New pics
Page 2: Misc. Pics
Page 3: Old Pics
Page 4: HOW-TO: Install AE doorsills
Page 5: HOW-TO: Clear your HIDs
Page 6: HOW-TO: Fix sunroof wind noise
Page 7: Maxima meets
Page 8: 2/27/06 - Wheel spacers install
Page 9: 6/01/06 - 6th gen front brakes
Page 10: 12/20/06 - Highway Damage

Well I got around to installing my H&R 20mm wheel spacers today, and WOW do they make a difference! The car looks 100000x10^29384732 times better, and the handling is MUCH more neutral...i used to have a good bit of oversteer, which got kind of scary sometimes, and now it's almost impossible to break either the front or the rear tires loose...These made a HUGE difference, and were definitely a worth while mod! Here are some pics from the install:

Here's what i started with:

maxilvr06's 2002 Nissan Maxima

Here's why you had to install the new studs:

maxilvr06's 2002 Nissan Maxima

To do this, you had to first remove the caliper and rotor. First the top half of the caliper had to come off, then the other half, and THEN the rotor could be free...the top part of my left rear caliper (the main part with the piston.. single piston in my case :( was stuck on there pretty good, but i finally was able to get it off..

maxilvr06's 2002 Nissan Maxima

Once i got the rotor/caliper off, i had to hammer out the stock studs, which came out with one good whack...

Here's a comparison between the stock stud and the extended stud:

maxilvr06's 2002 Nissan Maxima

The new studs were so long that the only way to put them on was to bend back a small section of the shield

maxilvr06's 2002 Nissan Maxima

And here's why you needed to do that:

maxilvr06's 2002 Nissan Maxima

Here's what it looks like with the new studs sans the rotor/caliper

maxilvr06's 2002 Nissan Maxima

And here's what it looks like with the rotor/caliper

maxilvr06's 2002 Nissan Maxima

And finally, here are some shots with the wheels on:
maxilvr06's 2002 Nissan Maximamaxilvr06's 2002 Nissan Maxima
maxilvr06's 2002 Nissan Maximamaxilvr06's 2002 Nissan Maxima

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SinCityMAX  

Posted by: SinCityMAX

02/19/2009 06:16PM

Thank you bro, I will sure look into buying one, how's the handling? Was there major improvement?

mhurle2  

Posted by: mhurle2

02/13/2009 03:54PM

nice 5th gen, you have real good taste in mods. real clean ride. you should try some hyper white 194 LED's in the side markers, it makes a big difference in nighttime appearance. 5***** come rate and comment my 7th gen, thanks.

andersen_knight  

Posted by: andersen_knight

01/29/2009 09:20AM

nice max u have there, looks sleek especially after u dropped her

SinCityMAX  

Posted by: SinCityMAX

01/29/2009 12:10AM

Nice Max!!! ***** Where did you get the lower tie-bar?

jrock2680  

Posted by: jrock2680

01/23/2008 08:55PM

Hey man the max is looking clean. how do you like the ride on the h-techs? looking to get a louisiana maxima meet going... check out southernmaximas.com

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Member ID: maxilvr06

Location: Covington, LA