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welllllllllll, lemme see..... oil change, knock sensor, cleaned the throttle body, (dirty as $hit) and a new set of platinum plugs and also found out the trans is flaring??? (is that the same as farting????) and he said it aint serious and to take it easy when accelerating from starts and to ease on into 3rd from second. looks like a rac boot or 2 and a right side inner tie rod soon as well... sigh.
Put gas in her and took her to the mall...need to get washed from all the salt on the street...also looked at some indash DVD players
do NOT....i repeat...do NOT get the chinese imported "xo vision" type of head unit...with the 7 inch touchscreen dvd player and sd + usb capability. I paid 220 inc shipping from walmart.com, and the thing is embarrasing, the interface looks like a 5 year old girl drew it. Go Pioneer, or don't do it at all. I should have pics up soon.
I removed the bag with the 10 day old bbq chicken remains from the trunk. Tomorrow hopefully is the big day for my max. Hell, I am spending more on her tomorrow than I did for all my moms birthdays combined. Maxima is getting Goodyear Eagle ultra high performance all season F1's for the front, used rear motor mount from another org user, brand new rustproofed radiator support oem from nissan, full cleaning, iacv, manifolds, throttle body, new undershields, seafoam, and new spark plugs if they come in on time. Iridium. I have a new knock sensor coming next week as well, so If my shop can't take me in tomorrow, I will take her in next week and leave it there for two days.
do NOT....i repeat...do NOT get the chinese imported "xo vision" type of head unit...with the 7 inch touchscreen dvd player and sd + usb capability. I paid 220 inc shipping from walmart.com, and the thing is embarrasing, the interface looks like a 5 year old girl drew it. Go Pioneer, or don't do it at all. I should have pics up soon.
Tried to figure out why the driver's seat heater is not working. Replaced a faulty switch and the fuse, and checked the electrical circuit to find a short. Found nothing, yet the seat doesn't seem to be getting warm. The switch light comes on OK. l also noticed that the passenger side gets warm but slower than I remember, and not as hot as I remember. Any ideas?
I rippd apart the carpeting only to find that I DONT HAVE A AFTERMARKET ALARM but a old car cell phone. That's what the damn wires running through the floorboards were.
I rippd apart the carpeting only to find that I DONT HAVE A AFTERMARKET ALARM but a old car cell phone. That's what the damn wires running through the floorboards were.
The scratch was way beyond what a polish could fix. Here is the write-up I did on a detailing forum I go to:
I bought my Maxima a few weeks ago and it had a scratch on the passenger side rear pillar. I figured it would be a good test of a more extensive repair involving the touch up paint, wetsanding and buffing.
Unfortunately, it was cloudy so the scratch doesn't look as bad as it actually is, plus the Lustre Grey color hides defects well. Anyway, the verticle part of the scratch is deep into the primer.
I had to mix two of the silver/grey touch up paints together and it still wasn't quite dark enough when applied so I added a few drops of metallic black and it was very close. I overfilled the scratch a bit to compensate for the wetsanding to follow.
I then wetsanded with 3M Imperial wet/dry (used it wet) 1500 grit followed by 2000 grit.
I then used my loaner Porter Cable 7428 rotary, a Soft Edge orange one step pad (amazingly smooth pad via rotary!) and Optimum Compound. Started off on 2, bumped it to 3 for several slow passes and it came out pretty much LSP ready.
I followed with Poli-Seal using another orange Soft Edge pad and finished with the new version of Optimum Car Wax.
It is not perfect, but before it was noticable from 10-15 feet. Now it is more like 2-3 feet, a pretty major improvement for not actually refinishing. There are a couple shallow areas I guess I didn't completely fill, so I'll probably go over them again when I have time.
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97 SE Auto Built Auto
97 SE Holset HX52|N2O|6 SP|Built 3.56|More to come
91 GXE Auto bone stock beater
91 GXE 5sp Another beater
Led retro's Pm me
I took her to th ebody shop and got an estimate on a new coat of paint and straighten body. I am looking forward to a new looking car again next spring.
i bought it lol!!!!!!!!!! i just picked another one up.i went from a pearl white auto 95 with nasty tan leather to a 98 se speed with gray cloth,mmmmmmmmcloth lol cant wait to mod.......
1) Installed clear corners with locking house (nuts and bolts, as opposed to the nipple).
2) Sawed off the foglight area plastic wings.
3) Installed 4 Brembo sport blanks and 8 Akebono PRO-ACT Ceramic pads.
4) Replaced compressor serpentine belt.
5) Installed MAXIMA.ORG sticker .
6) Installed RAIN-X 20'' wiper blades.
7) Swapped driver's side HomeLink visor.
8) Vacuumed the mats/seats.
9) Full interior detail/conditioned leather.
10) Superglued two rattling window switches.
11) Magic Erasered all 4 sawblades.
-94 toyota pickup 4cyl 4x4 daily work truck
-97 camaro z28 [ sold]
-06 -g35 sedan 6MT [sold]
-02 merlot red 6mt full bolt ons [sold]
-97 - maxima 5MT [ hit bambi at 75mph]
Replaced stock injectors with 555cc injectors.
Replaced stock Maf with Z32 Maf.
Removed SFMU from system and rerouted fuel lines.
Reinstalled OEM FPR.
Re-did vacuum lines. MEVI now has it's own vacuum source.
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99 Max SE 5 spd, SC'd, MEVI, Cattman Headers, LED tails, R34's with S2000 projectors, 13.1" Brembo BBK, EU.....381 HP/323 TQ
Got an over due wash put on a stillen classic lip and a lil paint work while I was at it, she got a system yesterday. p.s I never want to run the power wire on this car again.
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Wouldn't a standard blow-dryer work? Be careful with that heat gun!
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