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Oct 18, 2000

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Victor B.

March 20, 2006

I sold the Maxima yesterday.
Thank you Maxima! It was a great ride.
And thank you, my friends, for all the comments/feedback
to this website these last 5 years...

March 4, 2003

Still working on that brake maintenance write up...

Well, I picked up Stillen's Camber Plates the other day.


It wasn't an impulse buy, honest!


What I'm showing you here is the cheap version of adjusting your camber...
a camber bolt! These got installed on my last wheel alignment.
They were recommended by the shop. Sixty bucks for a pair of these...what a rip off!
At first I thought these were really cool...but in hindsight, going cheap
has once again backfired on me. If you are not familiar with these, basically
you replace one of your lower strut screws with one of these suckers. In essence,
you are replacing a bolt with a smaller one that doesnt quite fill the hole
completely to give you some freeplay to move the strut around to get your alignment
right. The problem is you are replacing a bolt with a smaller one!
For the most part, I "guess" this is ok for some people. I do get a little
"enthusiastic" around corners. If you are not a corner carver, then this can work.
But go with a little gusto, and they eventually get loose...then I lose my alignment
and it is back to the alignment shop. The catch is you can't torque down on these
bolts like the regular strut bolts since they are smaller. (Trust me, I've stupidly
tried...and the above broken bolt is the result). So...no more messing around.
I got the camber plates. Thankfully, Stillen had them in stock.

January 31, 2003

OK Maxima fans. Check this trick ride out.
A 500HP dynoed at the wheels using our beloved 3.0L VQ engine!
Have I got your attention yet? hehe.

January 12, 2003

Greetings fellow Maxima enthusiasts. Hope you had a great holiday
season and have a Happy New Year.

Currently getting the parts for new front rotors and brake pads,
so standby for that maintenance write up.

I've also realized that I haven't placed MardiGrasMax's Nitrous notes
in the Mods section...so check it out if you haven't read it yet.

November 9, 2002

I've updated my review of the Sure Drain.
My opinion of this product has gone down.
See the long term update of the page.

October 20, 2002
Swapped out my front koni's for the KYB AGXs. The Konis started leaking
after an "incident" with a curb...(did I mention I have new rims? hehe)
Installing the KYBs was a snap compared to the Konis. That alone is causing
me to seriously doubt if the Konis are worth the hassle. I'll find out as
I continue to see how the car handles.

But I did take notes on the install, so if you want to replace your shocks,
this is how you do it. Thanks Cheston for your help.

September 30, 2002

Finally took new pics with the new Volk Rims and updated the My Max section.

I also was able to get my Y-pipe fixed. Check out this flex section!

Yes, this was from Cattman's Y-pipe.
Think my exhaust was constricted? Ummm...YEAH
In his defense, Brian (of Cattman) has handled this situation to my satisfaction.

August 6, 2002
I was at the local Kragen (auto supply store) looking for a new oil drain
plug gasket, when I discovered the Sure Drain.

On another note, I've just found out that throttle position sensor prices have gone up.
They used to be about $60-70, but I'm told recently by a fellow enthusiast (thanks Jeddi)
that prices are now in the $120 to $150 range...Yikes!
Let's just hope that the upper price is justified by a better product.

June 22, 2002

Having sold off my Konig rims, I happened upon a great deal on
a set of gunmetal colored Volk Racing wheels. 17x 7.5
with a 40 mm offset @ 17lbs a rim. I shaved off five lbs each
tire/wheel combo from my earlier set. Pics on those later....

Since these rims cost more than my old ones, I decided to invest in
these deep impact sockets from Griots Garage.

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