Installed all by myself!! :)
04-17-2008, 07:38 PM
#1
Installed all by myself!! :)
Hey Guys!!
I am seriously moving up now!! I bought the active tuning grounding kit about a good week or so ago and it arrived yesterday...
This is officially the first install I did 100% by myself so its a big thing for me!! My ol' lady didnt even help me!! lol Headlights seem a little brighter, no difference in HP or TQ, but the stock speakers are a lot better which is a plus!! Ive also noticed that when the door is open and I start the car... the little dimming of the dome light has almost vanished which is cool I guess. lol
Thats really about it!! But it was a fun install and I even managed to remove the collant plastic thing too!! lol
Enjoy the pics homies!!
I must have dropped the ratchet in the engine 3 times before I managed to remove the bolt for this one!!
I am seriously moving up now!! I bought the active tuning grounding kit about a good week or so ago and it arrived yesterday...
This is officially the first install I did 100% by myself so its a big thing for me!! My ol' lady didnt even help me!! lol Headlights seem a little brighter, no difference in HP or TQ, but the stock speakers are a lot better which is a plus!! Ive also noticed that when the door is open and I start the car... the little dimming of the dome light has almost vanished which is cool I guess. lol
Thats really about it!! But it was a fun install and I even managed to remove the collant plastic thing too!! lol
Enjoy the pics homies!!
I must have dropped the ratchet in the engine 3 times before I managed to remove the bolt for this one!!
04-18-2008, 05:45 AM
#8
Congrats, now its time for the headers...lol. I didnt notice too much difference either, but I did have to clean the hell out of my battery terminals. Seemed my battery got excited at one time and released.
Grounding kit is always a nice little mod.
04-18-2008, 06:58 AM
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Wow! That engine bay looks very sexy. I have my grounding kit sitting in
my room I will probably put it on this Saturday. You know it looks like your job was a lil easier without the bulky stock intake. Did you clean the paint off?
my room I will probably put it on this Saturday. You know it looks like your job was a lil easier without the bulky stock intake. Did you clean the paint off?
04-19-2008, 05:09 PM
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04-19-2008, 05:10 PM
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04-19-2008, 05:11 PM
#18
Please ask me for anything brotha. I will try my best to answer
04-19-2008, 05:14 PM
#19
Yeah I agree....
Funny is that the instructions seem to be without the stock intake.
Yeah I sanded the paint away where the wire is grounding.
04-21-2008, 04:37 PM
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^^^^^ i just finished installing my grounding kit.( this thread came to my mind so i ran back home after a quick drive). man this the big real mod i did to my car and the first mod i've ever done and also this is my first car!. sorry im just soo excited and proud of myself.(im only 18 so..) but i think you kno where we have to bolt the wire on the intake i overtightned a the bolt and a loud noise came. so i took the screw out again it look like i broke few threads on but i still put it back and also jammed a little cardboard pieace so it wont move.i hope i wont damage anything. my installation was hard tho because my
i30's engine bay is stuffed.
i30's engine bay is stuffed.
04-21-2008, 05:41 PM
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^^^^ i was thinking ab8 that too so ima take it off but. im wondering now that me damaging that bolt could that cause something to go bad? do you think there is a chance those broken pieces would fall inside? damn it now im scared.do they even make intake manifold spacers for vq30de?
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04-21-2008, 06:48 PM
#23
Yeah, nice. I just installed my AT grounding kit last weekend. It's a fun little mod that adds some 'flare' to your engine compartment. Not a lot of real performance gains to it, but I am still stoked about the Stillen Short Ram I installed the weekend before that. Next week...progress springs.
Way to go though. I dig your intake manifold.
Way to go though. I dig your intake manifold.
04-22-2008, 01:59 PM
#25
Yeap and they are on sale for the month of April.
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=558181
http://www.nwpengineering.com/Phenol...rs.html#VQ30DE
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=558181
http://www.nwpengineering.com/Phenol...rs.html#VQ30DE
04-22-2008, 08:39 PM
#26
^^^^^ i just finished installing my grounding kit.( this thread came to my mind so i ran back home after a quick drive). man this the big real mod i did to my car and the first mod i've ever done and also this is my first car!. sorry im just soo excited and proud of myself.(im only 18 so..) but i think you kno where we have to bolt the wire on the intake i overtightned a the bolt and a loud noise came. so i took the screw out again it look like i broke few threads on but i still put it back and also jammed a little cardboard pieace so it wont move.i hope i wont damage anything. my installation was hard tho because my
i30's engine bay is stuffed.
i30's engine bay is stuffed.
04-22-2008, 08:40 PM
#27
Yeah, nice. I just installed my AT grounding kit last weekend. It's a fun little mod that adds some 'flare' to your engine compartment. Not a lot of real performance gains to it, but I am still stoked about the Stillen Short Ram I installed the weekend before that. Next week...progress springs.
Way to go though. I dig your intake manifold.
Way to go though. I dig your intake manifold.
Yeah it make it look like you have "more" under the hood huh!? lol
How is that short ram? Any sound clips? Im just wondering if it sounds like a CAI.
04-23-2008, 05:04 AM
#30
i felt the same way when i put the grounding kit on. like dineth00i30 im 18 to, and i don't know much about the max yet so installing that was a lil achievement for me. hopefully more mods will be coming this summer that i can do
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04-24-2008, 06:57 PM
#31
One mod at a time right?
04-26-2008, 02:37 PM
#32
Because of this thread, I ordered the Grounding Kit and just installed it, took about 2 hours.
2 problems, 1 being the threaded hole by the dip stick for the engine ground, because of the valve cover gasket that was sticking out I could not figure out how to tighten the bolt AT provided so I switched it out with a screw/bolt from the drivers side strut tower, the one that is holding the front cowl on, both towers have them, the only screw at the far top that fit a Phillips Head Screw driver, with that in the bolt hole I got it nice and snug
2 being the intake manifold, my 06 look nothing like the picture on AT site and Grimmax is not stock
mine has got plastic on it and I don't know how I would get it to ground through all that plastic, so I used the engine cover hole to attach the wire to the passenger side strut tower
The only areas I sanded where the battery ground to the body, the 2nd bolt hole cause the 1st holds the intake and the drivers side strut tower for the trans ground, other then that everything else is connect to a metal clamp
1st impressions, car starts slightly faster, windows seem to be not as stained, smoother quieter, felt like the car regained it's low end torque, maybe a slight power increase felt like the power was more even while accelerating, almost like disconnecting the battery with the intake.
I'll do more driving to see how much was a placebo effect but other then that, AT was great and they provided me with 4 bolts when the directions said 2 but I ended up using all 4, Thanks AT great product
2 problems, 1 being the threaded hole by the dip stick for the engine ground, because of the valve cover gasket that was sticking out I could not figure out how to tighten the bolt AT provided so I switched it out with a screw/bolt from the drivers side strut tower, the one that is holding the front cowl on, both towers have them, the only screw at the far top that fit a Phillips Head Screw driver, with that in the bolt hole I got it nice and snug
2 being the intake manifold, my 06 look nothing like the picture on AT site and Grimmax is not stock
mine has got plastic on it and I don't know how I would get it to ground through all that plastic, so I used the engine cover hole to attach the wire to the passenger side strut towerThe only areas I sanded where the battery ground to the body, the 2nd bolt hole cause the 1st holds the intake and the drivers side strut tower for the trans ground, other then that everything else is connect to a metal clamp
1st impressions, car starts slightly faster, windows seem to be not as stained, smoother quieter, felt like the car regained it's low end torque, maybe a slight power increase felt like the power was more even while accelerating, almost like disconnecting the battery with the intake.
I'll do more driving to see how much was a placebo effect but other then that, AT was great and they provided me with 4 bolts when the directions said 2 but I ended up using all 4, Thanks AT great product
Last edited by STARR; 04-27-2008 at 01:47 PM.
04-26-2008, 05:01 PM
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Yeap and they are on sale for the month of April.
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=558181
http://www.nwpengineering.com/Phenol...rs.html#VQ30DE
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=558181
http://www.nwpengineering.com/Phenol...rs.html#VQ30DE
04-26-2008, 06:33 PM
#36
the link is for cars upto year 1999 vq30de so does that one fit my 2000 vq30de. also i dont think i can afford anymore mods for my car right now because, working at subway for 7.50 an hour dont get me that money to spare after 50+$ goin almost every week just for gas.
04-26-2008, 07:01 PM
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04-28-2008, 10:45 AM
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the link is for cars upto year 1999 vq30de so does that one fit my 2000 vq30de. also i dont think i can afford anymore mods for my car right now because, working at subway for 7.50 an hour dont get me that money to spare after 50+$ goin almost every week just for gas.